Statistical properties of a 2D granular material subjected to cyclic shear

Granular Matter

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-172

  Zhang, J ^a   Majmudar, T S ^a   Tordesillas, A ^b   Behringer, R P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclic shear; Force chain; Jamming; Photoelastic materials

Indexed keywords

CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT NETWORKS; CYCLIC SHEAR; DATA YIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RELATION; PARTICLE TRACKING; PHOTOELASTIC MATERIALS; PURE SHEAR; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS TENSORS; SYSTEM PRESSURE; TANGENTIAL DIRECTIONS; TANGENTIAL FORCE; WEAK FORCE; WORK FOCUS;

JAMMING; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STRAIN;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 77953944440     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-010-0170-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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