Experimental evidence of ageing and slow restoration of the weak-contact configuration in tilted 3D granular packings

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  De Richter, S Kiesgen ^a   Zaitsev, V Yu ^b   Richard, P ^a   Delannay, R ^a   Le Caer G ^a   Tournat, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanches (experiment); Granular matter; Heterogeneous materials (experiment); Intermittency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650352740     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/11/P11023     Document Type: Article

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