A simple analytic theory for the statistics of avalanches in sheared granular materials

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 554-557

  Dahmen, Karin A ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b   Uhl, Jonathan T ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC THEORY; AVALANCHE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; DYNAMICAL PHASE DIAGRAMS; GRAIN NUMBERS; HIGH PACKING FRACTION; POWER-SPECTRA; SIMPLE MODELING;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 79959987766     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1957     Document Type: Article

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