Granular packings assembled by rain deposition: An experimental and numerical study

Powders and Grains 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-52

  Emam, S ^a   Roux, J N ^a   Canou, J ^a   Corfdir, A ^a   Dupla, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-PLUVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DEM SIMULATION; DIMENSIONLESS CONTROL PARAMETERS; GRANULAR PACKINGS; GRANULAR SAMPLES; HOMOGENEOUS STATE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRINCIPAL STRESS; STEADY STATE; SURFACE LAYERS;

MICROMECHANICS; POWDERS; RAIN;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 84857620647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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