Vortex formation and dissolution in sheared sands

Granular Matter

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 695-705

  Abedi, Sara ^a   Rechenmacher, Amy L ^b   Orlando, Andrés D ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Force chain; Meso scale; Nonaffine deformation; Sand; Shear band; Vortex

Indexed keywords

AFFINE DEFORMATION; CRITICAL STATE; DENSE SANDS; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT FLUCTUATIONS; FORCE CHAINS; GLASS WALLS; MESOSCALE; NON-AFFINE DEFORMATION; NON-CIRCULAR; PLANE STRAIN COMPRESSION; SHAPED PARTICLES; VORTEX FORMATION;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DISSOLUTION; JAMMING; SAND; SHEAR BANDS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84870485389     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: 14347636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-012-0369-5     Document Type: Article

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