La physique des tas de sable / Ph. Claudin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claudin, Philippe.

Series:

Annales de physique. Colloque ; v. 24, no 2.

Annales de physique ; v. 24, no. 2

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Les Ulis, France : EDP Sciences, 1999.

Language Note:

French

Summary:

What is the difference between a pile of rocks and a heap of salt, between corn seeds and grains of quartz, between balls and marbles? For the physicist the answer is simple there is none or hardly any…Gravel, grains, seeds, rocks, sand, marbles, balls and powder belong to the same big family: granular materials. The physical and mechanical properties of these materials are rather surprising: they are halfway in between fluids and solids. This book focuses on a very specific property of granular materials: the vault effect. This phenomenon is essential to the understanding of the physics of sa

Contents:

Sommaire; La physique des tas de sable; Introduction; 1 Propagation des contraintes; 2 Tas de sable et silos à grains; 3 Désordre et fluctuations; Résumé et perspectives; Références;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610961771

9781280961779

1280961775

9781417561544

1417561548

9782759801237

2759801233

OCLC:

173240711