Challenges In Granular Physics
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Challenges In Granular Physics

  1. 257 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Challenges In Granular Physics

About this book

This book contains accounts of state-of-the art approaches to the physics of granular matter, from a widely interdisciplinary and international set of experts in the field. The authors include theorists such as S F Edwards, J Krug and J Kurchan; the book is also unique in reporting current experimental approaches with, importantly, a detailed account of new techniques. It will serve as an invaluable handbook for all researchers, both novice and experienced, who wish to get quickly directed to open questions in key aspects of this challenging and topical domain.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1 Multi-Particle Structures in Non-Sequentially Reorganized Hard Sphere Deposits
  4. Chapter 2 Inelastic Hard Spheres with Random Restitution Coefficient: A New Model for Heated Granular Fluids
  5. Chapter 3 Spin-Models of Granular Compaction: From One-Dimensional Models to Random Graphs
  6. Chapter 4 Models of Free Cooling Granular Gases
  7. Chapter 5 The Steady State of the Tapped Ising Model
  8. Chapter 6 The Effect of Avalanching in a Two-Species Ripple Model
  9. Chapter 7 Coarsening of Vortex Ripples in Sand
  10. Chapter 8 Dense Granular Media as Athermal Glasses
  11. Chapter 9 Transient and Steady-State Dynamics of Granular Shear Flows
  12. Chapter 10 Liquid-Solid Transition in Bidisperse Granulates
  13. Chapter 11 Compaction and Density Fluctuations in Vibrated Granular Media
  14. Chapter 12 Kinetic Theory and Hydrodynamics for a Low Density Granular Gas
  15. Chapter 13 Surface Granular Flows: Two Related Examples
  16. Chapter 14 Rheology of Dense Granular Flow
  17. Chapter 15 Glassy States in a Shaken Sandbox
  18. Chapter 16 Slow Dense Granular Flows as a Self-Induced Process
  19. Chapter 17 Granular Media as a Physics Problem
  20. Chapter 18 Radial and Axial Segregation of Granular Mixtures in the Rotating-Drum Geometry
  21. Chapter 19 Applications of Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography to Mesoscale Materials
  22. Chapter 20 Nonlinear Elasticity and Thermodynamics of Granular Materials
  23. Chapter 21 Granular Flow Studies by NMR: A Chronology
  24. Chapter 22 The Four Avalanche Fronts: A Test Case for Granular Surface Flow Modeling
  25. Chapter 23 Random Multiplicative Response Functions in Granular Contact Networks
  26. Author Index

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