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The physics of the deformation of densely packed granular materials

Koenders, M. A. C.

Table of contents

General concepts -- Continuum mechanics and Cartesian tensor calculus -- The bounds of static equilibrium -- Heterogeneity -- Fabric description -- Stress-strain relation for a frictionless assembly -- Tangential interactions -- Frictional granular materials.

"This book is of interest for those that are concerned professionally with granular materials: civil engineers, geologists and geophysicists, chemical engineers, pharmacists, food technologists, agriculturalists, biologists and astronomers. Granular materials play a role in nearly all human activities. For example, users of sand, from children in sandpits to sophisticated geotechnical engineers, know that it is a fascinating - and to some extent, unpredictable - material. In addition to sand, which itself may be of many compositions, there are various types of materials including gravel, fine-particle aggregates as employed in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, dust, crushed rock and granules that occur in a domestic environment, such as breakfast cereals, sugar, salt and (instant or ground) coffee granules"--