1st Edition
Powders and Grains 2005, Two Volume Set Proceedings of the International Conference on Powders & Grains 2005, Stuttgart, Germany, 18-22 July 2005
1510 Pages
by
CRC Press
1510 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This volume contains the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Micromechanics of Granular Media, Powders and Grains 2005. Powders and Grains is an international scientific conference held every 4 years that brings together engineers and physicists interested in the micromechanics of granular media.
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The breadth and depth of the conference is clearly indicated by the topics discussed.
- Granular solids: Packing Geometry; Force transmission and Force equilibrium; Micromechanics and Macroscopic Behavior; Quasi-static Shear; Biaxial and Triaxial Tests; Sound transmission and Conduction; Compaction; Jamming
- Continuum Modelling: Theory and Numerics.
- Cohesion: Cohesive properties; Cohesive Flow; Humidity and Cohesion; Sintering, Aggregation and Granulation
- Particle Properties: Particle interactions; Particle size and Polydispersity, Particle shape; Crushable grains and Fracture, .
- Granular Liquids: Shear flows; Hoppers and Silos; Channel and Chute Flow, Flow around obstacles; Surface flow and Avalanches.
- Fluid and Particles: Dunes, Ripples, and Sediment Transport; Fluidized Beds, Conveying, Bubbles; Suspensions; Saturated granular matter.
Biography
Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany (for all editors)






