Powders and grains 2005. proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, Stuttgart, Germany, 18-22 July, 2005 /: proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, Stuttgart, Germany, 18-22 July, 2005. Volume 1 : (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Powders and grains; Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media; Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media; International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ramón García-Rojo, Hans J. Herrmann and Sean McNamara.
• Other Names: García-Rojo, Ramón; Herrmann, Hans J; McNamara, Sean, 1965-; Association pour l'Etude de la Micromécanique des Milieux Granulaires.; International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media, 5th
• Contents: Front Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1: Granular solids 1.1 Packing geometry; The full canonical ensemble of a granular system; Free volume distributions inside a bi-dimensional granular medium; Superfine powders of silica studied with spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering; Studies of particle packings in mixtures of pharmaceutical excipients; Microscopic characterization of Dutch organic clays; Ordered packing induced by simultaneous shear and compaction; Granular materials with even circuits: ball-bearings and dry quicksand. The geometry and the number of contacts of monodisperse sphere packs using X-ray tomographyThe hierarchical properties of contact networks in granular packings; A quick method to produce random dense arrangements of particles; Packing regimes in randomly deposited granular beds; Granular packings assembled by rain deposition: an experimental andnumerical study; Comparison of radon diffusion in the granular phosphate and in the corresponding powder; Particle percolation through a porous medium; 1.2 Force transmission and force equilibrium; Contact forces and stress induced anisotropy. Photoelastic investigation of localization phenomena in granular materialsObservations and simulation of force transmission in deformed conglomerates (Jiu-Jiu Fon, Taiwan); Reproducible numerical soil properties and influence of packing geometries on structural behavior; Response of a hexagonal granular packing under a localized overload: effects of pressure; Elasticity of sphere packings: pressure and initial state dependence; Stress and fabric for polydisperse, frictionless, dense 2D granular media; Structural dependency on force propagation through particle packings. Evolution of the contact network during tilting cycles of a granular pile under gravityIndetermination in the numerical simulation of granular systems; 1.3 Micromechanics and macroscopic behavior; Scaling in granular materials; Failure in granular media: a discrete analysis; A general micromorphic theory of kinematics and stress in granular media; A continuum-like discrete description of granular media; A micromechanical constitutive law resulting from energy dissipation by friction; Some micro-mechanical considerations for a new macro-mechanical model for the flow of granular materials. A variable linking microscopic to macroscopic granular mechanicsA theory on the stress-induced anisotropy in granular assemblies; Macroscopic constitutive relation of granular materials predicted by global-local analysis; Macroscopic constitutive response of 3D granular assemblies under rotation of principal stress axes; Continuum modelling of systems of disks in quasi-static conditions:inclusion of fluctuations; The effect of contact plasticity on the elasticity, fracture and yielding of a particulate assembly; Crossover from hyperbolic-like to elliptic-like granular response.
• Publisher Details: Leiden New York : A.A. Balkema
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (1512 pages)
• Subjects: 620.43 P872005; Powders -- Congresses; Granular materials -- Congresses; Particles -- Congresses; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Granular materials; Particles; Powders; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780415889421; 0415889421
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