Disorder and Granular Media: Volume 3
Published on 5. May 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-0-444-88925-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book about the physics of the collective behavior of grains, for example forming dense packings, being in suspension in fluids or simply forming a (complex) fluid by themselves. Such systems are extremely abundant both in natural, human and industrial environments - and fall within several very different scientific domains, ranging from soil mechanics to statistical physics. Each of the eleven chapters presents a particular aspect of granularity, starting from the geometry of irregular packings to computer modelling of flowing particles. They all emphasise the important role played by disorder.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-444-88925-6 (9780444889256)
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Content
Preface (P.G. de Gennes). Foreword (D. Bideau and A. Hansen). Introduction (E. Guyon). 1. Some geometrical properties of two-dimensional hard disk packings (A. Gervois, D. Bideau). 2. Local structure of disordered hard sphere packings (J.L. Finney). 3. Order and disorder in packings and froths (N. Rivier). 4. Growth of packings (R. Jullien, P. Meakin, A. Pavlovitch). 5. Global geometrical description of homogeneous hard sphere packings (J.P. Troadec, J.A. Dodds). 6. Different methods to analyze the structure of granular media (L. Oger, J.P. Jernot). 7. Transport properties of the porous space of grain packings: heterogeneity effects (J.P. Hulin et al.). 8. Properties of the grain space of packings: effects of heterogeneities (S. Roux, D. Bideau, A. Hansen). 9. Disorder, diffusion and structure formation in granular flows (S.B. Savage). 10. Dense suspensions and loose packings (R. Blanc, E.J. Hinch). 11. Computer simulations of granular media (H.J. Herrmann). Subject index.