Structural stability and jamming of self-organized cluster conformations in dense granular materials

We examine emergent, self-organized particle cluster conformations in quasistatically deforming dense granular materials from the perspective of structural stability. A structural mechanics approach is employed, first, to devise a new stability measure for such conformations in equilibrium and, seco...

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Main Authors: Tordesillas, A., Lin, Qun, Zhang, J., Behringer, R., Shi, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9639