Influence of polydispersity on micromechanics of granular materials
We study the effect of polydispersity on the macroscopic physical properties of granular packings in two and three dimensions. A mean-field approach is developed to approximate the macroscale quantities as functions of the microscopic ones. We show that the trace of the fabric and stress tensors are...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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The American Physical Society
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8927 |