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This introductory text develops the fundamental physics of the behavior of granular materials. It covers the basic properties of flow, friction, and fluidization of uniform granular materials; discusses mixing and segregation of heterogeneous materials (the famous "brazil-nut problem"); and concludes with an introduction to numerical models. The presentation begins with simple experiments and uses their results to build concepts and theorems about materials whose behavior is often quite counter-intuitive; presenting in a unified way the background needed to understand current work in the field. Developed for students at the University of Paris, the text will be suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates; while also being of interest to researchers and engineers just entering the field.
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PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
"In total, the book is lucidly written and offers a complementary approach to that usually found in the books treating soil and granular media mechanics. It presents a physicist’s viewpoint of granular media. It can also be used by both the researchers and in courses of soil mechanics.”
PHYSICS TODAY
"Duran’s book is didactic in style and provides an excellent starting point for an advanced student to enter the field…the prose is clear…would be a valuable addition for those with interest in the field.”
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Book Title: Sands, Powders, and Grains
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to the Physics of Granular Materials
Authors: Jacques Duran
Series Title: Partially Ordered Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0499-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98656-2Published: 12 November 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6790-4Published: 27 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0499-2Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0941-5114
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 214
Additional Information: Original French edition published by Eyrolles, France, 1997
Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials