Granular Matter

Powders have been studied extensively because they arise in a wide variety of fields, ranging from soil mechanics to manufacture of pharmaceuticals. Only recently, however, with the deepening understanding of fractals, chaos, 1/f noise, and self-organization, has it been useful to study the mechanical properties of powders from a fundamental physical perspective. This book collects articles by some of the foremost researchers in the field, including chapters on: the role of entropy in the specification of a powder, by S.F. Edwards (Cambridge); discrete mechanics, by P.K. Haff (Duke); computer simulations of granular materials, by G.C. Barker (Norwich); pattern formation and complexity in granular flow, by R.P. Behringer and G.W. Baxter (Duke); avalanches in real sand piles, by A. Mehta (Birmingham); micromechanical models of failure, by M.J. Adams (Unilever) and B.J. Briscoe (Imperial College); mixing and segregation in particle flows, by J. Bridgwater (Birmingham); and hard-sphere colloidal suspensions, by P. Bartlett (Bristol) and W. van Megen (Melbourne).

ISBN 0387940650   Pages 317 ISBN13 9780387940656 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Weight (grammes) 1390 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Published in New York, NY Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 07 Dec 1993   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 93-1503   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 620.43   Academic level Postgraduate, General DEWEY edition DC20

		Preface
		Contributors
1		Relaxational Dynamics, Avalanches, and Disorder in Real Sandpiles by Anita Mehta		1
2		Computer Simulations of Granular Materials by G.C. Barker		35
3		Pattern Formation and Complexity in Granular Flows by R.P. Behringer and G. William Baxter		85
4		The Role of Entropy in the Specification of a Powder by S.F. Edwards		121
5		Discrete Mechanics by Peter K. Haff		141
6		Mixing and Segregation Mechanisms in Particle Flow by J. Bridgwater		161
7		Physics of Hard-Sphere Colloidal Suspensions by P. Bartlett and W. van Megen		195
8		Deterministic Micromechanical Modeling of Failure or Flow in Discrete Planes of Densely Packed Particle Assemblies: Introductory Principles by M.J. Adams and B.J. Briscoe		259
		Index		293

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