Statics and kinematics of granular materials
This book outlines the basic science underlying the prediction of stress and velocity distributions in granular materials. It takes the form of a textbook suitable for postgraduate courses, research workers and for use in design offices.
Print Book, English, 2005
Digitally printed 1st pbk. version View all formats and editions
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2005
xv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780521019071, 0521019079
1131474354
1. Introduction; 2. The analysis of stress and strain rate; 3. The ideal Coulomb material; 4. Coulomb's method of wedges; 5. The method of differential slices; 6. Determination of physical properties; 7. Exact stress analysis; 8. Velocity distributions; 9. The conical yield function; 10. The prediction of mass flow rate; Problems; Appendices; Index.