The Physics of Granular Media
1. Edition October 2004
XVII, 347 Pages, Hardcover
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Handbook/Reference Book
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A new reference book providing quick access to this rapidly developing field, containing high-level review articles covering the current level of knowledge from the viewpoints of applied, experimental, and theoretical physics. A must-have for researchers and developers aware of both the scientific challenge and the technological need to develop an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the flow of grains.
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Despite extensive empirical experience, there is both a scientific challenge and a technological need to develop an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the flow of grains. This new reference provides quick access to the current level of knowledge, containing review articles covering recent developments in the field of granular media from the viewpoints of applied, experimental, and theoretical physics.
In short, a must-have for advanced researchers and specialists as well as a useful starting point for anyone entering this field.
The authors represent different directions of research in the field, with their contributions covering:
- Static properties
- Granular gases
- Dense granular flow
- Hydrodynamic interactions
- Charged and magnetic granular matter
- Computational aspects
1. Isaac Goldhirsch and Chay Goldenberg: Stress in Dense Granular Materials
2. Cristian F. Moukarzel: Response Functions in Isostatic Packings
3. Hernán A. Makse, Jasna Bruji, and Sam F. Edwards: Statistical Mechanics of Jammed Matter
Granular gases
4. Eli Ben-Naim and Paul L. Krapivsky: The Inelastic Maxwell Model
5. Ko van der Weele, René Mikkelsen, Devaraj van der Meer, and Detlef Lohse: Cluster Formation in Compartmentalized Granular Gases
Dense granular flow
6. Igor S. Aronson and Lev S. Tsimring: Continuum Modelin of Granular Flow and Structure Formation
7. F. Radjaï and S. Roux: Contact Dynamics Study of 2D Granular Media: Critical States and Relevant Internal Variables
8. Nikolai V. Brilliantov and Thorsten Pöschel: Collision of adhesive viscoelastic particles
Hydrodynamic interactions
9. Élisabeth Guazzelli: Fluidized Beds: from Waves to Bubbles
10. Hans J. Herrmann: Wind-blown Sand
Charged and magnetic granular matter
11. Stephan M. Dammer, Jochen Werth, and Haye Hinrichsen: Electrostatically Charged Granular Matter
12. Daniel L. Blair and Arshad Kudrolli: Magnetized Granular Materials
Computational aspects
13. Stefan Luding: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Granular Materials
14. L. Brendel, T. Unger, and D. E. Wolf: Contact Dynamics for Beginners
P. Meyer, Chromatographia, Vol. 61, No. 5/6, March 2005
Dr. H. Hinrichsen holds a temporary professorship at the University of Wuppertal. He is head of the DFG project "Influence of electrical charges on the stability of granular matter in suspension".
Prof. Dr. D.E. Wolf is a well-known scientist from the University of Duisburg. He has worked for many years on granular matter and is a widely recognized expert within this community.
Authors:
Prof. Dr. Igor Aaronson
Prof. Dr. E. Ben-Naim
Prof. Dr. Sir Sam Edwards
Prof. Dr. H. A. Makse
Prof. Dr. Isaac Goldhirsch
Dr. Elisabeth Guazzelli
Prof. Dr. H. J. Herrmann
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Haye Hinrichsen
Prof. Dr. A. Kudrolli
Prof. Dr. D. Lohse
Prof. Dr. S. Luding
Dr. C. F. Moukarzel
Priv.-Doz. Dr. T. Pöschel
Prof. Dr. S. Roux
Dr. F. Radjai
Prof. Dr. Dietrich E. Wolf
