Granular materials are ubiquitous in the world around us. They have properties that are
different from those commonly associated with either solids, liquids, or gases. In this review …

▪ Abstract The recent avalanche of research activity in the field of granular matter has yielded
much progress. The use of state-of-the-art (and other) computational and experimental …

Computer Simulations belong to the most important methods for the theoretical investigation
of granular materials. The present book is intended to serve as an introduction to the field …

Starting from the observations that powders have a large number of particles, and
reproducible properties, we show how statistical mechanics applies to powders. The volume …

One challenge of today's research is the realistic simulation of granular materials, like sand
or powders, consisting of millions of particles. In this article, the discrete element method …

V ictor Hugo suggested the possibility that patterns created by the movement of grains of
sand are in no small part responsible for the shape and feel of the natural world we live in …

Granulated materials, like sand and sugar and salt, are composed of many pieces that can
move independently. The study of collisions and flow in these materials requires new …

We study the scheme of formal arcs on a singular algebraic variety and its images under
truncations. We prove a rationality result for the Poincare series of these images which is an …

The objective of this paper is to identify a numerical method to simulate motion of a packed
or fluidized bed of fuel particles in combustion chambers, such as a grate furnace and a …

Cohesive powders have widely different bulk behavior due to their peculiar interactions. We
use discrete element simulations to investigate the effect of contact cohesion on the steady …