Sand, rice, sugar, snow, cement... Although ubiquitous in our daily lives, granular media still
challenge engineers and fascinate researchers. This book provides the state-of-the-art of the …

Wet particle fluidization is commonly applied in some industries such as catalytic cracking,
pharmaceutical manufacturing, mineral processing, food drying, etc. Understanding the …

Having been of major concern only for process engineering a decade ago, wet granular
matter has recently made its way into the realm of fundamental research. This owes in part to …

Most studies on granular physics have focused on dry granular media, with no liquids
between the grains. However, in geology and many real world applications (eg food …

When a granular material such as sand is mixed with a certain amount of liquid, the surface
tension of the latter bestows considerable stiffness to the material, which enables, for …

Resistive force theory (RFT) is often used to analyze the movement of microscopic
organisms swimming in fluids. In RFT, a body is partitioned into infinitesimal segments, each …

The properties of water at the nanoscale are crucial in many areas of biology, but the
confinement of water molecules in sub-nanometre channels in biological systems has …

This chapter explains how the shape of a simple nonconvex particle, au‐particle influences
bulk rheology. It introduces experimental techniques used to characterize granular rheology …

The lower and upper angles of repose of glass beads are experimentally investigated in
rotating drums at the slumping motion. The drum diameters are 200 mm, 300 mm and 500 …

Rammed earth is an ancient construction technique which has recently become popular for
sustainable building. Soil is compacted in removable formwork to make a homogeneous …