From elasticity to hypoplasticity: dynamics of granular solids.

Phys Rev Lett

Theoretische Physik, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.

Published: September 2007

"Granular elasticity," useful for calculating static stress distributions in granular media, is generalized by including the effects of slowly moving, deformed grains. The result is a hydrodynamic theory for granular solids that agrees well with models from soil mechanics.

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