A theoretical model for the stress distribution in granular matter. II. Forces in pipes

C.C. Mounfield and S.F. Edwards

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1996, vol. 226, issue 1, 12-24

Abstract: As an application of the model we have developed for the stress within a granular material we consider the force distribution within vertical and horizontal pipes. For a vertical pipe (with rough walls) the average forces in the system follow the arch of a catenary between the walls. For a horizontal pipe pressure exerted at one end of the pipe is transmitted in right cones to the walls with the stress free region ending in a cone whose apex is the face of the open end.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00376-2

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