Jamming is not just cool any more

Andrea J. Liu () and Sidney R. Nagel ()
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Andrea J. Liu: University of California at Los Angeles
Sidney R. Nagel: University of Chicago

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6706, 21-22

Abstract: Some solids - say, powdered raw materials in a conduit - often become jammed. Are the properties of such jammed solids different to those of ordinary solids? The answer 'yes' comes from a paper in which it is proposed that they should really be considered as belonging to a new class of materials known as fragile matter which, because of its unusual mechanical properties, requires a new theoretical description.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1038/23819

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