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A tale of tails

Martin van Hecke ()
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Martin van Hecke: the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Leiden University

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7045, 1041-1042

Abstract: Granular materials such as sand can either be jammed and rigid, or yield and flow. Puzzling changes in the forces between the grains deepen the mystery surrounding this basic, but poorly understood, transition.

Date: 2005
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