Dynamics and structural relaxation in powders
Abstract
We review in this article various aspects of our work on vibrated powders. The central point of our model is that there are two fundamental types of excitation involved in the motion of grains - one involving the individual motion of independent particles, and the other the collective motion of clusters. Novel theoretical and computational techniques are used to develop these ideas, and they yield a wealth of detail on the microscopic structure of granular flows, as well as on the static configurations that these generate.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Granular flow and fluidized beds
Material Dynamics and Properties
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 233–239
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter