ME773A - Granular Materials
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1. Introduction to granular materials: Illustrative examples.
2. Revision of continuum mechanics.
3. Materials with yield strength: I Iohr Coulolllb and Drucker Prager materials.
4. Static’s: Coulomb's, J ansseu's and Walker's method. Volume averaging.
5. Application: Hoppers, Dmns, Land slides allied Asteroids.
6. Micromechanical behavior: Particle-particle interaction. Mean field theory.
7. Other features: Close packing, Crystallization, Force chains, Shear banding.
8. Slow dense flow: Plasticity theory.
9. Application: Flows in Hoppers and Bukers.
10. Rapid granular flow: Smooth inelastic particles.
11. Examples: Plane Coquette flow, Inclined notes.
12. Rapid granular flow: Rough inelastic particles.
13. Mixing and segregation: Brazil nut effect, Rotating drum and Avalanches.
14. Effect of air: Porous beds. Barchaud 111 Hud Homglasses.
15. Introduction to computational modeling.
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