• Title of article

    The physics of sand castles: maximum angle of stability in wet and dry granular media

  • Author/Authors

    Albert-L?szl? Barab?si، نويسنده , , Réka Albert، نويسنده , , Peter Schiffer، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    366
  • To page
    371
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that stability criteria can be used to calculate the maximum angle of stability, θm, of a granular medium composed of spherical particles in three dimensions and circular discs in two dimensions. We apply the results to wet granular material by calculating the dependence of θm on the liquid content of the material. The results are in good agreement with our experimental data.
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Record number

    865907