Boundary effects on the maximal angle of stability of a granular packing

Authors
Boltenhagen, P
Citation
P. Boltenhagen, Boundary effects on the maximal angle of stability of a granular packing, EUR PHY J B, 12(1), 1999, pp. 75-77
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
ISSN journal
14346028 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
75 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-6028(199911)12:1<75:BEOTMA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We have studied the maximal angle of stability of a granular packing confin ed between two walls. The effect of the walls is to increase the angle dram atically. The decay of the angle with the distance between the walls is exp onential with a characteristic length which is a function of the beads diam eter. The effect of the roughness of the walls has been also studied.