Uncovering the real dirt on granular flow
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 02:28
in Physics & Chemistry
A handful of sand contains countless grains, which interact with each other via friction and impact forces as they slip through your fingers. When a handful becomes a load in an excavator bucket, those interactions multiply exponentially...
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