Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Granular materials are ubiquitous in the world around us. They have properties that are
different from those commonly associated with either solids, liquids, or gases. In this review …

Sand, rice, sugar, snow, cement... Although ubiquitous in our daily lives, granular media still
challenge engineers and fascinate researchers. This book provides the state-of-the-art of the …

Gripping and holding of objects are key tasks for robotic manipulators. The development of
universal grippers able to pick up unfamiliar objects of widely varying shape and surface …

▪ Abstract Field observations, laboratory experiments, and theoretical analyses indicate that
landslides mobilize to form debris flows by three processes:(a) widespread Coulomb failure …

This introductory text develops the fundamental physics of the behavior of granular
materials. It covers the basic properties of flow, friction, and fluidization of uniform granular …

Granular materials are ubiquitous in our daily lives. While they have been the subject of
intensive engineering research for centuries, in the last two decades granular matter has …

THE formation of two-dimensional patterns in biological, chemical and physical systems is
often described by the nonlinear interaction of plane waves1. An alternative approach views …

V ictor Hugo suggested the possibility that patterns created by the movement of grains of
sand are in no small part responsible for the shape and feel of the natural world we live in …

Iron is a limiting nutrient for primary production in large areas of the oceans,,,. Dissolved iron
(iii) in the upper oceans occurs almost entirely in the form of complexes with strong organic …