Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications

Granular Materials: Fundamentals and Applications details recent advances made in theoretical, computational and experimental approaches in understanding the behaviour of granular materials, including industrial applications.Topics covered include:·key features of granular plasticity·high temperature particle interactions·influence of polymers on particulate dispersion stability: scanning probe microscopy investigations·in-process measurement of particulate systemsPresented by world renowned researchers, this book will be welcomed by scientists and engineers, working across a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines. TOC: Rates of Stress in Dense Unbonded Frictional Materials During Slow Loading; Snapshots on Some Granular States of Matter: Billiard, Gas, Clustering, Liquid, Plastic, Solid; Constitutive Modelling of Flowering Granular Materials: A Continuum Approach; High Temperature Particle Interactions; Critical State Behaviour of Granular Materials Using Three Dimensional Discrete Element Modelling; Key Features of Granular Plasticity; Influence of Polymers on Particulate Dispersion Stability: Scanning Probe Microscopy Investigations; Applications: Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy to Granular Materials: Interparticle Forces in Air; In-Process Measurement of Particulate Systems; Fluidization of Fine Powders; The Kinetics of High-Shear Granulation; Dynamics of Particles in a Rotary Kiln; Granular Motion in the Transverse Plane of Rotating Drums; Subject Index