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

Albert László Barabási; Réka Albert; Peter Schiffer

doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00618-9

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

Albert László Barabási, Réka Albert, Peter Schiffer

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Abstract

We demonstrate that stability criteria can be used to calculate the maximum angle of stability, θ_m, 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 θ_m on the liquid content of the material. The results are in good agreement with our experimental data.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	366-371
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	266
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00618-9
State	Published - Apr 15 1999
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Percolation and Disordered Systems: Theory and Applications - Giessen, Ger Duration: Jul 14 1998 → Jul 17 1998

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Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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

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