Unifying Concepts in Granular Media and Glasses
Subtitle: From the Statistical Mechanics of Granular Media to the Theory of Jamming
Contributors: Antonio Coniglio (Editor); Annalisa Fierro (Editor); Hans J. Herrmann (Editor); Mario Nicodemi (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780444516077
First sentence: Many different systems can flow but become rigid when certain control parameters are varied.