THEMES

  1. ....PACKING GEOMETRY
    ...:...particle morphology/pore descriptions
    ...:...geometric disorder/length scales
    ...:...structural anisotropy/heterogeneity
    ...:...assembly characteristics/microstructure
    ...:...geometric influence of material history

  2. ....PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
    ...:...elastic/plastic/viscoelastic
    ...:...friction/adhesion/cohesion
    ...:...liquid/capillary forces
    ...:...electric/electromagnetic/van der Waals forces
    ...:...solid/fluid/gas interactions
    ...:...particle shape effects

  3. ....QUASI-STATIC DEFORMATION
    ...:...modulus/strength/dilation
    ...:...statistical physics
    ...:...statistical mechanics
    ...:...physical experiments
    ...:...direct numerical simulations
    ....:...microstructurally based continuum formulations

  4. ....GRANULAR FLOW
    ...:...molecular/granular dynamics
    ...:...clustering/agglomeration
    ...:...kinetic theory/cellular automata
    ...:...wall friction

  5. ....VIBRATION/SEGREGATION
    ...:...convection/waves
    ...:...separation processes
    ...:...mixing

  6. ....FRACTURE/FRAGMENTATION
    ...:...fracture mechanisms
    ...:...crack propagation
    ...:...microcracking
    ...:...attrition/comminution

  7. ....APPLICATIONS
    ...:...hopper/chute/pipe flow
    ...:...avalanches
    ...:...phase transition/liquefaction
    ...:...powder forming/sintering
    ...:...tribology
    ...:...measurement systems
    ...:...tomography