Granular and Complex Materials. World Scientific Lecture Notes in Complex Systems, Volume 8.

by Tomaso Aste (Editor), A. Tordesillas (Editor)

The science of complex materials continues to engage researchers from a vast range of disciplines, including physics, mathematics, computational science, and virtually all domains of engineering. This volume presents a unique multidisciplinary panorama of the current research in complex materials. The contributions explore an array of problems reflecting recent developments in four main areas: characterization and modeling of disordered packings, micromechanics and continuum theory; discrete element method; statistical mechanics. The common theme is the quest to unravel the connection between the microscopic and macroscopic properties of complex materials.

255 pages, ebook

First published October 18, 2007