ABSTRACT
Preface XXI
The full canonical ensemble of a granular system 3 S.F. Edwards
Free volume distributions inside a bi-dimensional granular medium 7 F. da Cruz, F. Lechenault, O. Dauchot & E. Bertin
Superfine powders of silica studied with spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering 13 R.A. Andersson, I.M. de Schepper & W.G. Bouwman
Studies of particle packings in mixtures of pharmaceutical excipients 17 M. Dutt, B. Hancock, C. Bentham & J. Elliott
Microscopic characterization of Dutch organic clays 21 X.H. Cheng
Ordered packing induced by simultaneous shear and compaction 25 B. Hancock, M. Dutt, C. Bentham & J. Elliott
Granular materials with even circuits: ball-bearings and dry quicksand 29 N. Rivier
The geometry and the number of contacts of monodisperse sphere packs using X-ray tomography 33 M. Saadatfar, A. Kabla, T.J. Senden & T. Aste
The hierarchical properties of contact networks in granular packings 37 T. Aste & T.J. Senden
A quick method to produce random dense arrangements of particles 41 K. Bagi
Packing regimes in randomly deposited granular beds 45 I. Bratberg, F. Radjaï & A. Hansen
Granular packings assembled by rain deposition: an experimental and numerical study 49 S. Emam, J.-N. Roux, J. Canou, A. Corfdir & J.-C. Dupla
Comparison of radon diffusion in the granular phosphate and in the corresponding powder 53 F.Z. Boujrhal, R. Cherkaoui El Moursli, A. Chouak, G. Calas, N. Menguy & G. Morin
Particle percolation through a porous medium 57 L. Oger & F. Lominé
Contact forces and stress induced anisotropy 65 T.S. Majmudar & R.P. Behringer
Photoelastic investigation of localization phenomena in granular materials 69 D. Lesniewska & M. Sklodowski
Observations and simulation of force transmission in deformed conglomerates (Jiu-Jiu Fon, Taiwan) 73 A. Taboada, K.J. Chang & J. Malavieille
Reproducible numerical soil properties and influence of packing geometries on structural behavior 77 M. Pohl, M. Pulsfort & B. Walz
Response of a hexagonal granular packing under a localized overload: effects of pressure 81 S. Ostojic & D. Panja
Elasticity of sphere packings: pressure and initial state dependence 87 I. Agnolin & J.-N. Roux
Stress and fabric for polydisperse, frictionless, dense 2D granular media 93 M. Madadi, S.M. Peyghoon & S. Luding
Structural dependency on force propagation through particle packings 99 L.E. Silbert
Evolution of the contact network during tilting cycles of a granular pile under gravity 105 S. Deboeuf, J.-P. Vilotte, A. Mangeney, L. Staron & O. Dauchot
Indetermination in the numerical simulation of granular systems 109 J.J. Moreau
Scaling in granular materials 115 M.R. Kuhn
Failure in granular media: a discrete analysis 123 L. Sibille, F.V. Donzé, F. Darve & F. Nicot
A general micromorphic theory of kinematics and stress in granular media 129 J.D. Goddard
A continuum-like discrete description of granular media 135 F. Froiio & I. Vardoulakis
A micromechanical constitutive law resulting from energy dissipation by friction 141 E. Frossard
Some micro-mechanical considerations for a new macro-mechanical model for the flow of granular materials 147 D. Harris, M.J. Jiang & H.-S. Yu
A variable linking microscopic to macroscopic granular mechanics 151 M.J. Jiang, H.S. Yu & D. Harris
A theory on the stress-induced anisotropy in granular assemblies 155 M. Satake
Macroscopic constitutive relation of granular materials predicted by global-local analysis 159 K. Kaneko, K. Kumagai, S. Tsutsumi, T. Ishii & Y. Kishino
Macroscopic constitutive response of 3D granular assemblies under rotation of principal stress axes 165 S. Tsutsumi, M. Toyosada, K. Hashiguchi, K. Kaneko & Y. Kishino
Continuum modelling of systems of disks in quasi-static conditions: inclusion of fluctuations 169 I. Agnolin, J.T. Jenkins & L. La Ragione
The effect of contact plasticity on the elasticity, fracture and yielding of a particulate assembly 175 C.L. Martin & D. Bouvard
Crossover from hyperbolic-like to elliptic-like granular response 181 C. Goldenberg & I. Goldhirsch
Optical analysis of stress and strain in shear zones 187 H.G.B. Allersma
Granulence 193 F. Radjaï & S. Roux
Diffusion, transients and non-affine deformations for granular Couette shear flow 197 B.C. Utter & R.P. Behringer
Defects and mobility properties in a dense granular material under cyclic shear 203 G. Marty & O. Dauchot
Shearing of a confined granular layer: compaction under long alternate driving, and quasi-elastic behavior 209 C. Coste
Macroscopic friction response of rotational and non-rotational lattice solid gouge models in 2D and 3D 213 S. Latham, S. Abe & P. Mora
Shear strength properties of a thin granular interface 219 G. Saussine, F. Radjaï, F. Dubois, C. Cholet & P.E. Gautier
Computer simulation of three dimensional shearing of granular materials: formation of shear bands 223 S. Fazekas, J. Török, J. Kertész & D.E. Wolf
Shear band formation as a variational problem 227 T. Unger, D.E. Wolf, J. Török & J. Kertész
On the elastic response of granular media 235 C. Thornton & L. Zhang
Numerical investigation of the Mohr-Coulomb parameters in a biaxial compression 239 J.-Y. Delenne & M.S. El Youssoufi
Micro-macro relationships from DEM simulated element and in-situ tests 245 F. Calvetti & R. Nova
Strength, dilatancy, energy and dissipation in quasi-static deformation of granular materials 251 N.P. Kruyt & L. Rothenburg
Shear behavior of glass beads using DEM 257 T.G. Sitharam, J.S. Vinod & L. Rothenburg
The nature of quasistatic deformation in granular materials 261 J.-N. Roux
Characteristics of granular media at the ‘critical state’ 267 L. Zhang & C. Thornton
Discrete analysis of cavity expansion test 271 N.H. Vu, D. Rangeard, S. Masson & J. Martinez
General incremental behavior of idealized granular media 275 Y. Kishino & C. Zou
Ultrasonic experiment coupled with triaxial test for micro-seismicity detection in granular media 281 F. Adjemian, P. Evesque & X. Jia
Vibro-viscosity and granular temperature of cylindrical grain skeletons – experiments 287 G. Huber & H. Wienbroer
Hysteresis and creep in powders and grains 291 C.T. David, R. García-Rojo, H.J. Herrmann & S. Luding
The stress-strain curve of cyclic loading: microscopic, analytical results 295 S. McNamara, R. García-Rojo & H.J. Herrmann
Development of a mixed boundary environment for axi-symmetric DEM analyses 301 L. Cui & C. O’Sullivan
Acoustic measurements of anisotropic elasticity in glass bead packings under uniaxial stress 309 Y. Khidas & X. Jia
Sound wave velocities in dry and lubricated granular packings: numerical simulations and experiments 313 I. Agnolin, J.-N. Roux, P. Massaad, X. Jia & P. Mills
Sound propagation in dense, frictional granular materials 319 O. Mouraille & S. Luding
Electrical properties of granular matter: from “Branly effect” to intermittency 323 E. Falcon & B. Castaing
A conduction-based statistic for description of orientation in anisotropic packings 329 J.D. Picka & T.D. Stewart
Granular compaction: from the local motion to the global behavior 335 P. Ribiere, P. Richard, R. Delannay & D. Bideau
Compaction and mobility in randomly agitated granular assemblies 339 G. Caballero, J. Lanuza & E. Clément
Grain mobility and hexagonal domains formation in 2D granular compaction 343 G. Lumay & N. Vandewalle
A lattice model for BNE and RBNE 347 F. Ludewig & N. Vandewalle
Stress fluctuations and the solid/fluid transition in a sheared granular bed 353 F. Dalton, A. Petri & G. Pontuale
Characterization of a freezing/melting transition in a vibrated and sheared granular medium 357 K.E. Daniels & R.P. Behringer
Dense granular flows: friction and jamming 361 F. da Cruz, M. Prochnow, J.-N. Roux & F. Chevoir
Transient rigid clusters in dense granular flows 365 P. Mills, P.G. Rognon & F. Chevoir
The packing of fine and cohesive irregular particles 369 A. Castellanos, J.M. Valverde & M.A.S. Quintanilla
Experimental response function of a 2D granular media around the jamming transition 373 E. Kolb, J. Lanuza & E. Clément
Force response as a probe of the jamming transition 377 W.G. Ellenbroek, E. Somfai, W. van Saarloos & M. van Hecke
Mean field theory of dense granular media 381 A. Coniglio, A. Fierro, M. Nicodemi, M.P. Ciamarra & M. Tarzia
Reversibility and effective temperature in jammed granular matter 387 C. Song, P. Wang, J. Brujic´ & H.A. Makse
Effective temperature and jamming transition in sheared granular assemblies 393 F.Q. Potiguar & H.A. Makse
Elastic energy, fluctuations and temperature for granular materials 397 L. Kondic & R.P. Behringer
Features of soil behavior and their mathematical modeling 403 D. Kolymbas
Vibro-viscosity and granular temperature of cylindrical grain skeletons theory 411 G. Gudehus
Discrete incremental non-linearity in granular materials 415 F. Nicot & F. Darve
Analysis of deformation and localization in thermomicromechanical Cosserat models of granular media 419 A. Tordesillas & S.D.C. Walsh
Soils and rocks in terms of anisotropic reduced Cosserat continuum: peculiarities of wave propagation 425 E.F. Grekova & G.C. Herman
Equilibrium shapes of ellipsoidal soil asteroids 429 I. Sharma, J.T. Jenkins & J.A. Burns
A unified theory of granular statics 433 Y.M. Jiang & M. Liu
Predictions of stress dip in granular heaps using multi-slip formulation 439 O. Al Hattamleh, B. Muhunthan & H.M. Zbib
FE-simulations of direct and simple shearing within a polar hypoplasticity 443 J. Tejchman & E. Bauer
Influence of a characteristic length on shear zone formation in granular bodies within a polar, non-local and gradient hypoplasticity 447 J. Tejchman
Differences between the results of discrete element modeling and continuum modeling 451 S. van Baars Role of material-property fluctuations on the failure in the numerical biaxial tests 455 K. Hamadi, A. Modaressi, P. Evesque & F. Darve
A viscous model for free surface granular flow in silos 461 C. Leppert & D. Dinkler
Computer modeling of granular flow 465 Z. Wie˛kowski
Modeling of granular flow in silos based on finite element method ANSYS vs. SILO 469 G.A. Rombach, F. Ayuga, F. Neuman & E. Gallego Vázquez
Simulation of silo discharge: influence of initial pore distribution 475 J.-U. Böhrnsen, H. Antes & M. Ostendorf
Numerical simulation of hydrodynamic equations for granular media 481 C. Salueña & J.A. Carrillo
Behavior of adhesion between loaded fine particles with controlled surface additives 487 M.A.S. Quintanilla, A. Castellanos & J.M. Valverde
From grains to powders: from single particle contact mechanics measurements to bulk powder properties 493 M. Kappl, L. Heim, H.-J. Butt, S. Luding, R. Tykhoniuk & J. Tomas
Adhesion, inelastic contact behavior and simulation of shear dynamics of ultrafine cohesive powder 499 R. Tykhoniuk, J. Tomas, S. Luding, M. Kappl, L. Heim & H.-J. Butt
Adhesive interactions of viscoelastic spheres 505 N.V. Brilliantov & T. Pöschel
Frictional contact and cohesion laws for Casagrande’s shear test on granular materials by 3D DEM – comparison with experiments 509 V. Richefeu, M.S. El Youssoufi, R. Peyroux & C.Bohatier
Molecular Dynamics modeling of the adhesive interaction between fine particles 513 F.A. Gilabert, A.M. Krivtsov & A. Castellanos
Effect of contact stiffness on the fluidization behavior of cohesive powders 517 R. Moreno, B.H. Xu & M. Ghadiri
Compaction of cohesive powders 525 D.E. Wolf, T. Unger, D. Kadau & L. Brendel
Microscopic and macroscopic compaction of cohesive powders 535 M. Morgeneyer, M. Röck, J. Schwedes, K. Johnson, D. Kadau, D.E. Wolf & L. Heim
Structural changes and plasticity in loose cohesive granular packings 541 F.A. Gilabert, J.-N. Roux & A. Castellanos
Measurement of the compression properties of cohesive powders using the press shear cell 545 L. Grossmann & J. Tomas
Where does a granular heap break? 551 F. Restagno, L. Bocquet & É. Charlaix
Direct measurement of the effect of adhesion on powder flow behavior: experimental and DEM investigations 555 K. Bose, R. Moreno, S.J. Antony, Y.L. Ding, S.R. Biggs, M. Ghadiri, D. Rhodes & A. Milliken
Constant rate shearing on two dimensional cohesive disks 559 N. Olivi-Tran, O. Pozo & N. Fraysse
Rheology of cohesive granular materials 565 P.G. Rognon, J.-N. Roux, F. Chevoir & M. Naaïm
Cohesive powders: steady state flow and boundary conditions 569 L. Brendel, D. Kadau, D.E. Wolf, M. Roeck, M. Morgeneyer & J. Schwedes
Flow and damping of ultrafine powder 575 A. Haack, G. Kache & J. Tomas
Segregation of cohesive powders in a vibrated granular bed 579 S.C. Yang & S.S. Hsiau
Cohesive granular materials subjected to particle swelling or shrinkage 583 M.S. El Youssoufi, J.-Y. Delenne & F. Radjaï
Aggregation in charged nano suspensions 587 J.H. Werth, D.E. Wolf, S.M. Dammer, H.A. Knudsen & H. Hinrichsen
Experimental study to establish strength and behavior of reactive liquid bridges with particles 595 S. Germaná, D. Rossetti, S.J.R. Simons & J. Bonsall
Influence of water content on the mechanical behavior of granular assemblies 599 F. Soulié, M.S. El Youssoufi, F. Cherblanc & C. Saix
Influence of capillary forces on the flow of granular materials: experimental study and DEM modeling 605 S. Taibi, A. Alem & J.M. Fleureau
Dilatancy and yield stress of dry and wet beads 611 R. Condotta & A. de Ryck
Probing wet cohesive granular materials with multiply scattered elastic waves 617 Th. Brunet, X. Jia & P. Mills
Shearing a granular paste in a Couette device: flow and size segregation 621 M. Lenoble, P. Snabre, B. Pouligny & C. Barentin
Sheared humid granular media: from stick-slip dynamics to microscopic aspects 625 O. Pozo, N. Fraysse & N. Olivi-Tran
Ageing in the stick-slip motion for a humid granular medium 629 O. Pozo, N. Fraysse & N. Olivi-Tran
Structure and humidity sensitivity of some finely grained polycrystalline ferrites 635 N. Rezlescu, E. Rezlescu, F. Tudorache, C. Doroftei & P.D. Popa
Kinetic Monte-Carlo simulations of sintering 641 F. Westerhoff, R. Zinetullin & D.E. Wolf
Effect of process variables and physico-chemical properties on the granulation kinetics in high shear mixer 647 M. Benali, M. Hemati, V. Gerbaud & D. Steinmetz
Deformation characteristics of an agglomerate imbedded in a bed of particles subjected to shearing: size effect 651 A. Hassanpour, S.J. Antony & M. Ghadiri
Influence of forming pressure of compacted powders on densification of sintered body 655 C. Miclea, C. Tanasoiu, C.F. Miclea, F.N. Sima, M. Cioangher & A. Gheorghiu
Effect of PbO on the properties of ferrite compound Ni0.36Zn0.64Fe2O4 659 N. Rezlescu & E. Rezlescu
Weathering of soft rocks: continuum and discrete approaches 665 F. Calvetti, R. Nova & R. Castellanza
On modeling rock slope retreat by the discrete element method 671 F. Calvetti, R. Nova & S. Utili
Discrete creep model for long-term behavior of rockfill dams 677 T.-H. Tran, F. Dedecker & B. Cambou
DEM modeling of natural stones assembly confined in wire mesh 681 D. Bertrand, Ph. Gotteland & N. Nicot
DEM modeling of soil structures reinforced with geosynthetics 687 B. Chareyre & P. Villard
Discrete simulation of the shear response of cohesive granular interfaces 693 F. Farooghi, S. Masson & J. Martinez
Investigation of the asymptotic states of granular materials using a discrete model of anisotropic particles 697 A.A. Peña, H.J. Herrmann, A. Lizcano & F. Alonso-Marroquín
Micromechanics of shear bands in granular media 701 I. Vardoulakis & F. Alonso-Marroquín
Sliding and localization in a biaxial test of granular material 705 R. García-Rojo, S. McNamara, A.A. Pen˜a & H.J. Herrmann
Fluidization and liquefaction of geomaterials in fast slope movements 711 M. Pastor, M.I. Herreros, J.A. Fernández Merodo, E. González, P. Mira, B. Haddad & M. Quecedo
Fluidization and stability of granular media in artesian flow conditions 719 I. Vardoulakis & S. Alevizos
Sand production: A microscopically motivated multi-phase model 723 H. Steeb, S. Diebels & I. Vardoulakis
Numerical determination of particles mass flow rate through orifices in the case of oil well production 727 Y. Peysson, G. Ferrer, J.F. Nauroy, E. Bemer & T. Yalamas
An attempt to model compaction instabilities of stabilized residues 731 R. Nova & M. Arroyo
Author Index 737
The effects of internal structure on rheology in slow granular shear flow 743 J.P. Gollub & J.-C. Tsai
Shear deformation in the interphase region 747 J. Wang, J.E. Dove, M.S. Gutierrez & J.D. Corton
Experimental study on stress ratio in rapid granular shear flow 751 K. Ichiba, K. Iwashita & M. Oda
Effect of internal friction of granular materials on the transport properties of sheared granular flows 757 S.S. Hsiau, J.Y. Shiu, W.L. Yang & L.S. Lu
Discrete element simulation of dense granular flow in a modified Couette cell 763 J.B. Lechman, G.S. Grest, A.F. Barbero, S.R. Nagel & H.M. Jaeger
Effective temperatures in repulsive glasses sheared at fixed normal load 769 N. Xu & C.S. O’Hern
Dynamic phases and force chains in a sheared granular lattice gas 773 B.W. Fitzgerald & D. Corcoran
Shear induced instability and segregation of a granular mixture 779 M.P. Ciamarra, M. Nicodemi & A. Coniglio
Models for surface granular flows: comparison to experimental measurements 785 D.V. Khakhar, A.V. Orpe & S.K. Hajra
Dense flows of bidisperse assemblies of disks down an inclined plane 795 P.G. Rognon, J.-N. Roux, F. Chevoir & M. Naaïm
Flows of dense grain collections down an incline: experimental results and analyses 799 J. Rajchenbach
Velocity fields of intermittent granular avalanches 803 R. Fischer, P. Gondret, M. Rabaud, S. Courrech du Pont & B. Perrin
Computing granular avalanches across irregular topography 807 P. Vollmöller, A. Dedner & C. Ancey
Cross-over from deterministic to decorrelated behavior in avalanches of granular materials 811 M.A.S. Quintanilla, J.M. Valverde & A. Castellanos
Looking for memory in the behavior of granular materials by means of the Hurst analysis 817 J.M. Valverde, A. Castellanos & M.A.S. Quintanilla
Reorganization of a packing of discs previous to the avalanche 823 M.A. Aguirre, A. Medus, M. Mancuso, A. Calvo & I. Ippolito
Nucleation and expansion of grain avalanches 827 J. Rajchenbach
Granular micro-structure and avalanche precursors 831 L. Staron, F. Radjaï & J.-P. Vilotte
An analysis of mixing in rotary drums by means of discrete element method and penetration model 837 G. Saage, M. Kwapinska & E. Tsotsas
Flow measurement in rotational flow of mixed-size granular systems 841 J.E. Maneval, B.E. Smith, A. Caprihan & E. Fukushima
Segregation transients in a tumbler flow 845 W. Losert, M. Newey, N. Taberlet & P. Richard
MRI measurement of size segregation in a rotating drum 849 T. Kawaguchi, K. Tsutsumi & Y. Tsuji
Axial segregation of dry grains in a rotating drum: a numerical study 853 N. Taberlet, P. Richard & W. Losert
How do grains flow: towards a simple rheology for dense granular flows 859 O. Pouliquen, C. Cassar, Y. Forterre, P. Jop & M. Nicolas
Experimental study of 2D granular dense chute flows 867 W. Bi, R. Delannay, P. Richard & A. Valance
How sidewalls influence granular flows 873 N. Taberlet, P. Richard, R. Delannay & M.Y. Louge
Effects of end-wall friction on granular flow in rotating 2D and 3D cylinders 877 A. Caprihan, B.E. Smith, J.E. Maneval, K.M. Hill & E. Fukushima
Influence of the lateral friction on the surface flow: a 3D numerical approach 881 M. Renouf, D. Bonamy, P. Alart & F. Dubois
Volume fraction profile in channeled granular flows down an erodible incline 885 M.Y. Louge, A. Valance, N. Taberlet, P. Richard & R. Delannay
Multiple solutions of steady granular chute flows 891 M.J. Woodhouse & A.J. Hogg
Stress distributions of steady and unsteady state hopper flows 899 H.P. Zhu & A.B. Yu
Application of digital particle image velocimetry in registrations of central and eccentric granular material flows 903 I. Sielamowicz, T.A. Kowalewski & S. Blonski
Effect of entrained air and particle properties on fluctuating velocity of free falling particles from hopper 909 K. Ogata & Y. Tomita
Asymmetry-induced circulation in granular hopper flows 915 J.F. Wambaugh & R.P. Behringer
Getting to the bottom and top of a granular medium 921 M.B. Stone, T.J. Scheidemantel, D.P. Bernstein, R. Barry, M.D. Pelc, Y.K. Tsui, K. Klein, K. Chen & P. Schiffer
3D imaging of rod penetration through a granular pile 925 M. Toiya & W. Losert
Granular Vacua 929 A.J. Hogg, J.M.N.T. Gray & X. Cui
Diffusion, mobility and failure for a stirred granular system 933 J. Geng & R.P. Behringer
Dynamics of granular flow in a powder mixer 939 B.F.C. Laurent
Segregation of binary mixtures of particles in a bladed mixer 943 Y.C. Zhou, G.R. Chandratilleke, A.B. Yu & J. Bridgwater
Transformation of barchans into parabolic dunes under the influence of vegetation 951 O. Durán, V. Schatz, H.J. Herrmann & H. Tsoar
Flow separation in the lee of transverse dunes 955 V. Schatz & H.J. Herrmann
Barchan dunes on Mars and on Earth 959 E.J.R. Parteli, V. Schatz & H.J. Herrmann
Dust and sand transport on Mars 963 J.P. Merrison, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, T.L. Jacobsen, A.E. Jensen, K. Kinch, P. Nørnberg & K.R. Rasmussen
Dynamics of particles in aeolian saltation 967 K.R. Rasmussen & M. Sørensen
The granulometric evolution of aeolian sands – an empirical and statistical approach 973 H. Besler
Grain-size sorting and slope failure in experimental subaqueous grain flows 977 M.G. Kleinhans & Th.W.J. van Asch
Erosion threshold and ripple dynamics at a granular bed surface sheared by a continuous laminar flow 981 T. Loiseleux, D. Doppler, P. Gondret & M. Rabaud
Sand/water interface stability underneath a rotating fluid flow 987 H. Caps & N. Vandewalle
Three-dimensional sand patterns under shear flow 991 V. Langlois & A. Valance
Dynamic and instability of submarine avalanches 997 F. Malloggi, J. Lanuza, B. Andreotti & E. Clément
Experiments on gravity-driven particle flows in a turbulent stream 1001 T. Böhm, C. Ancey, P. Frey, M. Jodeau & J.-L. Reboud
A simple model of sediment transport 1005 F. Osanloo, S. McNamara & H.J. Herrmann
Two dimensional simulation of dust advection-diffusion 1009 Z.A. Fard & H.K. Zavareh
Structure and stability of gas-fluidized beds of fine particles 1015 J.M. Valverde, A. Castellanos & M.A.S. Quintanilla
Autocorrelation spectra of air-fluidized granular system by the NMR spin echo 1021 J. Stepišnik, S. Lasicˇ, A. Mohoricˇ, I. Serša & G. Planinšicˇ
The separation of fine binary granular mixtures subjected to differential gravity and to vertical vibration in air 1025 A.T. Catherall, M.R. Swift & P.J. King
The effects of fluid-driven convection on the separation of binary mixtures 1029 R.J. Milburn, M.R. Swift & P.J. King
Aerated flow of fine cohesive powders in a Peschl shear cell 1033 D. Barletta, G. Donsì, G. Ferrari & M. Poletto
Platelet aggregation via granular flow simulations 1039 X.S. Yang
Onset of collapse and growth of cavity region in a granular material due to viscous flow 1043 O. Sano & Y. Kaneko
Dense bubble flow in a silo: a particular granular material 1049 Y. Bertho, Ch. Becco, H. Caps & N. Vandewalle
Settling of particles in liquids 1055 K.J. Dong, R.P. Zou, R.Y. Yang & A.B. Yu
Pattern formation by injection of air in a non-Brownian suspension 1061 C. Chevalier, A. Lindner & E. Clément
A new recycling system of high water content mud: production of high quality soil from construction sludge 1067 H. Takahashi, M. Mori & K. Kumakura
Post-fluidization depositional processes of hyperconcentrated sand-water mixtures 1073 Amiruddin, J. Miyamoto & H. Sekiguchi
Imprinting memory into paste to control crack patterns in the drying process 1081 A. Nakahara & Y. Matsuo
Density changes of the pore water of saturated clay 1087 M. Külzer & G. Gudehus
A study on the simple expression method for generating of excess pore pressure in DEM 1091 T. Takahara, A. Kikumoto & T. Yamakami
Effects of interparticle friction on the undrained response of granular media 1097 R. Olivera Bonilla & L. Rothenburg
Granular gas in an experimental accessible setup 1103 H. Hayakawa & A. Kawarada
Dilute dissipative granular gas in Knudsen regime and in micro-gravity: evidence for a “velostat” as a boundary condition 1107 P. Evesque, Y. Garrabos, C. Lecoutre, F. Palencia & D. Beysens
Granular dissipative gas in weightlessness: the ultimate case of very low densities and how to measure accurately restitution coefficient and its dependence on speed 1113 Y. Garrabos, D. Beysens, F. Palencia, C. Lecoutre & P. Evesque
Long-range interactions in ring-shaped particle aggregates 1119 M.-K. Muller & S. Luding
Two-dimensional turbulence in granular gases 1123 M. Isobe
A model of dissipative granular gas: the limit case of complete inelasticity of grain-grain collision 1131 P. Evesque
Segregation in a sheared binary mixture of nearly elastic, smooth disks under gravity 1135 D.K. Yoon, B.Ö. Arnarson & J.T. Jenkins
Non-Newtonian granular fluids: simulation and theory 1141 M. Alam & S. Luding
Collisional flows of identical, smooth, nearly elastic spheres in a vertical chute 1147 S.L. Das & J.T. Jenkins
The granular Leidenfrost effect 1155 P. Eshuis, K. van der Weele, D. van der Meer & D. Lohse
Motion in a vertically vibrated granular layer 1159 J.M. Pastor, A. Garcimartín, I. Zuriguel & D. Maza
Experimental study of vibrated beds with and without air fluidization 1163 A. de Ryck & D. Marino
Granular matter applications in agriculture 1167 E. Tijskens, E. Dintwa, J. Loodts, P. Van Liedekerke, M. Van Zeebroeck, P. Verboven & H. Ramon
Study of vibrated granular packings by X-ray tomography 1173 E. Roueche & G. Thomas, J.M. Missiaen & J.L. Gelet
Dependence of granular arrangements under vibrations on the dimensions of cylindrical containers 1177 E. Roueche, G. Thomas, J.M. Missiaen & J.L. Gelet
Granular surface waves in a vibratory conveyor 1181 A. Götzendorfer, C.A. Kruelle & I. Rehberg
Reversal of a granular flow on a vibratory conveyor 1185 C.A. Kruelle, M. Rouijaa, A. Götzendorfer, I. Rehberg, R. Grochowski, P. Walzel, H. El hor & S.J. Linz
Model for transport of granular matter on vibratory conveyors 1191 H. El hor, S.J. Linz, R. Grochowski, P. Walzel, C.A. Kruelle, M. Rouijaa, A. Götzendorfer & I. Rehberg
A cellular automation for granular media under vibrations 1197 M.P. Sáenz & J.D. Muñoz
On the validity of Gallavotti-Cohen fluctuation relation in granular gases 1201 A. Puglisi, A. Barrat, E. Trizac, P. Visco & F. van Wijland
Experimental study of the collision process between an incident bead and a 3D granular packing 1207 D. Beladjine, M. Ammi, L. Oger & A. Valance
Impact on soft sand: Void collapse and jet formation 1211 R. Bergmann, R. Mikkelsen, C. Zeilstra, D. van der Meer, M. Versluis, K. van der Weele, M. van der Hoef, H. Kuipers & D. Lohse
Modeling of impact cratering in granular media 1215 L.S. Tsimring & D. Volfson
Dynamic interaction of debris flows on retaining structures 1219 F. Federico, A. Musso & A. Amoruso
A numerical study of the collapse and spreading of a granular mass 1225 L. Staron & E.J. Hinch
Contact and quasi-static impact of a dissipationless mechanical model 1233 H. Kuninaka & H. Hayakawa
Characterization of the contact between particles by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) 1237 M. George & D.T. Goddard
Modeling particle collisions in DEM simulations with an improved integral non-linear model 1241 A. Di Renzo & F.P. Di Maio
Rolling friction and bistability of rolling motion 1247 T. Pöschel, T. Schwager, N.V. Brilliantov & A. Zaikin
A granular collider: particle-substrate model and a numerical experiment 1253 R.P. Behringer & M. Dutt
Electrification of pharmaceutical powders due to a single impact with a metal plate 1257 H. Watanabe, A. Samimi, Y.L. Ding, M. Ghadiri, T. Matsuyama & K.G. Pitt
Fine Sr and Ba hexaferrite powders used in magnetic recording prepared by self combustion 1263 N. Rezlescu, P.D. Popa, E. Rezlescu & C. Doroftei
Influence of large particles on the behavior of granular media 1269 K.J. Chang, A. Taboada & F. Radjaï
Relationship between particle size and normal force 1273 J. Török, S. Fazekas, T. Unger & D.E. Wolf
Discrete element modeling of the densification of powder composites 1279 C.L. Martin & D. Bouvard
Effects of size polydispersity on pharmaceutical particle packings 1285 C. Bentham, M. Dutt, B. Hancock & J. Elliott
Angle of repose for two-dimensional particle aggregates from particle-size and -shape 1289 S.A.M. El Shourbagy & H.-G. Matuttis
The experimental study on a period of granular stratification pattern 1295 M. Shimokawa, S. Ohta & A. Nakahara
Characterization of granular materials intervening in cement production 1299 A.M. Vidales, I. Ippolito, O.A. Benegas, O.C. Nocera, F. Aguirre & M.R. Baudino
Effects of matter properties on particulate segregation in a vibrating granular bed 1305 C.H. Tai, S.S. Hsiau & M.D. Li
A hierarchical model for simulating very polydisperse granular media 1311 M. Wackenhut, S. McNamara & H.J. Herrmann
Effect of irregular grain shape on quasi-static shear behavior of granular assembly 1319 T. Matsushima
The influence of particle shape on the stress-strain and creep response of a fine silica sand 1325 E.T. Bowman & K. Soga
Ballast forming crushed rock: size, shape and shear behavior 1329 A. Marache, J. Riss, C. Cholet & P.E. Gautier
The importance of accurately capturing particle geometry in DEM simulations 1333 C.O’Sullivan & J.D. Bray
Influence of particle shape on rotations and rolling movements in granular media 1339 C. Nouguier-Lehon & E. Frossard
Influence of angularity on dense granular flows 1345 L. Tocquer, S. Lavergne, F. Chevoir & Y. Descantes
Shape segregation in granular materials: a game of Go where shape beats size and buoyancy 1349 H.-G. Matuttis, S. Omata & O. Sano
Dynamics of a vibrated dimer 1355 S. Dorbolo, N. Vandewalle, D. Volfson, L. Tsimring & A. Kudrolli
Numerical and experimental investigation of alignment and segregation of vibrated granular media composed of rods and spheres 1359 M. Ramaioli, L. Pournin & Th. Liebling
Pebble packing and wearing simulations 1365 Q. Sun
Approaching real grain shape in the simulation of sandstone using DEM 1369 L. Li & R.M. Holt
A generalization of distinct element method to tridimensional particles with complex shapes 1375 L. Pournin & T.M. Liebling
Collisions between particles of complex shape 1379 B. Muth, P. Eberhard & S. Luding
Relating particle characteristics to macro behavior of DEM crushable material 1387 Y. Nakata, M.D. Bolton & Y.P. Cheng
Grain crushing and critical states observed in DEM simulations 1393 Y.P. Cheng, M.D. Bolton & Y. Nakata
Effect of particle crushability on critical state line of granular material 1399 S. Kato, S. Nonami & T. Sakakibara
Compaction bands as observed in DEM simulations 1405 G. Marketos & M.D. Bolton
Modeling grain crushing in rockfill material using discrete 2D model 1409 R. Deluzarche & B. Cambou
The application of mechanoluminescence for characterization of inelastic deformation and fracture of quartz particles 1413 S. Aman & J. Tomas
Effect of angularity and crushability of particles on shear behavior of a volcanic soil 1419 M. Hyodo, N. Yoshimoto, Y. Nakata & W. Kim
Study of the durability of the pegmatite grains material in oedometric test 1425 B. Melbouci & J.C. Roth
Analysis of the milling behavior of organic powders 1431 C.C. Kwan, S. Gittins, W. Yang, Y.Q. Chen, Y.L. Ding, M. Ghadiri, H. Mio & F. Saito
Numerical simulation of a rock crusher 1437 T. Sakakibara, M. Amano, S. Kanou & T. Nagata
Modeling of localization of deformation in quasi-brittle materials with a continuum and discrete model 1441 J. Bobinski, J. Kozicki & J. Tejchman
Sequential modeling of failure behavior in cohesive brittle materials 1447 K. Grass, A. Blumen, M.O. Steinhauser & K. Thoma
Central and oblique impacts of spheres 1451 M. Khanal, W. Schubert & J. Tomas
Fracture analysis of concrete column under high speed load by the 3-D distinct element method 1457 D. Haraki, S. Katsuki & Y. Kajita
Author Index 1463
