Provides the state-of-the-art of the physics of granular media for graduate students and researchers in physics, applied mathematics and engineering.

Dry granular materials, such as sand, sugar and powders, can be poured into a container like a liquid and can also form a pile, resisting gravity like a solid,

Explaining the science contained in a simple assembly of grains—the most abundant form of matter present on Earth. Granular media—composed of vast amounts o

2007 account of developments in granular physics for researchers in statistical and mathematical physics.

This book is a systematic introduction to a new and exciting field of patterns in granular matter. Granular materials are collections of discrete macroscopic so