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

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,

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

The field of granular physics has burgeoned since its development in the late 1980s, when physicists first began to use statistical mechanics to study granular

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