Ivšić, Tomislav; Galović, Antun; Kirin, Davor - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 277 (2000) 1, pp. 47-61
The macroscopic volume changes of granular bodies during compression and shearing are investigated in terms of compressible fluid. The proposed analogy between sand body and van der Waals fluid, and appropriate form of van der Waals state equation, is demonstrated interpreting common soil...