Edwards, S.F.; Grinev, D.V. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 302 (2001) 1, pp. 162-186
We consider the problem of stress transmission in granular materials. We formulate the simplest statically determinate problem of stress transmission through a static granular material. This is the case when grains are rigid and have an average coordination number of z̄=d+1. Under this...