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This title presents a review of experiments and novel theoretical concepts needed to understand the mechanisms of pattern formation in granular materials. An effort is made to connect concepts and ideas developed in granular physics with new emergent fields, especially in biology, such as cytoskelet...

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Main Authors: Aranson, Igor S. (Author), T︠S︡imring, L. Sh (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Granular materials.
Matériaux granulaires.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Granular materials
Electronic books.
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Summary:This title presents a review of experiments and novel theoretical concepts needed to understand the mechanisms of pattern formation in granular materials. An effort is made to connect concepts and ideas developed in granular physics with new emergent fields, especially in biology, such as cytoskeleton dynamics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index.
ISBN:9780191560002
0191560006
9780191714665
0191714666