Force fluctuations in granular media
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S.N. Coppersmith
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Article
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1997
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The forces in packed granular materials are distributed very differently than those in "normal" solids. Forces much larger than the mean occur, but are exponentially rare. These force inhomogeneities can be understood using an exactly solvable statistical model, in which the fluctuations in the forc