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For preliminary heuristic considerations on the motion of a granular medium as a random process, let us imagine a system of cages illustrated in Fig. 2. Each cage contains a ball subjected to the force of gravity. Let the system of cages fulfil the condition that removal of a ball from the horizontal in the second layer stratum to take its place, assuming equal probability of both events, i. e. 1/2.
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Litwiniszyn, J. (1974). Model I. In: Stochastic Methods in Mechanics of Granular Bodies. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 93. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2836-7_2
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