Abstract
Granular materials are ubiquitous in many natural and industrial processes. The extraction, storage, grinding, and separation of ores are made with rock in the granular state. Granular media are also common in agricultural, food, and pharmaceutical industry. Practical problems frequently occur when dealing with granular media. Arches form with granular flows through pipes, to the point that the flow is often interrupted. Segregation takes place between granular materials made up of grains of different size.
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Other graded sediments are, for example, the varvae due to the deposition in glacial-lacustrine environment.
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De Blasio, F.V. (2011). A Short Introduction to the Physics of Granular Media. In: Introduction to the Physics of Landslides. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1122-8_5
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