Nonlinear mechanics for the gravitational equilibrium of granular materials

DOI10.1016/0020-7462(81)90043-3zbMath0475.73015MaRDI QIDQ1159492

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

Published in: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7462(81)90043-3

zbMATH Keywords

Taylor's series expansion; incompressible grains; nonlinear first order ordinary governing differential equation; variation of porosity with depth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

45J05: Integro-ordinary differential equations

34A34: Nonlinear ordinary differential equations and systems

74B20: Nonlinear elasticity

41A58: Series expansions (e.g., Taylor, Lidstone series, but not Fourier series)

74A99: Generalities, axiomatics, foundations of continuum mechanics of solids