Boguslavskii, Yu.; Drabkin, S. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 222 (1995) 1, pp. 75-86
Based on general principles of metastable states and the mechanics of continuous media, the kinetic equation of settlement of granular material subjected to low level vibration and elastic stresses is developed. Because of confining pressure, the material remained nearly as a solid block and...