2 papers
cond-mat.soft1999
Humidity Effects and Aging Behavior in Granular Media
F. Restagno, H. Gayvallet, L. Bocquet +1
We present a study of humidity effects on the maximum stability angle in granular media. We show that a granular medium of small glass beads exhibits aging properties : the first a…
cond-mat.stat-mech1999
Nucleation Theory for Capillary Condensation
Lydéric Bocquet, Frédéric Restagno, Thierry Biben
This paper is devoted to the thermally activated dynamics of the capillary condensation. We present a simple model which enables us to identify the critical nucleus involved in the…