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force chains: a standalone construct

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Soft matter physics

filament-like paths of strongly loaded contacts that carry most of the stress in a granular packing, with an exponential distribution of large forces.

In soft matter physics, force chains refers to filament-like paths of strongly loaded contacts that carry most of the stress in a granular packing, with an exponential distribution of large forces. This meaning comes from Liu (1995) in Science.[1]

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References

Liu, C. -., Nagel, S. R., Schecter, D. A., Coppersmith, S. N., Majumdar, S., Narayan, O., & Witten, T. A. (1995). Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs. Science, 269(5223), 513-515. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.269.5223.513

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