On a phone screen, that soft greige you saved from Instagram looks calm, expensive, and perfectly neutral. Then you roll it onto your walls and, under your actual lights, it suddenly reads purple, ...

Grain cargos like rice can shift suddenly at sea, altering a ship’s center of gravity and pushing it toward capsize. This breakdown explains angle of repose, reserve stability requirements, and the ...

Real non-spherical particles can be modeled using the Discrete Element Method (DEM) with sphere clusters, superquadrics, or polyhedral particles. However, in applications involving a considerable ...

To measure dry bulk material quantities and flow rates, weighing has several benefits for manufacturers. Unlike volumetric measurement, weighing can measure a material quantity without correction ...

IT is well known that the friction of solids on snow surfaces is larger than on ice surfaces. The higher kinetic friction obtained on snow is attributed to the extra work done in displacing and ...

This series on the role of landscape architects in roadway design projects kicked off in December—today's post is the second installment. See the first post here. This article explores slope rounding, ...

The proverb "it takes a village" might easily apply to "Angle of Repose," Ali Vaughan's solo exhibition that opens Friday at RAM gallery. For although this collection of abstract paintings, drawings, ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Stephen P. Leatherman is Professor of Coastal Science at ...

While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be. In February 2024, a 7-year-old girl ...

Stephen P. Leatherman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...