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Granular materials emit characteristic sounds before slipping

12 Jun 2018
Slipping sounds
Slip sliding away: illustration based on false-colour image of sheared grains and sound waves. (Courtesy: Ted Brzinski)
A new experiment has revealed how sheared granular materials emit sound waves that evolve in charact

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