Stress propagation: Getting to the bottom of a granular medium - A surprising resistance would be put up by sand grains hiding a buried treasure chest.

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Stone, MB [1 ]
Bernstein, DP
Barry, R
Pelc, MD
Tsui, YK
Schiffer, P
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[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Mat Res Inst, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
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10.1038/427503a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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A surprising resistance would be put up by sand grains hiding a buried treasure chest.
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