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The Physics of Sandcastles
written by Patrick L. Barry
This site presents an article from Science@NASA describing the physics concepts related to building sand castles, sand in earthquakes, and other interesting physical properties of wet sand. A NASA shuttle mission in 2002 carried wet sand into space and returned with valuable lessons for physicists, some of which are shared here. The user can listen to the article via streaming audio or a downloadable file. This web page also offers animations of sand during earthquakes and links to other related sites.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_m...
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- Properties of Matter
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2002 NASA
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Keywords: earthquake, mechanics of sand, soil liquification
Record Creator: Metadata instance created March 6, 2005 by Cathy Ezrailson
Record Updated: Apr 23, 2010 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 January 25, 2006
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P. Barry, (2002), WWW Document, (https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_mgm/).
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P. Barry, The Physics of Sandcastles (2002), <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_mgm/>.
APA Format
Barry, P. (2006, January 25). The Physics of Sandcastles. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_mgm/
Chicago Format
Barry, Patrick. The Physics of Sandcastles. January 25, 2006. https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_mgm/ (accessed 15 September 2024).
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Barry, Patrick. The Physics of Sandcastles. 2002. 25 Jan. 2006. 15 Sep. 2024 <https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/11jul_mgm/>.
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@misc{ Author = "Patrick Barry", Title = {The Physics of Sandcastles}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {15 September 2024}, Month = {January 25, 2006}, Year = {2002} }
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