Nonlocal approach to the analysis of the stress distribution in granular systems. II. Application to experiment

A theory of stress propagation in granular materials developed recently [Kenkre, Scott, Pease, and Hurd, preceding paper, Phys. Rev. E {bold 57}, 5841 (1998)] is applied to the compaction of ceramic and metal powders in pipes with previously unexplained experimental features such as nonmonotonic density and stress variation along the axis of cylindrical compacts. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}