We investigate the effect of the geometry of granular heaps on thepressure distribution. For given pressure distributions under coneswe compute the pres- sure distribution under wedges using linearsuperposition. For cones with a pressure minimum, the pressureminimum for the corresponding wedge venishes. Comparisons withexperimental data gives good qualitative aggreement, but the totalpressure is overestimated.
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