  Different compaction processes of the nanosized granular system, which is a
prototype of an alumina nanopowder, are studied by the granular dynamics
method. For all processes: compaction curves ''density vs. pressure'' of the
powder compact are calculated, the elastic and the plastic parts are extracted
from the total deformation, the body elastic moduli are determined within the
isotropic solid approximation. The inadequacy of the isotropy approximation is
established. The nanopowder yield surface is constructed in the space of stress
tensor invariants. The inapplicability of the traditional associated flow rule
for description of oxide nanopowders compaction processes is revealed. An
alternative flow rule is suggested.
