  {\sc gsh} is a continuum mechanical theory constructed to qualitatively
account for a broad range of granular phenomena. To probe and demonstrate its
width, simple solutions of {\sc gsh} are related to granular phenomena and
constitutive models, including (i) for vanishing shear rates: static stress
distribution and propagation of elastic waves; (ii) at slow rates: critical
state, shear band, the models of hypoplasticity and barodesy; (iii) at higher
rates: the MIDI-model, rapid dense flow in the Bagnold regime. A unified,
densely correlated understanding of granular physics emerges as a result of
these phenomena ordered and explained employing a single framework.
