Random Packings of Frictionless Particles

@article{citeulike:2280875, abstract = {We conduct numerical simulations of random packings of frictionless particles at T  =  0. The packing fraction where the pressure becomes nonzero is the same as the jamming threshold; where the static shear modulus becomes nonzero. The distribution of threshold packing fractions narrows; and its peak approaches random close packing as the system size increases. For packing fractions within the peak; there is no self-averaging; leading to exponential decay of the interparticle force distribution.}, author = {O'Hern, Corey S. and Langer, Stephen A. and Liu, Andrea J. and Nagel, Sidney R. }, citeulike-article-id = {2280875}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.075507}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {friction, liu, nagel, ohern, packing}, month = {January}, number = {7}, pages = {075507+}, posted-at = {2008-04-27 00:07:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Random Packings of Frictionless Particles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.075507}, volume = {88}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2280875 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2280875 TI - Random Packings of Frictionless Particles JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 88 IS - 7 SP - 075507 PB - American Physical Society N2 - We conduct numerical simulations of random packings of frictionless particles at T  =  0. The packing fraction where the pressure becomes nonzero is the same as the jamming threshold; where the static shear modulus becomes nonzero. The distribution of threshold packing fractions narrows; and its peak approaches random close packing as the system size increases. For packing fractions within the peak; there is no self-averaging; leading to exponential decay of the interparticle force distribution. KW - friction KW - liu KW - nagel KW - ohern KW - packing AU - O'Hern, Corey AU - Langer, Stephen AU - Liu, Andrea AU - Nagel, Sidney PY - 2002/01/31/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.075507 ER -