Random Close Packing of Granular Matter

2007/10/31 by Charles Radin · 3 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Granular flow and fluidized beds #Material Dynamics and Properties #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10955-008-9523-1

published as J. Stat. Phys. 131 (2008) 567-573 · 6 pages

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Abstract

We propose an interpretation of the random close packing of granular materials as a phase transition, and discuss the possibility of experimental verification.

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