2007/01/31 by Philippe Ribière, Ph. Ribière, Patrick Richard +3 · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Compaction #Composite material #Granular flow and fluidized beds #Granular material #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Material Dynamics and Properties #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanics #Physics #Quantum mechanics #State (computer science) #Stationary state #Statistical physics #cond-mat.other #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1140/epje/e2007-00017-x
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arxiv created 2007/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/01 · arxiv updated 2016/08/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
When submitted to gentle mechanical taps a granular packing slowly compacts until it reaches a stationary state that depends on the tap characteristics. The properties of such stationary states are experimentally investigated. The influence of the initial state, taps properties and tapping protocol are studied. The compactivity of the packings is determinated. Our results strongly support the idea that the stationary states are genuine thermodynamic states.