Random Packings of Frictionless Particles

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31 October 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0110644

Abstract

We study 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.

Keywords

PACKINGS OF FRICTIONLESS
FRICTIONLESS PARTICLES
PACKING FRACTIONS
RANDOM PACKINGS
SHEAR MODULUS
STUDY RANDOM
PARTICLES
NONZERO

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Version 1, 2001-10-31, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 88 (7), 075507.

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