The random packing of fibres in three dimensions
- 8 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 451 (1943) , 737-746
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1995.0152
Abstract
An investigation has been carried out of the limiting packing density of an array of long straight rigid fibres distributed randomly in space as a function of the length of the fibre. We derive an approximate relationship between the limiting volume fraction V f and the slenderness λ of the fibres defined as length divided by diameter. The formula agrees well with our experimental results and those found in the literature.Keywords
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