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Random Packings of Frictionless Particles

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O'Hern, Corey S., Langer, Stephen A., Liu, Andrea J., Nagel, Sidney R.·2002·Physical Review Letters

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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.

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Authors
O'Hern, C. S., Langer, S. A., Liu, A. J., & Nagel, S. R.
Venue
Physical Review Letters
Published
2002-01-31
Volume
88
Issue
7
Pages
075507-075507
ISSN
  • 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1079-7114
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W2031715663
Cited by
649
References
1
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11.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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O'Hern, C. S., Langer, S. A., Liu, A. J., & Nagel, S. R. (2002). Random Packings of Frictionless Particles. Physical Review Letters. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.075507

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