Schröter M, Aste T, Di Matteo T, Saadatfar M, Senden T, Swinney HL (2007)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2007
Publisher: Institute of Physics: EPL
Book Volume: 79
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/79/24003
We have discovered an invariant distribution for local packing configurations in static granular media. This distribution holds in experiments for packing fractions covering most of the range from random loose packed to random close packed, for bead packs prepared both in air and in water. Assuming only that there exist elementary cells in which the system volume is subdivided, we derive from statistical mechanics a distribution that is in accord with the observations. This universal distribution function for granular media is analogous to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for molecular gasses.
APA:
Schröter, M., Aste, T., Di Matteo, T., Saadatfar, M., Senden, T., & Swinney, H.L. (2007). An invariant distribution in static granular media. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 79(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/79/24003
MLA:
Schröter, Matthias, et al. "An invariant distribution in static granular media." EPL - Europhysics Letters 79.2 (2007).
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