Random close packing of granular matter

DOI10.1007/S10955-008-9523-1zbMATH Open1151.82340arXiv0710.2463OpenAlexW3098090177MaRDI QIDQ930372FDOQ930372

Charles Radin

Publication date: 30 June 2008

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose an interpretation of the random close packing of granular materials as a phase transition, and discuss the possibility of experimental verification.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2463

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitiongranular matterrandom close packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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• The Packing of Granular Polymer Chains
• Analysis of the behavior of heterogeneous media with significantly differing physical properties with allowance for the effective dimension of the space and generalized derivative formalism
• Phases of granular matter

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