Structural transitions in granular packs: statistical mechanics and statistical geometry investigations

DOI10.1140/EPJB/E2008-00224-8zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataMaRDI QIDQ978600FDO

Authors Tomaso Aste, T. Di Matteo

Publication date 25 June 2010

Published in The European Physical Journal B. Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

Abstract: We investigate equal spheres packings generated from several experiments and from a large number of different numerical simulations. The structural organization of these disordered packings is studied in terms of the network of common neighbours. This geometrical analysis reveals sharp changes in the network's clustering occurring at the packing fractions (fraction of volume occupied by the spheres respect to the total volume, $ho$) corresponding to the so called Random Loose Packing limit (RLP, $hosim0.555$) and Random Close Packing limit (RCP, $hosim0.645$). At these packing fractions we also observe abrupt changes in the fluctuations of the portion of free volume around each sphere. We analyze such fluctuations by means of a statistical mechanics approach and we show that these anomalies are associated to sharp variations in a generalized thermodynamical variable which is the analogous for these a-thermal systems to the specific heat in thermal systems.

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