The pursuit of loosest packing

Date

2009

Authors

Aste, Tomaso
Di Matteo, Tiziana
Delaney, Gary W.

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American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Abstract

We combine X-ray Computed Tomography data from real experimental samples with Discrete Element Method simulations to investigate the limiting packing fraction for the loosest mechanically-stable disordered packing. We establish a possible lower bound at packing fraction ̃ 53%.

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Keywords: DEM; Fluidized beds; Loose packing; Sphere packing

Citation

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Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Micromechanis of Granular Media

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Conference paper

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2037-12-31