The pursuit of loosest packing

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

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The pursuit of loosest packing

Date

2009

Authors

Aste, Tomaso

Di Matteo, Tiziana

Delaney, Gary W.

Publisher

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%.