Random close packing in a granular model
Soft Condensed Matter
2015-05-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We introduce a 2-dimensional lattice model of granular matter. We use a combination of proof and simulation to demonstrate an order/disorder phase transition in the model, to which we associate the granular phenomenon of random close packing.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0909.2608,
title = {Random close packing in a granular model},
author = {D. Aristoff and C. Radin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2608},
year = {2015}
}