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Additional jamming transition in 2D bidisperse granular packings

Soft Condensed Matter 2025-05-20 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We present a jamming diagram for 2D bidisperse granular systems, capturing two distinct jamming transitions. The first occurs as large particles form a jammed structure, while the second, emerging at a critical small-particle concentration, XS0.21X_{\mathrm{S}}^{*} \approx 0.21, and size ratio, δ0.25\delta^{*} \approx 0.25, involves small particles jamming into the voids of the existing large-particle structure upon further compression. Below this threshold, small particles fill voids within the large-particle network, increasing packing density. Beyond this point, excess small particles disrupt efficient packing, resulting in looser structures. \jp{These results, consistent with previous 3D studies, demonstrate that the second transition occurs at a well-defined point in the (XS,δ)(X_{\mathrm{S}}, \delta) plane, independent of dimensionality, likely driven by the geometric saturation of available space around particles, void closure, and structural arrangement.

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@article{arxiv.2502.17266,
  title  = {Additional jamming transition in 2D bidisperse granular packings},
  author = {Juan C. Petit and Matthias Sperl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.17266},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures (submitted to Physical Review Research)

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