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Random Packings of Frictionless Particles

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Author(s)

C S. O'Hern, Stephen A. Langer, A J. Liu, S R. Nagel

Abstract

We study random packings of frictionless particles at T=0. The packing fraction where the pressure becomes nonzero is the same as the jamming threshold, where the static shear modulus becomes nonzero. The distribution of threshold packing fractions narrows and its peak approaches random close-packing as the system size increases. For packing fractions within the peak, there is no self-averaging, leading to exponential decay of the interparticle force distribution.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
88
Issue
7
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

glasses, granular materials, packing

Citation

O'Hern, C. , Langer, S. , Liu, A. and Nagel, S. (2002), Random Packings of Frictionless Particles, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150840 (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created February 17, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021
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