Random close packing revisited: Ways to pack frictionless disks

@article{citeulike:2186385, abstract = {We create collectively jammed (CJ) packings of 50-50 bidisperse mixtures of smooth disks in two dimensions (2D) using an algorithm in which we successively compress or expand soft particles and minimize the total energy at each step until the particles are just at contact. We focus on small systems in 2D and thus are able to find nearly all of the collectively jammed states at each system size. We decompose the probability P() for obtaining a collectively jammed state at a particular packing fraction into two composite functions: (1) the density of CJ packing fractions (), which only depends on geometry, and (2) the frequency distribution (), which depends on the particular algorithm used to create them. We find that the function () is sharply peaked and that () depends exponentially on . We predict that in the infinite-system-size limit the behavior of P() in these systems is controlled by the density of CJ packing fractions\&\#151;not the frequency distribution. These results suggest that the location of the peak in P() when N can be used as a protocol-independent definition of random close packing.}, author = {Xu, Ning and Blawzdziewicz, Jerzy and O'Hern, Corey S. }, citeulike-article-id = {2186385}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061306}, journal = {Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics)}, keywords = {colloid, confinement, interface, packing, qual\_old, simulation}, number = {6}, posted-at = {2008-03-14 14:49:57}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Random close packing revisited: Ways to pack frictionless disks}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061306}, volume = {71}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2186385 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2186385 TI - Random close packing revisited: Ways to pack frictionless disks JF - Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics) VL - 71 IS - 6 PB - APS N2 - We create collectively jammed (CJ) packings of 50-50 bidisperse mixtures of smooth disks in two dimensions (2D) using an algorithm in which we successively compress or expand soft particles and minimize the total energy at each step until the particles are just at contact. We focus on small systems in 2D and thus are able to find nearly all of the collectively jammed states at each system size. We decompose the probability P() for obtaining a collectively jammed state at a particular packing fraction into two composite functions: (1) the density of CJ packing fractions (), which only depends on geometry, and (2) the frequency distribution (), which depends on the particular algorithm used to create them. We find that the function () is sharply peaked and that () depends exponentially on . We predict that in the infinite-system-size limit the behavior of P() in these systems is controlled by the density of CJ packing fractions—not the frequency distribution. These results suggest that the location of the peak in P() when N can be used as a protocol-independent definition of random close packing. KW - colloid KW - confinement KW - interface KW - packing KW - qual_old KW - simulation AU - Xu, Ning AU - Blawzdziewicz, Jerzy AU - O'Hern, Corey PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.71.061306 ER -