The force network ensemble for granular packings

Details The force network ensemble for granular packings The force network ensemble for granular packings

2010-04-19

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3143v1

Soft Matter 6, 2908-2917 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

For packings of hard but not perfectly rigid particles, the length scales that govern the packing geometry and the contact forces are well separated. This separation of length scales is explored in the force network ensemble, where one studies the space of allowed force configurations for a given, frozen contact geometry. Here we review results of this approach, which yields nontrivial predictions for the effect of packing dimension and anisotropy on the contact force distribution $P(f)$, the response to overall shear and point forcing, all of which can be studied in great numerical detail. Moreover, there are emerging analytical approaches that very effectively capture, for example, the form of force distributions.

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