A Model for Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs

Details A Model for Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs A Model for Force Fluctuations in Bead Packs

1995-11-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9511105v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevE.53.4673

We study theoretically the complex network of forces that is responsible for the static structure and properties of granular materials. We present detailed calculations for a model in which the fluctuations in the force distribution arise because of variations in the contact angles and the constraints imposed by the force balance on each bead of the pile. We compare our results for force distribution function for this model, including exact results for certain contact angle probability distributions, with numerical simulations of force distributions in random sphere packings. This model reproduces many aspects of the force distribution observed both in experiment and in numerical simulations of sphere packings.

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