TY - JOUR
T1 - Statistical geometry of particle packings. I. Algorithm for exact determination of connectivity, volume, and surface areas of void space in monodisperse and polydisperse sphere packings
AU - Sastry, Srikanth
AU - Corti, David S.
AU - Debenedetti, Pablo G.
AU - Stillinger, Frank H.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Packings of spheres serve as useful models of the geometry of many physical systems; in particular, the description of the void region in such packings (the region not occupied by the spheres) is crucial in many studies. The void region is, in general, composed of disconnected cavities. We present an algorithm for decomposing void space into cavities and determining the exact volumes and surface areas of such cavities in three-dimensional packings of monodisperse and polydisperse spheres.
AB - Packings of spheres serve as useful models of the geometry of many physical systems; in particular, the description of the void region in such packings (the region not occupied by the spheres) is crucial in many studies. The void region is, in general, composed of disconnected cavities. We present an algorithm for decomposing void space into cavities and determining the exact volumes and surface areas of such cavities in three-dimensional packings of monodisperse and polydisperse spheres.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.5524
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.5524
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000601496
SN - 1063-651X
VL - 56
SP - 5524
EP - 5532
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
IS - 5
ER -