Maximum packing densities of basic 3D objects

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Li, Shui Xiang ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Lu, Peng ^a   Xie, Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cone; Cylinder; Nonspherical particle; Packing; Particle; Spherocylinder; Tetrahedron

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649097798     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0650-0     Document Type: Article

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