Mean-field theory of random close packings of axisymmetric particles

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Baule, Adrian ^a,b   Mari, Romain ^a   Bo, Lin ^a   Portal, Louis ^a   Makse, Hernán A ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PHOSMET;

CYLINDER; ELLIPSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; FRACTIONATION; LENS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MECHANICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 84880816844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3194     Document Type: Article

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