Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
2020
Department
Physics
Abstract
A granular-matter model is exactly solved, where disks of two sizes and weights in alternating sequence are confined to a narrow channel. The axis of the channel is horizontal and its plane vertical. Disk sizes and channel width are such that under jamming no disks remain loose and all disks touch one wall. Jammed microstates are characterized via statistically interacting particles constructed out of two-disk tiles. Jammed macrostates depend on measures of expansion work, gravitational potential energy, and intensity of random agitations before jamming. The dependence of configurational entropy on excess volume exhibits a critical point.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Liu D., Müller G. (2020) Jammed Disks of Two Sizes in a Narrow Channel. In: Zuriguel I., Garcimartin A., Cruz R. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow 2019. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 252. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55973-1_48
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55973-1_48
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