Packings close and loose

Francesco Zamponi
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Francesco Zamponi: Francesco Zamponi is in the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 Rue Lhomond, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France. http://www.lpt.ens.fr/∼zamponi

Nature, 2008, vol. 453, issue 7195, 606-607

Abstract: What determines how grains such as sand pack together to fill a space? A thoroughgoing investigation of how geometry and friction interact in such systems is a step towards a more general understanding.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1038/453606a

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