Geometry of frictionless and frictional sphere packings. 2002

Leonardo E Silbert, and Deniz Ertaş, and Gary S Grest, and Thomas C Halsey, and Dov Levine
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.

We study static packings of frictionless and frictional spheres in three dimensions, obtained via molecular dynamics simulations, in which we vary particle hardness, friction coefficient, and coefficient of restitution. Although frictionless packings of hard spheres are always isostatic (with six contacts) regardless of construction history and restitution coefficient, frictional packings achieve a multitude of hyperstatic packings that depend on system parameters and construction history. Instead of immediately dropping to four, the coordination number reduces smoothly from z=6 as the friction coefficient mu between two particles is increased.

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