Packings of frictionless spherocylinders. 2020

Claus Heussinger
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Georg August University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

We present simulation results on the properties of packings of frictionless spherocylindrical particles. Starting from a random distribution of particles in space, a packing is produced by minimizing the potential energy of interparticle contacts until a force-equilibrated state is reached. For different particle aspect ratios α=10⋯40, we calculate contacts z, pressure as well as bulk and shear modulus. Most important is the fraction f_{0}(α) of spherocylinders with contacts at both ends, as it governs the jamming threshold z_{c}(α)=8+2f_{0}(α). These results highlight the important role of the axial "sliding" degree of freedom of a spherocylinder, which is a zero-energy mode but only if no end contacts are present.

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