Distinctive features arising in maximally random jammed packings of superballs. Jiao, Y., Stillinger, F., H., & Torquato, S. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 4, 2010.
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Dense random packings of hard particles are useful models of granular media and are closely related to the structure of nonequilibrium low-temperature amorphous phases of matter. Most work has been done for random jammed packings of spheres and it is only recently that corresponding packings of nonspherical particles (e.g., ellipsoids) have received attention. Here we report a study of the maximally random jammed (MRJ) packings of binary superdisks and monodispersed superballs whose shapes are defined by vertical bar x(1)vertical bar(2p) + ... + vertical bar x(d)vertical bar(2p) <= 1 with d = 2 and 3, respectively, where p is the deformation parameter with values in the interval (0, infinity). As p increases from zero, one can get a family of both concave (0 < p < 0.5) and convex (p >= 0.5) particles with square symmetry (d = 2), or octahedral and cubic symmetry (d = 3). In particular, for p = 1 the particle is a perfect sphere (circular disk) and for p -> infinity the particle is a perfect cube (square). We find that the MRJ densities of such packings increase dramatically and nonanalytically as one moves away from the circular-disk and sphere point (p = 1). Moreover, the disordered packings are hypostatic, i.e., the average number of contacting neighbors is less than twice the total number of degrees of freedom per particle, and yet the packings are mechanically stable. As a result, the local arrangements of particles are necessarily nontrivially correlated to achieve jamming. We term such correlated structures ``nongeneric.'' The degree of ``nongenericity'' of the packings is quantitatively characterized by determining the fraction of local coordination structures in which the central particles have fewer contacting neighbors than average. We also show that such seemingly ``special'' packing configurations are counterintuitively not rare. As the anisotropy of the particles increases, the fraction of rattlers decreases while the minimal orientational order as measured by the tetratic and cubatic order parameters increases. These characteristics result from the unique manner in which superballs break their rotational symmetry, which also makes the superdisk and superball packings distinctly different from other known nonspherical hard-particle packings.
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 abstract = {Dense random packings of hard particles are useful models of granular
media and are closely related to the structure of nonequilibrium
low-temperature amorphous phases of matter. Most work has been done for
random jammed packings of spheres and it is only recently that
corresponding packings of nonspherical particles (e.g., ellipsoids) have
received attention. Here we report a study of the maximally random
jammed (MRJ) packings of binary superdisks and monodispersed superballs
whose shapes are defined by vertical bar x(1)vertical bar(2p) + ... +
vertical bar x(d)vertical bar(2p) <= 1 with d = 2 and 3, respectively,
where p is the deformation parameter with values in the interval (0,
infinity). As p increases from zero, one can get a family of both
concave (0 < p < 0.5) and convex (p >= 0.5) particles with square
symmetry (d = 2), or octahedral and cubic symmetry (d = 3). In
particular, for p = 1 the particle is a perfect sphere (circular disk)
and for p -> infinity the particle is a perfect cube (square). We find
that the MRJ densities of such packings increase dramatically and
nonanalytically as one moves away from the circular-disk and sphere
point (p = 1). Moreover, the disordered packings are hypostatic, i.e.,
the average number of contacting neighbors is less than twice the total
number of degrees of freedom per particle, and yet the packings are
mechanically stable. As a result, the local arrangements of particles
are necessarily nontrivially correlated to achieve jamming. We term such
correlated structures ``nongeneric.'' The degree of
``nongenericity'' of the packings is quantitatively characterized by
determining the fraction of local coordination structures in which the
central particles have fewer contacting neighbors than average. We also
show that such seemingly ``special'' packing configurations are
counterintuitively not rare. As the anisotropy of the particles
increases, the fraction of rattlers decreases while the minimal
orientational order as measured by the tetratic and cubatic order
parameters increases. These characteristics result from the unique
manner in which superballs break their rotational symmetry, which also
makes the superdisk and superball packings distinctly different from
other known nonspherical hard-particle packings.},
 bibtype = {article},
 author = {Jiao, Y and Stillinger, F H and Torquato, S},
 journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW E},
 number = {4, 1}
}
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