DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1994143
J. Phys. I France 4 (1994) 357-359
Short Communication
Packing fraction for hard disk random heaps
R.S. PerkinsUniversity of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70504-4370, U.S.A.
(Received 23 September 1993, revised 29 December 1993, accepted 17 January 1994)
Abstract
Structures for the random distributions of disks in one dimension are
used to calculate the packing density of two dimensional random heaps
of disks. The calculated values are compared with those obtained from
computer simulations.
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