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J. Phys. I France
Volume 7, Number 1, January 1997
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1997124 | |
DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1997124
J. Phys. I France 7 (1997) 1-11
Section de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Centre d'Études de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
(Received 19 April 1996, revised 26 August 1996, accepted 17 September 1996)
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J. Phys. I France 7 (1997) 1-11
Elastic Properties of Tenuous Networks
André PavlovitchSection de Recherches de Métallurgie Physique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Centre d'Études de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
(Received 19 April 1996, revised 26 August 1996, accepted 17 September 1996)
Abstract
A disordered cubic network of springs is introduced as a model of 3-dimensional tenuous networks. It presents an unusual elastic
behavior since it does not resist shear but only shear coupled to compression by a type of bending rigidity. Numerical simulations
of the elastic behavior of random packings of hard spheres and of disordered cubic networks show a similar stress distribution,
which can be partially understood by considering the appearance of buckling.
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