Random loose packing of cohesive granular materials
Random loose packing of cohesive granular materials
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10.1209/epl/i2006-10208-4
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2006-09-01
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Castellanos, A.
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Valverde, J. M.;Castellanos, A.
The volume fraction phi of a disordered packing of noncohesive hard spheres may vary between the random loose packing at the limit of zero gravitational stress (phi(RLP) similar or equal to 0.56) and the random close packing (phi(RCP) similar or equal to 0.64). When interparticle attractive forces are present it is known however that f can be as low as similar to 0.01 for nanoparticles. Experimental and numerical works show that f decreases as the ratio of interparticle attractive force to particle weight ( Bog) is increased. We focus on the packing fraction of cohesive particles settled at the limit of zero gravity ( jamming transition). From a model of particle agglomeration in suspensions wefind the simple equation phi(J) similar or equal to phi(J)* Bo(g)((D-3)/(D+2)) ,where phi(*)(J) is the volume fraction of particle agglomerates at jamming, which is close to phi(RLP), and D their fractal dimension. Our experimental results on. ne powders agree with this equation and show that agglomeration of particles in suspension is the relevant physical mechanism to understand the packing of cohesive particles.