Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3640 - 3643 (1997)Crystallization of non-Brownian Spheres under Horizontal Shaking
O. Pouliquen, M. Nicolas, and P. D. Weidman Received 31 July 1997 Until now, it has been observed that a collective handling of uniform spheres could only lead to a random close packing of 0.64 maximum volume fraction. In this Letter, we show that denser crystalline arrangements can be obtained when beads are poured at low flow rates into a horizontally shaken container. A parallel is suggested between this process and that of colloidal sedimentation which also yields crystalline structure. ©1997 The American Physical Society
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