most citedOnset of mechanical stability in random packings of frictional spheres

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Onset of mechanical stability in random packings of frictional spheres

Melissa Jerkins, Matthias Schröter, Harry L. Swinney +3

Using sedimentation to obtain precisely controlled packings of noncohesive spheres, we find that the volume fraction of the loosest mechanically stable packing is in…