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cond-mat.stat-mech2003
Granular entropy: Explicit calculations for planar assemblies
Raphael Blumenfeld, Sam F. Edwards
This paper proposes a new volume function for calculation of the entropy of planar granular assemblies. This function is extracted from the antisymmetric part of a new geometric te…
cond-mat.stat-mech2003
From Plasticity to a Renormalisation Group
R. C. Ball, R. Blumenfeld
The Marginally Rigid State is a candidate paradigm for what makes granular material a state of matter distinct from both liquid and solid. Coordination number is identified as a di…
cond-mat.stat-mech2001
Large fluctuations of disentaglement force and implications for polymer dynamics
Raphael Blumenfeld
This paper examines the effect of cooling on disentanglement forces in polymers and the implications for both single chain pullout and polymer dynamics. I derive the explicit depen…