3 papers
nlin.PS2004
Stages of Relaxation of Patterns and the Role of Stochasticity on the Final Stage
S. Hu, D. I. Goldman, D. J. Kouri +3
The disorder function formalism [Gunaratne et.al., Phys. Rev. E, {\bf 57}, 5146 (1998)]^M is used to show that pattern relaxation in an experiment on a vibrated layer of brass bead…
cond-mat.soft2000
A Model for Bone Strength and Osteoporotic Fractures
Gemunu H. Gunaratne, Chamith S. Rajapaksa, Kevin E. Bassler +2
Inner porous regions play a critical role in the load bearing capability of large bones.We show that an extension of disordered elastic networks [Chung et. al., Phys. Rev. B, {\bf…
nlin.PS2000
Characterization of the Emergence of Order in an Oscillated Granular Layer
Daniel I. Goldman, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, M. D. Shattuck +4
The formation of textured patterns has been predicted to occur in two stages. The first is an early time, domain-forming stage with dynamics characterized by a disorder function $\…