Numerical study of rigid columns. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Numerical study of rigid columns.

Caption

Columns with low (a) or high (b) proportions of sticky grains in a computer simulation. Different colors correspond to different rigid clusters, colored by how large the cluster is. Note how a single cluster spans the whole box in (b). (c) Stiffness of columns with different proportions of sticky grains (alpha) in simulation.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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