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  • Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Computational Modeling

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  • Dense packing of uniform circles forms ordered hexagonal lattices.
  • Introducing size variation (polydispersity) in circles leads to disordered packings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how size distributions affect the area fraction in dense random packings of circles.
  • To determine the relationship between packing fraction and statistical properties of circle size distributions.

Main Methods:

  • Computational simulations were used to generate dense random packings of circles.
  • Various size distributions were specified, and the resulting area fraction was measured.

Main Results:

  • The random close-packing area fraction (ϕ_rcp) is accurately predicted by the polydispersity and skewness of the size distribution.
  • At low skewness, packings approach a minimum fraction (ϕ_0 ≈ 0.840) irrespective of polydispersity.
  • At high skewness, ϕ_rcp becomes independent of skewness and approaches a polydispersity-dependent limit.

Conclusions:

  • The statistical properties of circle size distributions are key determinants of packing efficiency.
  • Results can be predicted using simpler bidisperse or bi-Gaussian size distributions.