@inproceedings{99c5f957553743c7aded13004bbd95a2,
title = "The hierarchical properties of contact networks in granular packings",
abstract = "Thetopological structurere sulting from the network of contacts between grains (contact network) is studied for very large samples of disorderly-packed monosized spheres with densities ranging from 0.58 to 0.64. The hierarchical organization of such a structure is studied by means of a topological map which starts from a given sphere and moves outwards in concentric shells through the contact network. We find that the topological density of disordered sphere packing is larger than the topological density of equivalent lattice sphere packings.",
author = "T. Aste and Senden, {T. J.}",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
isbn = "0415383471",
series = "Powders and Grains 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media",
pages = "37--40",
booktitle = "Powders and Grains 2005 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Micromechanics of Granular Media",
note = "5th International Conference on the Micromechanics of Granular Media: Powders and Grains 2005 ; Conference date: 18-07-2005 Through 22-07-2005",
}