RANDOM CLOSE PACKINGS OF REGULAR POLYGONS

We study by numerical simulation the progressive densification of asse mblies of equal regular polygons (pentagons and heptagons). We follow the evolution of the packing fraction, of the coordination numbers and of the void space structure during the densification. At high packing fraction (C similar to 0.83), ordered zones appear. This can be compa red with what occurs in equal disc assemblies in which a Random Close Packing limit exists for a packing fraction C similar to 0.83 above wh ich some local order is present.