ANALYSIS OF CLOSE PACKINGS FOR A BICOMPONENT SYSTEM OF DISKS ON A PLANE

The closest random packings of a binary system of rigid disks on a pla ne were considered for the case when the difference between the dimens ions of the disks is small. The packing density was obtained as a func tion of the relative difference between the sizes of the disks, the co ncentration of large disks, and the average gap between disks in the s ystem. Numerical experiments, which were conducted when the concentrat ions of the disks were equal, showed good agreement with theoretical r esults.