STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF SEGREGATION IN A POWDER MIXTURE

Authors
SHAPIRO AA STENBY EH
Citation
Aa. Shapiro et Eh. Stenby, STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF SEGREGATION IN A POWDER MIXTURE, Physica. A, 226(3-4), 1996, pp. 295-309
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
226
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
295 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1996)226:3-4<295:SDOSIA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In this paper we apply the statistical mechanics of powders to describ e a segregated state ina mixture of grains of different sizes. Variati on of the density of a packing with depth arising due to changes of pa rticle configurations is studied. The statistical mechanics of powders is generalized in such a way as to consider not only binary mixtures (as its first formulation by A. Mehta and S.F Edwards), but also polyd isperse mixtures of particles.