TOPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 2D CELLULAR STRUCTURES GENERATED BY FRAGMENTATION

Authors
DELANNAY R LECAER G
Citation
R. Delannay et G. Lecaer, TOPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 2D CELLULAR STRUCTURES GENERATED BY FRAGMENTATION, Physical review letters, 73(11), 1994, pp. 1553-1556
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1553 - 1556
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:11<1553:TCO2CS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Stationary topological properties of 2D cellular structures generated by random fragmentation have been calculated by computer simulations. The probability distributions of the number n of cell sides agree with a recent mean-field model. Two-cell correlations are almost linear in n. The most disordered structure approaches a ''topological gas'' wit h weak correlations in the arrangement of cells. Variation with disord er of the Aboav-Weaire parameter is discussed for 2D cellular structur es.