Dense packings of spheres in cylinders: Simulations

A. Mughal; H. K. Chan; D. Weaire; S. Hutzler

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.051305

Dense packings of spheres in cylinders: Simulations

A. Mughal^*
, H. K. Chan
, D. Weaire
, S. Hutzler

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aberystwyth University
Trinity College Dublin

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We study the optimal packing of hard spheres in an infinitely long cylinder, using simulated annealing, and compare our results with the analogous problem of packing disks on the unrolled surface of a cylinder. The densest structures are described and tabulated in detail up to D/d=2.873 (ratio of cylinder and sphere diameters). This extends previous computations into the range of structures which include internal spheres that are not in contact with the cylinder.

Original language	English
Article number	051305
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	85
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.051305
State	Published - 11 May 2012
Externally published	Yes

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