How bulk properties change with variability in stiffness. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

How bulk properties change with variability in stiffness.

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(a) Energy due to particle interactions drop off with larger variations in particle stiffnesses, and the length scale over which patterns in stiffness persist (xi in the legend). (b) The change in energy scales in a specific way with variation in stiffness. (c) The same scaling is found for variations in density. (d) Quantities can be rescaled to show they all reflect the same physical principles.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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