University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > BSS Formal Seminars > How disordered is a pile of marbles? Numerical techniques to quantify disorder.

  Browse A-Z

Log in

Cambridge users (raven)details Other usersdetails No account?details

Information on

Subscribing to talksdetails Finding a talkdetails Adding a talkdetails Disseminating talksdetails Help and Documentationdetails

How disordered is a pile of marbles? Numerical techniques to quantify disorder.

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Erika Eiser.

When spheres are poured into a container they tend to form a “randomly close packed” state. The nature of this state as been the subject of much debate. Recently developed computational techniques offer the possibility to quantify the configurational entropy of such granular packings.

This talk is part of the BSS Formal Seminars series.

Tell a friend about this talk:

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

Other lists

Sinew Speakers Series AUTOMATE* MedSoc

Other talks

BP KEYNOTE LECTURE: Importance of C-O Bond Activation for CO2/COUtilization - An Approach to Energy Conversion and Storage Climate change, archaeology and tradition in an Alaskan Yup'ik Village Seminar – The Cambridge Sustainable Food Hub Phylogenetic hypothesis of the Oleeae tribe (Oleaceae)
 Diversification and molecular evolution patterns in plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA Accelerating the control of bovine Tuberculosis in developing countries BOOK LAUNCH: Studying Arctic Fields: Cultures, Practices, and Environmental Sciences The ‘Easy’ and ‘Hard’ Problems of Consciousness Graded linearisations for linear algebraic group actions Café Synthetique: Graduate Talks! Asclepiadaceae The quasi-stationary nature of ‘steady-state’ cyclic deformation
 

© 2006-2024 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity