Pugnaloni, Luis A.; Barker, G.C. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 337 (2004) 3, pp. 428-442
We investigate the structure and distribution of arches formed by spherical, hard particles shaken in an external field after they come to rest. Arches (or bridges) are formed during a computer-simulated, non-sequential deposition of the spheres after each shaking cycle. We identify these arches...