Particles encountered in nature and engineering practice are normally not spherical but of
irregular shapes. Particle shape plays a key role in determining the behaviour of bulk solids …

Independent from their intended purpose, the understanding of structural characteristics of
random packings of particles having defined shapes is important to understand and optimize …

We present measurements of the stress response of packings formed from a wide range of
particle shapes. Besides spheres these include convex shapes such as the Platonic solids …

In materials science, high performance is typically associated with regularity and order,
while disorder and the presence of defects are assumed to lead to sub-optimal outcomes …

In this paper, the random packing of spherocylinders of different aspect ratios is simulated
with an improved geometric based relaxation algorithm. It is shown that the packing density …

We present a detailed analysis of the morphology of granular systems composed of
frictionless pentagonal particles by varying systematically both the size span and particle …

Non-spherical particles can be found in many industrial processes. Unfortunately, scalar
shape parameters are often insufficient to predict their complex behavior. Therefore, this …

This paper studies a selection of fine sands, their particle shape and its effect on the plastic
properties of mortars via the influence on the workability and packing of cementitious …

The shape and size of particles are the main factors which influence the packing density of
binary mixtures. However, investigations of the single effect of size and shape on the binary …

In repositories for high-level radioactive waste, bentonite pellet mixtures serve to fill joints
between compacted blocks of bentonite and the gaps between these blocks and the …