RIGIDITY LOSS TRANSITION IN A DISORDERED 2D-FROTH

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BOLTON, F
WEAIRE, D
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[1] Department of Physics, Trinity College
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3449
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O4 [物理学];
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Disordered two-dimensional soap froth has been simulated, with a gas fraction phi-less than untiy. Upon decreasing-phi, it is found that the system loses its rigidity at phi-c = 0.84. This value is identified with the dense random packing of hard disks. Results are presented for the variation of yield stress and shear modulus, the latter being tentatively related to elastic-network theory.
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