Sphere Packing

[DanielPiker]

Frustrated sphere packings, grain boundaries and dislocations are fascinating.

Circle packing with fixed radius and fixed number of circle for each radius

With a few small changes it was possible to use this to simulate granular convection, sometimes called the ‘Brazil nut effect’ - the tendency of larger particles to rise to the top when their container is shaken, such as Brazil nuts in a box of muesli! brazilnut.gh (30.2 KB)

Daniel Piker

Self organising steel balls explain metal heat treatment

Bubble Raft Model - part 1