Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.56, No.19, 5451-5455, 2001
The tensorial formulation of volume function for packings of particles
A statistical-geometrical theory of packings of particles is given. Probability distribution of density is written in terms or the probability distribution of contact points. Formulation of volume function is presented in terms of configuration tensors. Model volume function is discussed for a simple packing. Links between the invariants of configuration tensors, pair correlation functions and orientational order parameter are highlighted.