Walruses

The Animal

Hard ellipses: Equation of state, structure, and self-diffusion
- Equilibrium EOS & Phase diagram from simulations
- Nematic phase only for aspect ratio > 3
- The order of the orientational & translational glass transition changes between aspect ratio 2-3
Two-dimensional system of hard ellipses: A molecular dynamics study
- Mainly aspect ratio 2
- all kinds of correlation functions
- find nematic transition around 0.75 area fraction
- MSDs
Force chains and contact network topology in sheared packings of elongated particles &
Stress-strain behavior and geometrical properties of packings of elongated particles
- analyse the force chains for capped rectangles
- Maybe relevant in the stampede?