Paper Info
Title
The Voronoi–Delaunay approach for the free volume analysis of a packing of balls in a cylindrical container
Abstract
The paper describes an approach for free volume analysis of packing of balls confined in a cylinder. The generalized Voronoi diagram is used as an underlying data structure. Two problems are addresses. One is an efficient construction of the confined Voronoi diagram inside a cylindrical boundary. The second is the analysis of the Voronoi network to study a distribution of empty spaces (voids) in the system. The approach is implemented in three-dimensional space and tested on the models of disordered packed bed of 300 balls in cylinders of different radii. The models were obtained by using the Monte Carlo method. The analysis of bottle-necks of channels between balls (and between balls and the boundary) and spatial distribution of the pores was performed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1016/S0167-739X(02)00032-8
Future Generation Computer Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Voronoi–Delaunay method,Packing of spheres,Porous materials,Computer simulation,Confined systems,Flows in porous materials
Monte Carlo method,Mathematical optimization,Cylinder (engine),Computer science,Cylinder,Ball (bearing),Voronoi diagram,Packed bed,Geometry,Voronoi deformation density,Delaunay triangulation,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
5
0167-739X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.62
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
V A Luchnikov1262.12
M. L. Gavrilova2588.23
N. N. Medvedev3294.09
V. P. Voloshin4253.31