Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 436–440 | Cite as

An anisotropic model of sandpile

  • Wang Xin
  • Tian De-cheng
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Abstract

An anisotropic model of sandpile has been proposed with different topping in different directions taken in consideration. Simulation results show that no significant differences exist between this anisotropic model and the isotropic one.

Key words

sandpile self-organized criticality anisotropic 

CLC number

O 469 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Wang Xin
    • 1
  • Tian De-cheng
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhysicsWuhan UniversityWuhanChina

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