Abstract
It is shown that the mesostructural level of the hierarchy in a medium of randomly packed particles is formed as part of the evolution as a complex open system. The conditions for the occurrence of a mesostructure are established and the scenario for the process is discussed. The results are illustrated on a model for random packing of two-dimensional spheres.
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Materials Science Institute, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 1/2(383), pp. 82–86, January–February, 1996. Original article submitted April 13, 1994.
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Nikolenko, A.N. Formation of the mesostructural hierarchic level in a medium composed of randomly packed particles. Powder Metall Met Ceram 35, 74–77 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01512669
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01512669