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Percolation analysis of force networks in anisotropic granular matter
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We study the percolation properties of force networks in an anisotropic model for granular packings, the so-called q-model. Following the original recipe of Ostojic et al (2006 Nature 439 828), we consider a percolation process in which forces smaller than a given threshold f are deleted in the network. For a critical threshold fc, the system experiences a transition akin to percolation. We determine the point of this transition and its characteristic critical exponents applying a finite-size scaling analysis that takes explicitly into account the directed nature of the q-model. By means of extensive numerical simulations, we show that this percolation transition is strongly affected by the anisotropic nature of the model, yielding characteristic exponents which are neither those found in isotropic granular systems nor those in the directed version of standard percolation. The differences shown by the computed exponents can be related to the presence of strong directed correlations and mass conservation laws in the model under scrutiny.
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PASTOR-SATORRAS, R. (Romualdo) and MIGUEL LÓPEZ, María del Carmen. Percolation analysis of force networks in anisotropic granular matter. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2012. Vol. 2012, num. P02008, pags. 1-12. ISSN 1742-5468. [consulted: 11 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/125665