Complex networks from space-filling bearings

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Jul;92(1):012802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.012802. Epub 2015 Jul 6.

Abstract

Two-dimensional space-filling bearings are dense packings of disks that can rotate without slip. We consider the entire first family of bearings for loops of four disks and propose a hierarchical construction of their contact network. We provide analytic expressions for the clustering coefficient and degree distribution, revealing bipartite scale-free behavior with a tunable degree exponent depending on the bearing parameters. We also analyze their average shortest path and percolation properties.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Models, Theoretical*