MODEL OF FRACTAL AGGREGATES INDUCED BY SHEAR

Abstract

It is an undoubted fact that particle aggregates from marine, aerosol, and engineering systems have fractal structures. In this study, fractal geometry is used to describe the morphology of irregular aggregates. The mean-field theory is employed to solve coagulation kinetic equation of aggregates. The Taylor-expansion method of moments in conjunction with the self-similar fractal characteristics is used to represent the particulate field. The effect of the target fractal dimensions on zeroth-order moment, second-order moment, and geometric standard deviation of the aggregates is explored. Results show that the developed moment method is an efficient and powerful approach to solving such evolution equations.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2013-01-18
  • Revision Date2013-04-26
  • Acceptance Date2013-05-01
  • Online Date2013-12-28

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1305403W

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