Coalescence of particles by differential sedimentation

DOI10.1007/S10955-007-9466-YzbMATH Open1214.82078arXiv0705.2618OpenAlexW2170341932MaRDI QIDQ2482273FDOQ2482273

Authors: Peter Horvai, T. H. M. Stein, Sergey Nazarenko 

Publication date: 16 April 2008

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a three dimensional system consisting of a large number of small spherical particles, distributed in a range of sizes and heights (with uniform distribution in the horizontal direction). Particles move vertically at a size-dependent terminal velocity. They are either allowed to merge whenever they cross or there is a size ratio criterion enforced to account for collision efficiency. Such a system may be described, in mean field approximation, by the Smoluchowski kinetic equation with a differential sedimentation kernel, used to study e.g. rain initiation and particle distributions in the atmosphere. We solve the kinetic equation analytically to obtain steady state and self-similar solutions in time and in height, using methods borrowed from weak turbulence theory. Analytical results are compared with direct numerical simulations (DNS) of moving and merging particles, and a good agreement is found.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2618

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zbMATH Keywords

self-similaritycoagulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65)

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