Coalescence of particles by differential sedimentation

DOI10.1007/S10955-007-9466-YMaRDI QIDQ2482273zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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)

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

zbMATH Keywords

coagulationself-similarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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