Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Table of Contents - Volume 143 - 1984  


Monte Carlo simulation of coagulation in discrete particle-size distributions. Part 1. Brownian motion and fluid shearing

H. J.  Pearson a1, I. A.  Valioulis a1 and E. J.  List a1
a1 W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

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valioulis ia   [Google Scholar] 
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Abstract

A method for the Monte Carlo simulation, by digital computer, of the evolution of a colliding and coagulating population of suspended particles is described. Collision mechanisms studied both separately and in combination are: Brownian motion of the particles, and laminar and isotropic turbulent shearing motions of the suspending fluid. Steady-state distributions are obtained by adding unit-size particles at a constant rate and removing all particles once they reach a preset maximum volume. The resulting size distributions are found to agree with those obtained by dimensional analysis (Hunt 1982).

(Published Online April 20 2006)
(Received March 31 1982)
(Revised November 5 1983)


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