The Friction Coefficient of Fractal Aggregates in the Continuum and Transition Regimes
A methodology is introduced for friction-coefficient calculations of fractal-like aggregates that relates the friction coefficient to a solution of the diffusion equation. Synthetic fractal aggregates were created with a cluster-cluster aggregation algorithm. Their fiction coefficients were obtained from gas molecule-aggregate collision rates that were calculated with the COMSOL Multiphysics software. Results were compared and validated with literature values. The effect of aggregate structure on dynamical properties of the aggregate, in particular mobility, was also studied. Both the fractal dimension and the fractal prefactor are required to characterize fully an aggregate.
MELAS Anastasios;
KONSTANDOPOULOS A.;
ISELLA Lorenzo;
DROSSINOS Ioannis;
2013-01-10
COMSOL Inc
JRC75600
978-0-9839688-9-4,
http://www.ch.comsol.com/cd/direct/conf/conference2012papers/papers/area/transport/13411/,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC75600,
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