Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles

In this paper we construct a model for the simultaneous compaction by which clusters are restructured, and growth of clusters by pairwise coagulation. The model has the form of a multicomponent aggregation problem in which the components are cluster mass and cluster diameter. Following suitabl...

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Main Author: Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
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Published: IOP 2006
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/933/
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description In this paper we construct a model for the simultaneous compaction by which clusters are restructured, and growth of clusters by pairwise coagulation. The model has the form of a multicomponent aggregation problem in which the components are cluster mass and cluster diameter. Following suitable approximations, exact explicit solutions are derived which may be useful for the verification of simulations of such systems. Numerical simulations are presented to illustrate typical behaviour and to show the accuracy of approximations made in deriving the model. The solutions are then simplified using asymptotic techniques to show the relevant timescales of the kinetic processes and elucidate the shape of the cluster distribution functions at large times.
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spelling nottingham-9332020-05-04T20:30:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/933/ Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles Wattis, Jonathan A.D. In this paper we construct a model for the simultaneous compaction by which clusters are restructured, and growth of clusters by pairwise coagulation. The model has the form of a multicomponent aggregation problem in which the components are cluster mass and cluster diameter. Following suitable approximations, exact explicit solutions are derived which may be useful for the verification of simulations of such systems. Numerical simulations are presented to illustrate typical behaviour and to show the accuracy of approximations made in deriving the model. The solutions are then simplified using asymptotic techniques to show the relevant timescales of the kinetic processes and elucidate the shape of the cluster distribution functions at large times. IOP 2006 Article PeerReviewed Wattis, Jonathan A.D. (2006) Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles. Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General, 39 . pp. 7283-7298. ISSN 0305-4470
spellingShingle Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title_full Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title_fullStr Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title_full_unstemmed Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title_short Exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
title_sort exact solutions for cluster-growth kinetics with evolving size and shape profiles
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/933/