SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTERS INHERENT IN RANDOM DISPERSIONS OF EQUAL SPHERES WITH A COAGULATION RADIUS |
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| Authors: | Keishi Gotoh Masafumi Nakagawa Hiroyuki Matsuoka |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Energy Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The spatial structure of a computer-simulated random dispersion of equal spheres is investigated. The sphere of influence, i.e. the coagulation radius, is assumed for each particle without any particle movement. If the distance between sphere centers lies within the coagulation radius, the spheres are regarded as being connected to each other to form a cluster. Various sizes of clusters exist inherently in the random dispersion. The effects of the coagulation radius and the bulk-mean particle volume fraction on the size distribution of clusters are discussed theoretically and experimentally. |
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