Coagulation/Flocculation of colloidal particles †

Brownian coagulation with an attractive interaction †

• Simulation parameters
  • Input UDF file: aggregate.udf
  • CFD Lattice: 128 x 128 x 128 mesh
  • Number of Particles: N = 500
  • Diameter of Particles: D = 8 mesh
  • Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.064
  • Temperature: kBT = 5
  • Pair potential: LJ like 24:12 power with\epsilon=25k_BT and \sigma=D
  • Number of Iteration Steps: 100,000

Flocks under weak shear flow †

• Simulation parameters
  • Input UDF file: aggregate_LE.zip
  • CFD Lattice: 128 x 128 x 128 mesh
  • Number of Particles: N = 500
  • Diameter of Particles: D = 8 mesh
  • Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.064
  • Temperature: kBT = 5
  • Pair potential: LJ like 24:12 power with\epsilon=25k_BT and \sigma=D
  • Number of Iteration Steps: 100,000
  • Shear rate: 0.005

Flocks under strong shear flow †

• Simulation parameters
  • Input UDF file: aggregate_LE_2.zip
  • CFD Lattice: 128 x 128 x 128 mesh
  • Number of Particles: N = 500
  • Diameter of Particles: D = 8 mesh
  • Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.064
  • Temperature: kBT = 5
  • Pair potential: LJ like 24:12 power with\epsilon=25k_BT and \sigma=D
  • Number of Iteration Steps: 100,000
  • Shear rate: 0.05

Files needed for reproducing this simulation †

• Define UDF file: define.udf [v3.02]
• GOURMET: particleshow.py

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