Coagulation kernel hydrodynamic models

Hydrodynamic Models. The coagulation kernels are usually calculated for solid spheres with hydrodynamic models of different sophistication. The simplest calculation uses fluid flow in the absence of any effect of either particle on the flow. This flow level is known as rectilinear flow. The next level of sophistication involves calculating the flow around one particle, usually the larger of the two interacting particles. This level of calculation is known as curvilinear flow. Further levels of sophistication can be obtained by considering the particle trajectories as affected by the interacting flow fields of the particles, as well as any attractive or repulsive forces between them. 

The modeling also showed the importance of some of the underdeveloped aspects of coagulation theory, particularly with regard to the interaction of the hydrodynamics and the fractal structure of the aggregates on the coagulation kernels. Traditional coagulation theory emphasized understanding the interactions of two solid spheres. Some work has been done on the flow in and... 

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