Cluster growth by diffusion-limited aggregation in shear flow

T. Kovács and G. Bárdos

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1997, vol. 247, issue 1, 59-66

Abstract: A two-dimensional square lattice computer model was used to study the cluster growth process by irreversible aggregation on the boundary of a shear flowing colloidal solution. The trajectories of the aggregating particles are determined by both a diffusion component and the streamlines of the flow. The streamlines were obtained by iterative solution of the Navier-Stokes equation. For zero drift (the case of simple DLA), the horizontal growth of the aggregates is symmetric, but even a very weak drift breaks down this symmetry considerably. The fractal dimensions obtained in the cases of zero and nonzero drift seem to be slightly different: 1.67 and 1.78, respectively.

Keywords: Fractals; Aggregation; DLA; Shear flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00397-X

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