Crossover phenomena in flocculations of colloidal suspensions: the effect of shear flow

Takamichi Terao, Tomoyoshi Ikeda and Tsuneyoshi Nakayama

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2003, vol. 320, issue C, 77-83

Abstract: We have studied the flocculations of colloidal suspensions under shear flows. Using the three-dimensional model constructed on simple-cubic lattice, we have clarified the structural formation of colloidal suspensions and their growth kinetics by computer simulations. In the time development of averaged cluster size, we find a crossover between two different power-law behaviors, where the characteristic time depends on the shear rate of the medium.

Keywords: Colloids; Flocculations; Computer simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01525-X

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