Estimation of the diffusion coefficient of aerosol particle aggregates using Brownian simulation in the continuum regime

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1081-1101

  Moskal, Arkadiusz ^a   Payatakes, A C ^b,c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol dynamics; Aggregates; Brownian dynamics; Diffusion coefficient

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GRAVITATION; HYDRODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL AGGREGATES; AEROSOL DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMIC DRAG;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AGGREGATE; BROWNIAN MOTION; DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIMULATOR;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BROWNIAN MOTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 33745261539     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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