Radiative properties of numerically generated fractal soot aggregates: The importance of configuration averaging

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Liu, Fengshan ^a   Smallwood, Gregory J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Configuration averaging; Fractal aggregates; Optical properties; Soot

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; CONFIGURATION AVERAGING; DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; FRACTAL AGGREGATES; FRACTAL PARAMETERS; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; PARTICLE CLUSTERS; PREFACTORS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SIZE PARAMETERS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOLUTION METHODS; SOOT AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATES; DUST; FRACTAL DIMENSION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOOT;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 77954819460     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000245     Document Type: Article

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