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MATHEMATICAL MODELS & METHODS IN APPLIED SCIENCES
卷 18, 期 10, 页码 1741-1785出版社
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508003182
关键词
Sedimentation; polydisperse suspension; continuous particle size distribution; conservation law; kinetic model; finite difference method; numerical simulation
资金
- Fondecyt [1050728, 7050211]
- Fondap in Applied Mathematics [15000001]
- Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica para la Mineria (CICITEM), Antofagasta, Chile
Polydisperse suspensions with particles of a finite number N of size classes have been widely studied in laboratory experiments. However, in most real-world applications the particle sizes are distributed continuously. In this paper, a well-studied one-dimensional kinematic model for batch sedimentation of polydisperse suspensions of small equal-density spheres is extended to suspensions with a continuous particle size distribution. For this purpose, the phase density function Phi = Phi(t, x, xi), where xi epsilon [0, 1] is the normalized squared size of the particles, is introduced, whose integral with respect to. on an interval [xi(1), xi(2)] is equivalent to the volume fraction at (t, x) occupied by particles of that size range. Combining the Masliyah-Lockett-Bassoon (MLB) model for the solid. fluid relative velocity for each solids species with the concept of phase density function yields a scalar, first-order equation for F, namely the equation of the generalized kinetic theory. Three numerical schemes for the solution of this equation are introduced, and a numerical example and an L(1) error study show that one of these schemes introduces less numerical diffusion and less spurious oscillations near discontinuities than the others. Several numerical examples illustrate the simulated behavior of this kind of suspensions. Numerical results also illustrate the solution of an eigenvalue problem associated with the equation of the generalized kinetic theory.
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