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Fine Adhesive Particles on a Fiber

The impaction-sticking mechanism of fine particulates plays a significant role in a wide range of applications from dust separation device, thin-film deposition technique to astrophysics science, but the underlying physics is less clarified. In this paper, a discrete element (DEM) method approach is established to investigate this important mechanism during the initial deposition of microscopic particles on a single fiber.

Publication: Yang MM, Li SQ*, Yao Q. Mechanistic studies of initial deposition of fine adhesive particles on a fiber using discrete-element methods. Powder technology, 248: 44-53(2013).