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On A Model For Mass Aggregation With Maximal Size

Budac, Ondrej
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Herrmann, Michael
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Niethammer, Barbara
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2011
Kinetic And Related Models

We study a kinetic mean-field equation for a system of particles with different sizes, in which particles are allowed to coagulate only if their sizes sum up to a prescribed time-dependent value. We prove well-posedness of this model, study the existence of self-similar solutions, and analyze the large-time behavior mostly by numerical simulations. Depending on the parameter k(0), which controls the probability of coagulation, we observe two different scenarios: For k(0) > 2 there exist two self-similar solutions to the mean field equation, of which one is unstable. In numerical simulations we observe that for all initial data the rescaled solutions converge to the stable self-similar solution. For k(0) < 2, however, no self-similar behavior occurs as the solutions converge in the original variables to a limit that depends strongly on the initial data. We prove rigorously a corresponding statement for k(0) is an element of (0, 1/3). Simulations for the cross-over case k(0) = 2 are not completely conclusive, but indicate that, depending on the initial data, part of the mass evolves in a self-similar fashion whereas another part of the mass remains in the small particles.

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DOI
10.3934/krm.2011.4.427
Web of Science ID

WOS:000293621600002

Author(s)
Budac, Ondrej
Herrmann, Michael
Niethammer, Barbara
Spielmann, Andrej  
Date Issued

2011

Published in
Kinetic And Related Models
Volume

4

Start page

427

End page

439

Subjects

Aggregation with maximal size

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self-similar solutions

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coarsening in coagulation models

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Smoluchowskis Coagulation Equation

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Self-Similarity

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Kinetics

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December 16, 2011
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