SIMILARITY SOLUTION OF THE TELFORD COAGULATION EQUATION

Authors
ELWAKIL SA MADKOUR MA ABUELELA A ELGRAYHY AM
Citation
Sa. Elwakil et al., SIMILARITY SOLUTION OF THE TELFORD COAGULATION EQUATION, Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 44(2), 1993, pp. 282-289
Citations number
14
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Physik → ACNP
ISSN journal
00442275
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
282 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-2275(1993)44:2<282:SSOTTC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A direct operational method is used to transform the collision integra l in the Telford coagulation equation for aerosols to a polynomial in derivatives with respect to volume. This polynomial is approximated by the Pade approximation technique. This procedure reduces the integro- differential form to a partial differential equation which is solved b y the similarity method. Exact as well as approximate expressions for the particle size distribution are obtained.