Powder mixing simulation using random walk model in eco-material preparation

Abstract

The eco-material composition is not well-distributed in preparation. The eco-material samples were taken for computer image analysis, and its particle numbers and appearance parameters were measured. Based on the mechanism of connective mixing and diffusion, the particles distribution was simulated by a computer using the random walk with Levy flight. The results show that the eco-material microstructure simulated by a computer has an idealized porous structure. The particles distribution has a cluster characteristic that changes with the different size and number of particles in Levy flight trajectory. Each cluster consists of a collection of clusters and shows a structure of self-similar cluster, hence presents a well-defined fractal property. The results obtained from SEM observation are in good agreement with the numerical simulations, and show that the convective mixing presents in the Levy flight walk.

Keywords

eco-material / powder mixing / convective mixing / diffusion / random walk / Levy flight

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