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Abstract: The impaction-sticking mechanism of fine particulates plays a significant role in a wide range of applications from dust separation devices, thin-film deposition techniques to the astrophysics science, but the underlying physics still remains unclear. In this paper, a discrete element method (DEM) approach is established to investigate the impaction-sticking process during the initial deposition of fine particles on a single fiber. Starting from the JKR adhesive contact theory, the DEM well predicts the measured trend of single-fiber capture efficiency as a function of Stokes number in the literature, by the proper considerations of key dissipation terms including the first-contact energy loss, the linear-dashpot damping and the rolling friction resistance. The increasing work of adhesion not only dramatically increases the peak value of single fiber efficiency, but also causes the peak to move towards a much higher Stokes number. The DEM predictions further clarify that the sticking probability depends on the adhesion parameter, rather than Stokes number. An empirical power law between sticking probability and adhesion parameter is drawn as h =0.0558⋅Ad5/3 (for Ad<5.65). Finally, by using both adhesion parameter for the sticking and Stokes number for the impaction, four distinct deposition patterns during the initial stage of single fiber filtration are identified. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: A JKR-based dynamic model, with energy dissipation through both irreversible snap-on/snap-off process and viscoelastic effect, is developed to simulate the dynamics of low-velocity normal impact of micro-sized particle with a flat surface. The first-contact energy loss because of the incompletely reversible, quasi-static loading/unloading is incorporated in the dissipation model. The damping forces corresponding to both the attractive and repulsive components of the JKR contact forces are introduced to account for the hysteresis related to material viscoelasticity. The predicted particle behaviors for the impacts with incident velocities below or above the critical velocity are discussed. The predictions of both the critical velocity and the variation of restitution coefficient vs. incident velocity are compared with experiments in literature where reasonable agreement is obtained. The dependence of restitution coefficient on incident velocity is analyzed. Finally, the model sensitivity analysis such as the effect of the damping coefficient variation is discussed. The work provides a solid basis for the development of discrete-element-method approach of micro-sized particulate system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]