SELECTION MECHANISM AND AREA DISTRIBUTION IN 2-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR STRUCTURES

被引:23
作者
SEGEL, D [1 ]
MUKAMEL, D [1 ]
KRICHEVSKY, O [1 ]
STAVANS, J [1 ]
机构
[1] WEIZMANN INST SCI,DEPT ELECTR,IL-76100 REHOVOT,ISRAEL
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1993年 / 47卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.47.812
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Evolving random cellular structures are observed to reach a universal scaling regime. A mean-field approach to finding fixed-point distributions in cell-side number is extended to distributions for the average area of cells with a given number of sides. This approach leads to simplified equations that can be analyzed analytically and numerically. The theory's results are compared to experimental results on dynamics and distributions in soap froths and good agreement is achieved.
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页码:812 / 819
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