| Abstract: | ![]()
According to the fractal characteristics appearing in non-uniform granular system, we found the fractalmodel to study the effective thermal conductivity in the mixed system. Considering the quasi-equilibrium, we bringforward the fractal velocity probability distribution function. The equipartition of energy is employed to the non-uniform granular system, and the granular temperature is derived. We investigate the thermal conductivity in granularflow due to the movement of the particles, namely the heat transfer induced by the streaming mode only. The thermalconductivity in the mixed system changes with the fractal parameters such as the solid fraction v, structural characterparameter η, and fractal dimension D of size distribution. These parameters depict the characteristics of the thermalconductivity in the actual complex granular system. Comparing our conclusion with the correlative experimental dataand the theoretical conclusion of binary mixture of granular materials, the results can qualitatively confirm the generalityof our prediction on the granular system. |
