Major aim of this study is to define the copper and gold anomalies using the combination of the Concentration-Number (C-N) fractal and the stepwise factor analysis, based on stream sediment samples in Lahrud 1:100,000 sheet, NW Iran. The case study is situated in Alborz-Azerbaijan structural zone. Elements related to Au and Cu hydrothermally mineralization were selected for this study, accordin...

In the current study, the kinetics of asphaltene particle flocculation is investigated under a shear flow through numerical simulation. The discrete element method (DEM) is coupled with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to model the agglomeration and fragmentation processes. In addition, a coalescence model is proposed to consider the attachment of colliding particles. The changes in mean asph...

The critical behavior of the two-dimensional O(N) model close to criticality is shown to be encoded in the fractal structure of the high-temperature graphs of the model. Based on Monte Carlo simulations and with the help of percolation theory, de Gennes' results for polymer rings, corresponding to the limit N-->0, are generalized to random loops for arbitrary -2<or=N<or=2. The loops are studied...

The west-central Sinai area includes one of the most productive manganese deposits in Egypt (Um Bogma Mn-Fe ore). explored is covered by a Carboniferous and Cambro-Ordovician sedimentary succession overlying Precambrian basement rocks. purpose this study to delineate geochemical anomalies ore related elements track their dispersion trains, which may lead discovery unknown deposits. For purpose,...

Theory is developed that relates the reactivity of nanoparticles to the structure of aggregates they may form in suspensions. This theory is applied to consider the case of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by photosensitization of C(60) fullerenes. Variations in aggregate structure and size appear to account for an apparent paradox in ROS generation as calculated using values for the ph...

We present extensive computer simulations of a modified Eden model on a tetragonal lattice. This model is able to reproduce the crossover from mass fractal to surface fractal structures observed experimentally in the clustering process of partially hydrolysed silica particles. One of the most interesting phenomena in random growth is that systems with only shortrange interactions can form aggre...

In this paper, the fractal dimensions are proposed for characterizing the optical fiber corrosion sensors, which is applied to measure the steel corrosion based on Fe-C alloy film. Because corrosion was a complex random phenomenon and the corrosion surface of Fe-C alloy film of the optical fiber corrosion sensor possessed fractal characteristics, the image fractal dimensions is as a quantitativ...

Dilute oil dispersions of fractal carbon black particles with attractive van der Waals interactions display continuous shear thickening followed by shear thinning at high shear rates. The shear thickening transition occurs at gamma c approximately 10(2)-10(3) s(-1) and is driven by hydrodynamic breakup of clusters. Pre-shearing dispersions at shear rates gamma>gamma c produces enhanced-modulus ...

and Applied Analysis 3 The nonlinear local fractional equation reads as L α u + N α u = 0, (19) where L α and N α are linear and nonlinear local fractional operators, respectively. Local fractional variational iteration algorithm can be written as [37] u n+1 (t) = u n (t) + t0 I t (α) {ξ α [L α u n (s) + N α u n (s)]} . (20) Here, we can construct a correction functional as follows [37]: u n+1 ...