4 papers
Nucleation, Growth, and Coarsening -- A Global View on Aggregation
Yossi Farjoun
We present a new model of homogeneous aggregation that contains the essential physical ideas of the classical predecessors, the Becker-Doring and Lifshitz-Slyovoz models. These cla…
Creation of Clusters via a Thermal Quench
Yossi Farjoun
The nucleation and growth of clusters in a progressively cooled vapor is studied. The chemical-potential of the vapor increases, resulting in a rapidly increasing nucleation rate.…
The Optimal Shape of a Javelin
Yossi Farjoun, John C. Neu
The problem of finding the optimal tapering of a free (non-supported) javelin is described and solved. For the optimal javelin, the lowest mode of vibration has the highest possibl…
The Tallest Column -- A Dynamical System Approach using a Similarity Solution
Yossi Farjoun, John C. Neu
A classic problem, the design of the tallest column, is solved again using a different method. By the use of a similarity solution the equations are transformed and the difficult s…