%0 Journal Article
%T Generalized ballistic deposition in 2 dimensions : scaling of surface width, porosity and conductivity
%A Subhankar Ray
%A Baisakhi Mal
%A J. Shamanna
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%X A deposition process with particles having realistic intermediate stickiness is studied in 2+1 dimensions. At each stage of the deposition process, for any given configuration, a newly depositing particle gives rise to allowed set of configurations that are vastly larger than those for deposition of a mixture of purely non-sticky (random like) and purely sticky (ballistic like) particles. We obtain scaling behavior and demonstrate collapse of scaled data for surface width and porosity. Scaling of conductivity, when a porous structure thus formed, is saturated with conductive fluid, e.g. brine, is studied. The results obtained are in good agreement with Archie's law for porous sedimentary rocks.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01047v1