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Spheric Formula

This document defines and provides a calculation for sphericity, which is a measure of how spherical an object is. Sphericity is defined as the ratio of the surface area of a sphere with the same volume as the object to the actual surface area of the object. A sphere has a sphericity of 1, while a cylinder or cube has a sphericity less than 1 due to their non-spherical shapes. The document provides sphericity calculations for a sphere, cylinder, and cube as examples.

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Spheric Formula

This document defines and provides a calculation for sphericity, which is a measure of how spherical an object is. Sphericity is defined as the ratio of the surface area of a sphere with the same volume as the object to the actual surface area of the object. A sphere has a sphericity of 1, while a cylinder or cube has a sphericity less than 1 due to their non-spherical shapes. The document provides sphericity calculations for a sphere, cylinder, and cube as examples.

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W.R.

Wilcox, Clarkson University, May 18, 2009


Definition and calculation of sphericity of particles
See, for example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphericity.
Sphericity s is defined as
p p
p
s
A D
V 6
=
where Vp is the olume of the o!"ect, Ap is its surface
area, and Dp is the diameter of a sphere with the same olume #Dp
$
/6%.
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$
/6, Ap ' d
(
, Dp ' d, and so s ' ).
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(
*/+, Ap ' d* , d
(
/( , Dp ' #6d
(
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)/$
,
&or a cu!e of width a, Vp ' a
$
, Ap ' 6a
(
, and c

' a
$
, and so
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( )
( )
( )
-.6 . .
6
a 6 a / 6
a 6
$ / )
( $ / )
$
s
=

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