To-Do: Look into disabling terminal until stir/shake needs input
Add a time innterval for shake/stir
When we start the simulation, we stir at 100 rpm for 1 minute, then we bring it to 50 rpm for 5 minutes, then the force function begins to work
Figure out how to make the microplastics stick to polymers and then sink once they are denser than the liquid after combining
adsorption rate function fsp = ksp * nm * np adsorption rate = collision frequency constant * concentration of microplastics * conc. of polymers
nm = 10 uL / 500 mL of sample liquid np = 0.5 g/ 500 mL of sample = 0.5E9 ug/mL
ksp = [((2kbT)/3u) * (2 + dp/dm + dm/dp) + G/6 * (dm + dp)^3] kb = 1.380649E-23 m^2 kg s^-2 k^-1 = 1.380649E7 um^2ugs^-2*k^-1 Abs Temp(T) = 21.9 C = 295.05 k
dm = diameter of microplastic dp = polymer diameter G = shear rate = TBD(estimate) u = 0.013 Pa*s
Add polymer diameter range Min = TBD (experiment) Max = TBD (experiment)
UNITS- total runtime for this experiment is at least 6 minutes -> 360 seconds -> 360,000 milliseconds
For the container force, the forces are not enough on the larger particles, and too much for the smalleer particles, what if we changed it to be based on size? Same goes for stirring if we can