Stochastic Processes in Polymeric Fluids

Stochastic Processes in Polymeric Fluids
Author: Hans C. Öttinger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642582907

This book consists of two strongly interweaved parts: the mathematical theory of stochastic processes and its applications to molecular theories of polymeric fluids. The comprehensive mathematical background provided in the first section will be equally useful in many other branches of engineering and the natural sciences. The second part provides readers with a more direct understanding of polymer dynamics, allowing them to identify exactly solvable models more easily, and to develop efficient computer simulation algorithms in a straightforward manner. In view of the examples and applications to problems taken from the front line of science, this volume may be used both as a basic textbook or as a reference book. Program examples written in FORTRAN are available via ftp from ftp.springer.de/pub/chemistry/polysim/.

Stochastic Methods in Fluid Mechanics

Stochastic Methods in Fluid Mechanics
Author: Sergio Chibbaro
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3709116228

Since their first introduction in natural sciences through the work of Einstein on Brownian motion in 1905 and further works, in particular by Langevin, Smoluchowski and others, stochastic processes have been used in several areas of science and technology. For example, they have been applied in chemical studies, or in fluid turbulence and for combustion and reactive flows. The articles in this book provide a general and unified framework in which stochastic processes are presented as modeling tools for various issues in engineering, physics and chemistry, with particular focus on fluid mechanics and notably dispersed two-phase flows. The aim is to develop what can referred to as stochastic modeling for a whole range of applications.

Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Fluids

Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Fluids
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2010-12-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080932029

Non-Newtonian flows and their numerical simulations have generated an abundant literature, as well as many publications and references to which can be found in this volume's articles. This abundance of publications can be explained by the fact that non-Newtonian fluids occur in many real life situations: the food industry, oil & gas industry, chemical, civil and mechanical engineering, the bio-Sciences, to name just a few. Mathematical and numerical analysis of non-Newtonian fluid flow models provide challenging problems to partial differential equations specialists and applied computational mathematicians alike. This volume offers investigations. Results and conclusions that will no doubt be useful to engineers and computational and applied mathematicians who are focused on various aspects of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. - New review of well-known computational methods for the simulation viscoelastic and viscoplastic types - Discusses new numerical methods that have proven to be more efficient and more accurate than traditional methods - Articles that discuss the numerical simulation of particulate flow for viscoelastic fluids

Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Fluids

Numerical Methods for Non-Newtonian Fluids
Author: Philippe G. Ciarlet
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 827
Release: 1990
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0444530479

Handbook of Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems explores the changes that have taken place in the past few decades regarding literature in the design, analysis and application of various numerical algorithms for solving hyperbolic equations. This volume provides concise summaries from experts in different types of algorithms, so that readers can find a variety of algorithms under different situations and readily understand their relative advantages and limitations.

Probabilistic Methods in Fluids

Probabilistic Methods in Fluids
Author: Ian Malcolm Davies
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2003
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9812703985

This volume contains recent research papers presented at the international workshop on OC Probabilistic Methods in FluidsOCO held in Swansea. The central problems considered were turbulence and the NavierOCoStokes equations but, as is now well known, these classical problems are deeply intertwined with modern studies of stochastic partial differential equations, jump processes and random dynamical systems. The volume provides a snapshot of current studies in a field where the applications range from the design of aircraft through the mathematics of finance to the study of fluids in porous media."

Probabilistic Methods In Fluids, Proceedings Of The Swansea 2002 Workshop

Probabilistic Methods In Fluids, Proceedings Of The Swansea 2002 Workshop
Author: Ian M Davies
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2003-06-13
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814487058

This volume contains recent research papers presented at the international workshop on “Probabilistic Methods in Fluids” held in Swansea. The central problems considered were turbulence and the Navier-Stokes equations but, as is now well known, these classical problems are deeply intertwined with modern studies of stochastic partial differential equations, jump processes and random dynamical systems. The volume provides a snapshot of current studies in a field where the applications range from the design of aircraft through the mathematics of finance to the study of fluids in porous media.

Stochastic Processes

Stochastic Processes
Author: Wolfgang Paul
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-07-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319003275

This book introduces the theory of stochastic processes with applications taken from physics and finance. Fundamental concepts like the random walk or Brownian motion but also Levy-stable distributions are discussed. Applications are selected to show the interdisciplinary character of the concepts and methods. In the second edition of the book a discussion of extreme events ranging from their mathematical definition to their importance for financial crashes was included. The exposition of basic notions of probability theory and the Brownian motion problem as well as the relation between conservative diffusion processes and quantum mechanics is expanded. The second edition also enlarges the treatment of financial markets. Beyond a presentation of geometric Brownian motion and the Black-Scholes approach to option pricing as well as the econophysics analysis of the stylized facts of financial markets, an introduction to agent based modeling approaches is given.

Multiscale Methods in Science and Engineering

Multiscale Methods in Science and Engineering
Author: Björn Engquist
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540264442

Multiscale problems naturally pose severe challenges for computational science and engineering. The smaller scales must be well resolved over the range of the larger scales. Challenging multiscale problems are very common and are found in e.g. materials science, fluid mechanics, electrical and mechanical engineering. Homogenization, subgrid modelling, heterogeneous multiscale methods, multigrid, multipole, and adaptive algorithms are examples of methods to tackle these problems. This volume is an overview of current mathematical and computational methods for problems with multiple scales with applications in chemistry, physics and engineering.

Dynamics Of Complex Fluids: Proceedings Of The Second Royal Society-unilever Indo-uk Forum In Materials Science And Engineering

Dynamics Of Complex Fluids: Proceedings Of The Second Royal Society-unilever Indo-uk Forum In Materials Science And Engineering
Author: M J Adams
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 513
Release: 1998-08-08
Genre:
ISBN: 1783263539

This volume records the presentations and discussions at the Second Royal Society-Unilever Indo-UK Forum on 'Dynamics of Complex Fluids' which was the culmination of the six-month programme on this topic organised at the Issac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University.The authors of this important volume present an up-to-date, wide-ranging view on developments in the analysis of complex fluid behaviour. Emphasis is placed upon the relation between small-scale structure and large-scale response: this brings together the approaches of molecular physics and continuum mechanics.Experiments, constitutive models and computer simulations are combined to yield new insights into the flow behaviour of polymer melts and solutions, colloidal and neutral particle suspensions, and pastes and soils.