Multiscale simulation strategies and mesoscale modelling of gas and liquid flows

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 661-671

  Kalweit, Marco ^a   Drikakis, Dimitris ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hybrid molecular continuum methods; mesoscale; microscale; nanoscale

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM SIMULATIONS; EQUATION-FREE; FLUX COUPLING; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; HETEROGENEOUS MULTISCALE METHOD; HYBRID MOLECULAR-CONTINUUM METHODS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODELLING; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; NANO SCALE; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NANOSCALE FLOW;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 80053254865     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxr048     Document Type: Review

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