Selected Topics of Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics [Hardcover]

This book contains invited lectures and selected contributions presented at the Enzo Levi and XIX Annual Meeting of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physical Society in 2013. It is aimed at fourth year undergraduate and graduate students, and scientists in the fields of physics, engineering and chemistry who are interested in fluid dynamics from an experimental and theoretical point of view. The invited lectures are introductory and avoid the use of complicated mathematics. The fluid dynamics applications include multiphase flow, convection, diffusion, heat transfer, rheology, granular material, viscous flow, porous media flow, geophysics and astrophysics. The material contained in the book includes recent advances in experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics and is suitable for both teaching and research.

Compositional Flow in Fractured Porous Media: Mathematical Background and Basic Physics.- Turbulent Thermal Convection.- Dissipative Particle Dynamics: A Method to Simulate Soft Matter Systems in Equilibrium and Under Flow.- Flow Coherence: Distinguishing Cause from Effect.- Parametrisation in Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Applications in Complex Fluids.- Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Free-Surface Flows.- Numerical Modeling of the Extratropical Storm Delta over Canary Islands.- Importance of High Resolution.- Four Winged Flapping Flyer in Forward Flight.- Flows from Bins: New Results.- Some Aspects of Turbulence Role in Oceanic Currents.- Alya Red CCM: HPC Based Cardiac Computational Modeling.- Singularities in Surface Waves.- Isotherms of Natural and Forced Convection Around a Heated Horizontal Cylinder Embedded in a Porous Medium.- Parameter Estimation in a Model for Tracer Transport in One-Dimensional Fractals.- Mixed Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Temperature-Dependent Viscosity and Viscous Dissipation.- Characterization of a Bubble Curtain for PIV Measurements.- Numerical Simulation of a Gas-Stirred Ladle.- Folding of thelG