Introduction to the Modelling and Simulation of Particulate Flows

Thanks to new technologies, the study of particulate flows has become increasingly advanced and thorough. This introduction for both undergraduate and graduate students as well as nonspecialist professionals focuses on basic models and computational strategies for fluidized dry particulate flows in which there is no significant interstitial fluid but also covers some fully coupled fluid-particle systems. Zohdi (mechanical engineering, U. of California-Berkeley) covers the fundamentals on kinetics of a single particle and systems of particles, then explains models of particulate flows, iterative solutions, representative numerical simulations, inverse problems and parameter identification, extensions to "swarm-like" systems, coupled particle/fluid interaction, and simple optical scattering methods for particulate media. He also provides appendices with background material on basic continuum fluid mechanics and scattering and a comprehensive bibliography. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

T. I. Zohdi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California–Berkeley. He has received the Zienkiewicz Prize and Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, the Emerald Literati Club's Best Paper of the Year Award of 2001, and the Junior Achievement Award of the American Academy of Mechanics. His main research interests are in modeling and simulation of micro-macro “multiscale” systems.