Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow

Andrea Prosperetti is the Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and also the Berkhoff Professor of Fluid Dynamics, University of Twente, The Netherlands. Grétar Tryggvason is a Professor and Department Head at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

• Preface; 1. Introduction: a computational approach to multiphase flow A. Prosperetti and G. Tryggvason; 2. Direct numerical simulations of finite Reynolds number flows G. Tryggvason and S. Balachandar; 3. Immersed boundary methods for fluid interfaces G. Tryggvason, M. Sussman and M. Y. Hussaini; 4. Structured grid methods for solid particles S. Balachandar; 5. Finite element methods for particulate flows H. Hu; 6. Lattice Boltzmann methods for multiphase flows S. Chen, X. He and L. S. Luo; 7. Boundary integral methods for Stokes flows J. Blawzdziewic; 8. Averaged equations for multiphase flows A. Prosperetti; 9. Point particle methods for disperse flows K. Squires; 10. Segregated methods for two-fluid models A. Prosperetti, S. Sundaresan, S. Pannala and D. Z. Zhang; 11. Coupled methods for multi-fluid models A. Prosperetti; References; Index.

'Its goal is undoubtedly well fulfilled. I highly recommend this volume to those readers who wish to acquaint themselves with computational methods for multiphase flow.' Journal of Fluid Mechanics