Selected Topics of Computational and Experimental Fluid Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Compositional Flow in Fractured Porous Media: Mathematical Background and Basic Physics....Pages 3-36
Turbulent Thermal Convection....Pages 37-49
Dissipative Particle Dynamics: A Method to Simulate Soft Matter Systems in Equilibrium and Under Flow....Pages 51-79
Flow Coherence: Distinguishing Cause from Effect....Pages 81-89
Parametrisation in Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Applications in Complex Fluids....Pages 91-118
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics for Free-Surface Flows....Pages 119-136
Numerical Modelling of the Extratropical Storm Delta Over Canary Islands: Importance of High Resolution....Pages 137-146
Four-Winged Flapping Flyer in Forward Flight....Pages 147-158
Flows from Bins: New Results....Pages 159-177
Some Aspects of Turbulence Role in Oceanic Currents....Pages 179-187
Alya Red CCM: HPC-Based Cardiac Computational Modelling....Pages 189-207
Singularities in Surface Waves....Pages 209-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Isotherms of Natural and Forced Convection Around a Heated Horizontal Cylinder Embedded in a Porous Medium....Pages 229-237
Parameter Estimation in a Model for Tracer Transport in One-Dimensional Fractals....Pages 239-252
Mixed Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Temperature-Dependent Viscosity and Viscous Dissipation....Pages 253-259
Characterization of a Bubble Curtain for PIV Measurements....Pages 261-269
Numerical Simulation of a Gas-Stirred Ladle....Pages 271-280
Folding of the Apolipoprotein A1 Driven by the Salt Concentration as a Possible Mechanism to Improve Cholesterol Trapping....Pages 281-291
Graphical Analysis of Fluid Flow Through Polymeric Complex Structures Using Multi-scale Simulations....Pages 293-302
Mass Flow Rate of Granular Material from an L-Valve Without Aeration....Pages 303-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Heat Transfer in Biological Tissues....Pages 313-320
Simulation of In-situ Combustion in a Matrix-Fracture System at Laboratory Scale....Pages 321-328
Numerical Simulation of In-situ Combustion in a Fracture-Porous Medium System....Pages 329-338
Mathematical Modeling of Steam Injection in Vertical Wells....Pages 339-346
Oxygen Transport Under Combustion Conditions in a Fracture-Porous Medium System....Pages 347-355
Numerical Simulation of the Flow in an Open Cavity with Heat and Mass Transfer....Pages 357-365
3D Numerical Simulation of Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in a Cylindrical Container....Pages 367-374
Solidification in the Presence of Natural Convection in a Hele-Shaw Cell....Pages 375-384
Confinement and Interaction Effects on the Diffusion of Passive Particles....Pages 385-394
Thermal Convection in a Cylindrical Enclosure with Wavy Sidewall....Pages 395-411
Front Matter....Pages 413-413
Numerical Simulation of the Flow Past a Pair of Magnetic Obstacles....Pages 415-425
Steady and Unsteady Vortex Flow Generated by Electromagnetic Forcing....Pages 427-437
Numerical Simulation of a Spanwise Vortex in a Periodic Forced Flow....Pages 439-445
Erosion and Deposition of Particles in a Periodic Forced Flow....Pages 447-453
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Numerical and Simplified Analytical Solutions for Typical Spillways....Pages 457-463
Modeling and Simulation of a Biopolymer Processing in a Single Screw Extruder....Pages 465-471
An Analytical Solution for Friction Stir Welding of an AISI 1018 Steel....Pages 473-480
Numerical Simulation of Water Flow in a Venturi Tube Using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method....Pages 481-487
Dynamic Behavior of a Drop on a Vertically Oscillating Surface....Pages 489-496
Critical Phenomena of a Drop Through a Stratified Fluid....Pages 497-503
Front Matter....Pages 455-455
Accretion Centers Induced in a Molecular Cloud Core After a Penetrating Collision....Pages 505-513
Numerical Simulations of Interacting Galaxies: Bar Morphology....Pages 515-525
A Newtonian Approach to the Cosmological Dark Fluids....Pages 527-539
Capillary Rise in a Taylor-Hauksbee Cell with a Tilted Edge....Pages 541-548