Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamics

Combining previously unconnected computational methods, this monograph discusses the latest basic schemes and algorithms for the solution of fluid, heat and mass transfer problems coupled with electrodynamics.

Autorentext
Petr Nikrityuk is head of the research group "Interphase Phenomena" within the "Virtual High Temperature Conversion Processes" (VIRTUHCON) project at the Technical University Freiberg, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at the Moscow Aviation Institute where he also obtained his PhD on the topic of mathematical modeling of thermal processes. Before taking up his current position in Freiberg, Petr Nikrityuk worked as software developer in the field of computational fluid dynamics and as a research scientist in the Institute for Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Dresden, Germany.

Inhalt
INTRODUCTION Heat and Fluid Flows in Material Science and Engineering Overview of the Present Work MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN THERMOFLUIDDYNAMICS Conservation Equations for Continuum Media Boundary and Initial Conditions Conservation Equations in Electromagnetics DISCRETIZATION APPROACHES AND NUMERICAL METHODS The Finite Difference Method The Finite Volume Method Solution of Linear Equation Systems CALCULATIONS OF FLOWS WITH HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Solution of Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations Pressure and Velocity Coupling: SIMPLE Family Illustrations of Schemes for Flow with Heat Transfer Complex Geometry Problems on Fixed Cartesian Grids CONVECTION-DIFFUSION PHASE CHANGE PROBLEMS Some Aspects of Solidification Thermodynamics Modeling of Macroscale Phase Change Phenomena Turbulent Solidification Microscale Phase Change Phenomena Crystal Growth Modelling Melting of Pure Gallium under the Influence of Natural Convection APPLICATION I: SPIN-UP OF A LIQUID METAL IN CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES Spin-Up of Isothermal Flow Driven by Rotating Magnetic Field The Impact of the Buoyancy Force on the Spin-Up Dynamics APPLICATION II: LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOWS DRIVEN BY A RMF Laminar Flows: State of the Art Turbulent Flows APPLICATION III: CONTACTLESS MIXING OF LIQUID METALS Mixing under Zero Gravity Condition The Impact of Gravity on the Mixing APPLICATION IV: ELECTROMAGNETIC CONTROL OF BINARY METAL ALLOYS SOLIDIFICATION Control of a binary metal alloy Solidification by use of AC fields Control of Solidification by use of Steady Electromagnetic Fields The Impact of a Steady Electrical Current on the Unidirectional Solidification The Impact of an Electric Field on the Shape of a Dendrite The Impact of Parallel Applied Electric and Magnetic Fields on Dendritic Growth