Mathematical Modeling of Flow, Heat Transfer, and Deformation
A unified continuum mechanical approach for the computer age
Hans Petter Langtangen Simula Research Laboratory and
- Dept. of Informatics
University of Oslo August 2004
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About the course
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Overview
How this course differs from standard (continuum mechanical) modeling courses The two tracks of the course: application and theory Specification of required background
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Past and present
Traditional modeling Modern computational modeling
model formulation governed by available analytical solution techniques model formulation governed by numerical solution methods and available software tendency towards over-simplified models because of limited solution techniques more general models for phenomena of more industrial/scientific relevance
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boundary conditions numerics demands complete specification of initial-boundary value problems result as symbolic expressions result as visualizations
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What is modeling?
People mean different things by this term... Here: establishing a complete specification of the mathematical description for a physical phenomenon The term “complete specification” here means all input data required for applying a numerical method, i.e., a computer program to simulate the physical phenomenon Continuum mechanical modeling: model = partial differential equations (PDEs) + boundary and initial conditions
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Working style in this course
Find the basic governing equations and types of boundary conditions for the physical phenomon in question Note: physics, mechanics, geology++ books/people are often more concerned with the pheonoma and their explanations in terms of simple models than “full 3D models” (which we now want in the computer age) Find the relevant physical and mathematical assumptions that can be applied to reduce the complexity of the model Note: in the computer age we tend to reduce much less than in the paper-and-pencil age Imagine and argue for the expected qualitative behavior of a solution
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Today’s modeling is multi-disciplinary
engineering mechanical marine civil micro/nano electical classical fields physics mechanics geology astrophysics geophysics chemestry biology mathematics mathematical analysis numerical analysis computer science numerical algorithms software systems visualization
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Continuum mechanical modeling - now
engineering mechanical marine civil micro/nano electical classical fields physics mechanics geology astrophysics geophysics chemestry biology mathematics mathematical analysis numerical analysis computer science numerical algorithms software systems visualization
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