The SIP1 project

We are interested in super-dispersed multiphase flows such as liquid flows with very large numbers of dispersed and interacting bubbles, or solid particles; or, gas flows with solid particles in very large numbers, or evaporating, condensating and coalescing droplets.

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General information

posted December 10th, 2009

When micro-scale modelling is unfeasible or the data is too overwhelming, a macro-scale continuum model involving averages such as density, temperature and velocity can be a way to reduce the number of degrees of freedom and complexity both in numerical calculations, and physical and mathematical modelling. There are a fair number of physical systems where such a reduction is possible and accurate, including one-phase dense fluid systems and certain mono-dispersed granular flows. For many other complicated dispersed multi-phase systems, however, such a reduction is unknown and/or unavailable in closed form. For various industrial production processes the understanding, prediction and control of these super-dispersed multiphase flows remains nonetheless crucial. We therefore propose to research the computational modelling of super-dispersed multiphase gas-droplet and particulate flows, by bringing them together within one modelling strategy, as outlined below.

MD code

A molecular dynamics algorithm has been developed. It is described here: http://www2.msm.ctw.utwente.nl/athornton/MD/