Ebook: Computational Methods in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Fluids play an important role in environmental systems appearing as surface water in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions or in the subsurface as well as in the atmosphere. Mechanics of environmental fluids is concerned with fluid motion, associated mass and heat transport as well as deformation processes in subsurface systems. In this textbook the fundamental modelling approaches based on continuum mechanics for fluids in the environment are described, including porous media and turbulence. Numerical methods for solving the process governing equations as well as its object-oriented computer implementation are discussed and illustrated with examples. Finally the application of computer models in civil and environmental engineering is demonstrated.

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Fluids play an important role in environmental systems appearing as surface water in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions or in the subsurface as well as in the atmosphere. Mechanics of environmental fluids is concerned with fluid motion, associated mass and heat transport as well as deformation processes in subsurface systems. In this textbook the fundamental modelling approaches based on continuum mechanics for fluids in the environment are described, including porous media and turbulence. Numerical methods for solving the process governing equations as well as its object-oriented computer implementation are discussed and illustrated with examples. Finally the application of computer models in civil and environmental engineering is demonstrated.

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Fluids play an important role in environmental systems appearing as surface water in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions or in the subsurface as well as in the atmosphere. Mechanics of environmental fluids is concerned with fluid motion, associated mass and heat transport as well as deformation processes in subsurface systems. In this textbook the fundamental modelling approaches based on continuum mechanics for fluids in the environment are described, including porous media and turbulence. Numerical methods for solving the process governing equations as well as its object-oriented computer implementation are discussed and illustrated with examples. Finally the application of computer models in civil and environmental engineering is demonstrated.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Balance Equations of Fluid Mechanics....Pages 3-28
Turbulence....Pages 29-43
Porous Media....Pages 45-61
Problem Classification....Pages 63-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Numerical Methods....Pages 81-96
Finite Difference Method....Pages 97-127
Finite Element Method....Pages 129-172
Finite Volume Method....Pages 173-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Object-Oriented Methods for Hydrosystem Modeling....Pages 193-205
Object-Oriented Programming Techniques....Pages 207-231
Element Implementation....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Non-Linear Flow in Fractured Media....Pages 241-270
Heat Transport in Fractured-Porous Media....Pages 271-299
Density Dependent Flow in Porous Media....Pages 301-332
Multiphase Flow in Deformable Porous Media....Pages 333-372
Back Matter....Pages 373-378

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Fluids play an important role in environmental systems appearing as surface water in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions or in the subsurface as well as in the atmosphere. Mechanics of environmental fluids is concerned with fluid motion, associated mass and heat transport as well as deformation processes in subsurface systems. In this textbook the fundamental modelling approaches based on continuum mechanics for fluids in the environment are described, including porous media and turbulence. Numerical methods for solving the process governing equations as well as its object-oriented computer implementation are discussed and illustrated with examples. Finally the application of computer models in civil and environmental engineering is demonstrated.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Balance Equations of Fluid Mechanics....Pages 3-28
Turbulence....Pages 29-43
Porous Media....Pages 45-61
Problem Classification....Pages 63-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Numerical Methods....Pages 81-96
Finite Difference Method....Pages 97-127
Finite Element Method....Pages 129-172
Finite Volume Method....Pages 173-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Object-Oriented Methods for Hydrosystem Modeling....Pages 193-205
Object-Oriented Programming Techniques....Pages 207-231
Element Implementation....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Non-Linear Flow in Fractured Media....Pages 241-270
Heat Transport in Fractured-Porous Media....Pages 271-299
Density Dependent Flow in Porous Media....Pages 301-332
Multiphase Flow in Deformable Porous Media....Pages 333-372
Back Matter....Pages 373-378
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