Coupled field problems (Q2736028)

The book consists of 7 chapters dealing with industrial problems involving coupling of thermal, stress and fluid flow fields. In chapter 1, the modeling of glass manufacturing process is considered by \textit{R. M. M. Mattheij, H. G. ter Morsche} and \textit{K. Wang}. Here BEM (boundary element method) is used to solve Stokes equations as well as energy equation for the moving front problem. A novel wavelet approach is incorporated into the dual reciprocity BEM to address material inhomogeneities associated with glass-making process. Chapter 2, written by \textit{R. A. Bialecki, L. Grela} and \textit{G. Wecel}, presents a BEM-based technique for the solution of multimode heat transfer. The authors analyze here the coupling of radiation with heat conduction in walls surrounding a radiating enclosure filled with a transparent medium. Another coupled problem dealt with in this chapter is the interaction of radiation in an emitting/absorbing and scattering medium with energy transport by conduction or convection. The convection problem is solved using finite volumes while the conduction problem in the surrounding solid region is solved by BEM, and the radiative transport equation is solved by a BEM-inspired technique. Chapter 3, written by \textit{A. Kassab, H. Li} and \textit{Y. Ren}, describes algorithms proposed to solve the conjugate heat transfer which arises naturally in analysis of systems exposed to a convective environment. Here, heat conduction within a structure is coupled with heat transfer to the external fluid which conducts the heat into or out the solid structure. The authors use a loose coupling strategy where each set of field equations is solved to provide boundary conditions for the other. The loose coupling strategy is especially attractive when it couples the auxiliary field equations to computational fluid dynamics codes. For instance, in this approach BEM is used to solve heat conduction inside a structure exposed to a convective field which, in turn, is resolved by solving Navier-Stokes equations by finite volume method. In chapter 4, \textit{C. L. Chan} applies BEM to multi-phenomena problems encountered in tool/workpiece interaction in traditional machining as well as to multimode heat transfer problems encoutered in laser machining and in powder metallurgy. The author also studies here the conjugate heat transfer in channel flows together with coupled field issues encountered in electronic packing. In chapter 5, \textit{T. J. Martin} and \textit{G. S. Dulikravich} consider the aero-thermo-elastic design of internally cooled turbine blades. Here BEM is employed to solve iteratively the nonlinear heat conduction problem within the cooled blade, and the conduction solver is coupled to a Reynolds-averaged CFD code to model the external flow. Additionally, the authors employ a thermo-elastic BEM code with centrifugal loading to enforce the structural integrity of the blade. In chapter 6, \textit{M. H. Aliabadi} describes formulation and numerical implementation of the dual BEM for thermoelastic analysis and mixed-mode crack problems in linear fracture mechanics. The approach consists in discretizing two independent boundary integral equations at the crack surface: the temperature and displacement equations on one face of the crack, and the flux and traction equations on the opposite face. Finally, in chapter 7 \textit{M. Chopra} presents coupled problems involving the response of fluid-filled porous elastic media. The coupled problem of solid and fluid behaviour is solved simultaneously using a generalized set of equations. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIn reviewer's opinion, the book illustrates very well the trend in computational mechanics to use a variety of methods and techniques, each best suited for the task at hand, in order to tackle coupled multi-phenomena problems encountered in engineering analysis and design.