BEYOND NAVIER-STOKES: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM GAS DYNAMICS
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Abstract
Being able to predict how fluids behave at high speeds or small scales is key to a diverse range of exciting future technologies: high Mach number, high altitude flight could transform global travel, while the ability of nano- and micro-devices to change our macro environment by manipulating it at the smallest scales holds the promise of a new industrial revolution. While these technologies seem, at first sight, unlikely partners, both require a deep understanding of fluid dynamics under extreme conditions / beyond that of current models. Our vision in this project is to provide this understanding by building a new dynamical model from the fundamental statistical mechanics of gas flows at the molecular level. The project will employ a postdoctoral research assistant and a PhD student, with modest travel and support costs, and our results will be disseminated through a one-day open meeting (comprising seminars and a workshop) to present and discuss UK research in non-equilibrium flows. This meeting will also act as a forum to discuss the future growth and direction of this research community.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Jason Reese (Principal Investigator) | |
Colin McInnes (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Dadzie S.K.
(2009)
The concept of mass-density in classical thermodynamics and the boltzmann kinetic equation for dilute gases
in AIP Conference Proceedings
Reese J
(2009)
Simulating Fluid Flows in Micro and Nano Devices: The Challenge of Non-Equilibrium Behaviour
in Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Arlemark E
(2010)
An Extension to the Navier-Stokes Equations to Incorporate Gas Molecular Collisions With Boundaries
in Journal of Heat Transfer
Dadzie S
(2008)
A continuum model of gas flows with localized density variations
in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Dadzie S
(2010)
A volume-based hydrodynamic approach to sound wave propagation in a monatomic gas
in Physics of Fluids
Lockerby D
(2009)
Switching criteria for hybrid rarefied gas flow solvers
in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Erik Arlemark (Co-Author)
(2008)
A Navier-Stokes model incorporating the effects of near-wall molecular collisions with applications to micro gas flows
Erik Arlemark (Co-Author)
(2009)
Investigating the effect of solid boundaries on the gas molecular mean-free-path