MAM0520 - COMPUTATIONAL RHEOLOGY

Module Identifier	MAM0520
Module Title	COMPUTATIONAL RHEOLOGY
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Professor T Phillips
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Professor Arthur Davies
Course delivery	Lecture	5 x 1 hour lectures
	Practical	8 x 3 hour practicals
Assessment	Practical report	written practical reports (80%); oral examination (20%)	100%
	Resit assessment	Practical reports	100%

General description

This module introduces numerical software for solving problems in computational rheology. Students will gain experience in using commercially developed software for simulating flows of real fluids through complex geometries. Mesh generation, choice of material parameters, boundary condition specification and analysis and interpretation of the numerical results will be explored.

Aims

This module will provide students with experience of using commercially developed numerical software for solving complex viscoelastic flow problems. Comparisons with experimental observations will be performed where relevant.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

Generate a computational mesh for a given flow problem.
Use numerical software for solving complex viscoelastic flow problems.
Display numerical results using graphics libraries.
Make comparisons with experimental observations.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
H. A. Barnes, J. Hutton and K. Walters. (1989) An introduction to rheology. Elsevier 0444871203
M. J. Crochet, A. R. Davies and K. Walters. (1984) Numerical simulation of non-Newtonian flow. Elsevier 0444422927
R. G. Owens and T. N. Phillips. (2001) Techniques of computational rheology. Imperial College Press