About
Associate Professor Abbas El-Zein-
My research falls in the area of applied mathematics and environmental science and engineering. It covers both theoretical and applied topics using deterministic, stochastic and statistical approaches, with focus on computational and environmental geomechanics, as well as environmental risk.
Multi-Scale Finite Element Method in Fluid Flow and in Porous Media
Summary
The project develops new finite element in finite volume multiscale methods that link the pore to the watershed scales.
Supervisor(s)
Associate Professor Abbas El-Zein
Research Location
Program Type
Masters/PHD
Synopsis
New finite-element approaches to the modelling of fluid flow and contaminant migration at different scales, from mms to kms, have been developed by researchers over the last decade. Problems of upscaling and mass conservation remain which leave much scope for further developments of methods that can accurately model flow and transport at different scales, from pore to watershed. The project will develop multiscale finite element and finite volume techniques, both deterministic and stochastic, and test their respective effectiveness. The student will be trained in research, communication, analysis of water flow and contaminant migration problems, finite-element methods and computer programming. Journals where this research can be published are Water Resources Research, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, among others.
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Keywords
seepage, contaminant transport, multiscale, finite element methods, finite volume methods, reactive diffusion advection
Opportunity ID
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 339
Other opportunities with Associate Professor Abbas El-Zein
- Self-Adaptive Dimensionality, Time-Staggering and Sensitivity Maps in Modeling Variably-Saturated Soils
- Multi-Scale Modeling of Fluid Flow in Porous Media
- New Numerical Techniques for solving the Reactive Diffusion-Advection Equation
- Coupled Seepage and Contaminant Transport Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method
- Geotechnical Engineering