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.
Coupled Seepage and Contaminant Transport Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method
Summary
The project consists of developing Lattice-Boltzmann tools, validating them and using them to improve our understanding of processes of sorption, double-porosity flow, mechanical dispersion and molecular diffusion.
Supervisor(s)
Associate Professor Abbas El-Zein
Research Location
Program Type
Masters/PHD
Synopsis
The Lattice-Boltzmann method is gaining increasing popularity in engineering disciplines as a more effective way of modelling flow and mass transport in porous media at the pore scale. It holds out great promise for numerical modelling future in engineering. This is mostly due to the relative simplicity of its implementation, its suitability for added machines and, most importantly, the ease with which complex boundaries encountered in the pores can be incorporated. The project consists of developing Lattice-Boltzmann tools, validating them and using them to build a better understanding of processes of sorption, double-porosity flow, mechanical dispersion and molecular diffusion. The project’s findings about the performance of the Lattice-Boltzmann method will be applicable to other engineering fields. The student will be trained in research, communication, mathematical modelling and computer programming, and will develop an in-depth understanding of flow and transport theories in porous media as well as their limitations. 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, double porosity, dispersion, multiscale, Lattice-Boltzmann methods
Opportunity ID
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 343
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