Mathematical Modeling of Energy and Mineral Systems

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This class develops the understanding of methods of modeling used for important physical and chemical phenomena involved in energy and mineral engineering systems. These include both separate and mixed solid (solid mechanics) and fluid (computational fluid mechanics) systems, including reactive components. The emphasis is on finite element methods but also includes other continuum methods (LBM, SPH), integral methods, and discontinuum methods. Students will develop working programming modules of simple-through-complex models of interactive physical systems and research materials on some form of computational methods.