Mathematical Modeling of Reaction-Transport Systems

该奖项将提供所需资金的一半，用于购买一个计算系统，用于对岩石变质过程中发生的化学反应和元素迁移进行数学建模。这些设备将被安置在印第安纳大学。该计算系统将用于交互式模拟水岩相互作用。结合平衡常数的应力和界面能依赖性的反应和输运方程将被模拟，以预测变质岩中发现的层状和其他形式的自组织的形成。

This award will provide one-half the funds necessary to purchase a computing system to be used in mathematical modeling of the chemical reactions and transport of elements that occurs during the metamorphism of rocks. The equipment will be housed at Indiana University. The computing system will be used to interactively simulate water-rock interactions. Reaction and transport equations incorporating the stress and interfacial energy dependence of equilibrium constants will be simulated to predict the formation of layering and other forms of self organization found in metamorphic rocks.