Numerical investigation of the breakdown of continuum descriptions in fluid flow

该研究计划的重点是进一步了解负责复杂流体流动的基本机制。 该研究的一个主要目标是开发能够纳入广泛的流体颗粒相互作用的理论和数值工具，也可用于估计连续流模型中的传输系数，以及检测连续假设的崩溃。为了实现这一目标，一个随机相空间描述和相应的粒子为基础的数值模型将被开发。

The research program focuses on furthering our understanding of the underlying mechanisms responsible for complex fluid flow. A major goal of the research is to develop theoretical and numerical tools capable of incorporating a broad range of fluid particle interactions, that can also be used to estimate transport coefficients in continuum flow models, as well as to detect the breakdown of the continuum assumption. To achieve this goal, a stochastic phase-space description and a corresponding particle-based numerical model will be developed.