Description
Lecture 1: Mathematical foundations of mechanics and physics of solid materials; specialisation to mass and heat transport in porous and fracture media.Lecture 2: Continuum formulations/approximations of transport in porous and fractured media; experimental methods for obtaining macroscopic/continuum transport coefficient.
Lecture 3: Numerical methods for solving initial boundary value problems based on continuum approximations – finite differences, finite volumes, finite elements.
Lecture 4: Experimental investigation of pore spaces – MIP, MRI, XCT; extraction of pore space characteristics and construction of pore network representations.
Lecture 5: Pore network and particle methods for modelling transport in reconstructed pore spaces.
Lecture 6: Discrete representation of solid materials; mathematical foundations of calculus on discrete spaces.
Lecture 7: Formulation of heat and mass transport in porous and fractured media represented as discrete spaces; application to fluid flow in clay/bentonite.
Lecture 8: Comparison of different approaches to modelling transport; discussion of limitations, advantages, and disadvantages; Q&A session.
| Period | 26 Jul 2024 → 2 Aug 2024 |
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| Event title | International Summer School |
| Event type | Course |
| Location | Qingdao, ChinaShow on map |