How to use Particle Methods?

Introduction

NAFEMS wishes to commission an author to the publication “How to use Particle Methods?”.

Particle methods allow for the simulation of both discrete and continuous systems and have their forte in a domain where “traditional” finite element and volume methods tend to become inefficient. The publication is intended to focus on techniques which are advantageous for modeling fluid dynamics and complex multiphase flows.

Intended Readership

The intended readership consists of design and simulation engineers involved in the product development phase. The document is expected to provide the readers with an introduction to the best practice in the application particle methods, illustrated by reference to successful industrial examples.

Suggested Contents

The publication is expected to provide a brief theoretical introduction to particle methods for engineering simulation including (but not limited to) the following topics;

• particle methods for continuous and discrete systems,
• time stepping schemes for particle methods,
• neighbour-finding algorithms,
• discretizing differential operators on particles,
• hybrid particle-mesh methods.

The publication should have its focus on sharing current best practice related to;

• model building process when using the introduced models,
• interpretation, assessment and presentation of results,
• linking the results of simulations with particle methods to engineering design,
• case studies.

F​ormat

The document should confirm to the standard NAFEMS publication template (provided upon contract award). The anticipated length of the publication is between 80-100 A5 pages.