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A.B. Tatomir1,2, A.Szymkiewicz3, H. Class1, R. Helmig1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.2, pp. 81-112, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.081
Abstract We present a two phase flow conceptual model, the corresponding simulator (2pMINC) and a workflow for large-scale fractured reservoirs, based on a continuum fracture approach which uses the multiple interacting continua (MINC) method complemented with an improved upscaling technique. The complex transient behavior of the flow processes in fractured porous media is captured by subgridding the coarse blocks in nested volume elements which have effective properties calculated from the detailed representation of the fracture system. In this way, we keep a physically based approach, preserve the accuracy of the model, avoid the common use of empirically derived transfer functions and… More >
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Kentaro Doi1,2, Ikumi Onishi1, Satoyuki Kawano1,3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.2, pp. 113-136, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.113
Abstract Hydrogen technologies are currently one of the most actively researched topics. A lot of researches have tied to enhance their energy conversion efficiencies. In the present study, numerical analyses have been carried out focusing on hydrogen-storage carbon materials which are expected to realize high gravimetric and volumetric capacities. In particular, dissociative adsorption processes of H2 molecules above graphene surfaces have been investigated by ab initio molecular dynamics. The present results indicate that a steric graphene surface plays an important role in enhancing the charge transfer which induces dissociation of H2 and adsorption of H atoms on the surface. The dissociation… More >
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Zhou YH1,2, Wang XM2, Wang JZ1,2 , Liu XJ2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.2, pp. 137-160, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.137
Abstract In this paper, we present an efficient wavelet-based algorithm for solving a class of fractional vibration, diffusion and wave equations with strong nonlinearities. For this purpose, we first suggest a wavelet approximation for a function defined on a bounded interval, in which expansion coefficients are just the function samplings at each nodal point. As the fractional differential equations containing strong nonlinear terms and singular integral kernels, we then use Laplace transform to convert them into the second type Voltera integral equations with non-singular kernels. Certain property of the integral kernel and the ability of explicit wavelet approximation to the nonlinear… More >