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    Numerical Inversion of a Time-Dependent Reaction Coefficient in a Soil-Column Infiltrating Experiment

    Gongsheng Li1, De Yao2, Hengyi Jiang3, Xianzheng Jia1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 83-108, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.083
    Abstract This paper deals with an inverse problem of determining a time-depen -dent reaction coefficient arising from a disturbed soil-column infiltrating experiment based on measured breakthrough data. A purpose of doing such experiment is to simulate and study transport behaviors of contaminants when they vertically penetrating through the soils. Data compatibility of the inverse problem is discussed showing a sufficient condition to the solution's monotonicity and positivity with the help of an adjoint problem. Furthermore, an optimal perturbation regularization algorithm is applied to solve the inverse problem, and two typical numerical examples are presented to support the inversion algorithm. Finally, transport… More >

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    Slow Rotation of an Axially Symmetric Particle about Its Axis of Revolution Normal to One or Two Plane Walls

    Yi W. Wan1, Huan J. Keh2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 109-138, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.109
    Abstract The steady rotation of an axially symmetric particle about its axis of revolution normal to two plane walls at an arbitrary position between them in a viscous fluid is studied theoretically in the limit of small Reynolds number. The fluid is allowed to slip at the surface of the particle. A method of distribution of a set of spherical singularities along the axis of revolution inside a prolate particle or on the fundamental disk within an oblate particle is used to find the general solution for the fluid velocity distribution that satisfies the boundary conditions at the confining walls and… More >

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    A Temporally-Piecewise Adaptive Algorithm to Solve Transient Convection-Diffusion Heat Transfer Problems

    Xiao Zhao1, Haitian Yang1,2, Qiang Gao1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 139-160, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.139
    Abstract A piecewised adaptive algorithm in the time domain is presented to solve the transient convection-diffusion heat transfer problem. By expanding all variables at a time interval, an initial and boundary value problem is decoupled into a series of recursive boundary value problems which can be solved by FEM or other well developed numerical schemes to deal with boundary value problems. A steady computing accuracy can be adaptively maintained via the power increase of the expansion, particularly when the step size varies in the whole computing process. Additionally for the nonlinear cases, there is no requirement of iteration and additional assumption… More >

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