Finite Element Method for Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer

Finite Element Method for Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer: Environmental and Energy Applications builds on the foundational concepts of FEM and explores its numerous advanced applications in practical engineering. It discusses complex flow simulation by FEM including multiphase flows, sprays, atomization, and systems with moving boundaries. Beginning with non-linear equations using the Galerkin form, advection (convective), and diffusion systems, the book progresses into projection methods, energy equations and their incorporation with the momentum system, and species or mass transport. It also covers High Performance Computing (HPC), the implementation of the FEM on processing elements, and how the domain is divided into smaller sections. This book provides readers with the foundation and tools to model problems in heat, mass, and momentum transfer for a variety of applications, including wind energy, pollution transport, porous media, and the indoor environment. Engineers and practitioners applying FEM to modeling of environmental systems, hydrology, and combustion will find this book useful. It will also benefit upper-level undergraduate mechanical and civil engineering students taking courses in FEM. Supplementary MATLAB codes and CFD software are available for readers to download at Routledge.com/9781032776354.