Molecular Gas Dynamics and the Direct Simulation of Gas Flows (Oxford Engineering Science Series)

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The direct simulation Monte Carlo (or DSMC) method has, in recent years, become widely used for engineering and scientific studes of gas glows that involve low densities or very small physical dimensions. This method is a direct physical simulation of the motion of representative molecules, rather than a numverical solution of the equations that provide a mathematical model of the flow. the computations are nolonger expensive and the period since the 1976 publication of the original Molecular Gas Dynamics has seen enormous improvements in the molecular models, the procedures, and the implementation strategies for the DSMC method. the molecular theory of gas flows is developed from first principles and is extended to cover the new models and procedures. For more information visit the website on http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gabird/

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Excellent Book.......2005-12-12

Despite the odd typographical error, this book is outstanding. It is clear, concise and quite readable. Material is presented in a manner which is easy to understand. The only slight criticisms are that my copy did not include the promised computer disk, that often the descriptions of what the code does are often hard to understand and that the binding on the book is of extremely poor quality (my copy was losing pages within days of purchase). Otherwise very highly recommended.

Great Material -- This edition is terribly made..........2005-03-04

I gave the material in the book 5 stars, but the new edition 0 stars (at least for ~$200). My advisor just bought the newest edition (the old one finally falling apart after years of use) and it is cheaply made. The binding is already coming apart and the text is difficult to read because the text is fuzzy. Hopefully Dr. Bird will write a newer edition with some of the most recent advances and a better printing.

Tour de Force.......2000-05-15

An astonishing accomplishment by the man who more or less invented the field of DSMC calculation. Includes a handy-dandy disk (with source) so you can run you own problem with a variety of different boundary conditions. See also Bird 1973, Phys Fluids, v16 pp1830-1834.

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Traffic and Granular Flow ' 03

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ASIN: 3540258140

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This book continues the biannual series of conference proceedings, which has become a classical reference in traffic and granular research alike. It addresses new developments at the borderline between physics, engineering and computational science. Complex systems, where many simple agents, be it vehicles or particles, give rise to surprising and fascinating phenomena. Topics include highway, pedestrian and internet traffic, long range interactions, two-phase flow, nonlinear pattern formation, data acquisition and technological applications.

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ASIN: 3540402551

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During the last decade physicists, engineers and computer scientists have joined in an enormously fruitful dialogue about traffic and granular flow. Cars and sand grains have in common, that they interact irreversibly, which is the reason for similar jamming phenomena. The main difference is that car drivers choose their destination and route individually, while grains follow external driving forces. This book gives an overview about the progress in modelling, computer simulation, experiments and field observations, which was reached within the last two years. The contributions are based on the International Workshop Traffic and Granular Flow '01, which took place in Nagoya, 15 - 17 October 2001. Topics include a critical classification of models for highway traffic, new technological applications, friction and arching phenomena in pedestrian traffic, scale free networks and internet traffic, instabilities and fluctuations in avalanches and granular pipe flow.

Computational Multiscale Modeling of Fluids and Solids: Theory and Applications

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Computational Multiscale Modeling of Fluids and Solids: Theory and Applications
Martin Oliver Steinhauser
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The idea of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of computational physics methods and techniques, that are used for materials modeling on different length and time scales. Each chapter first provides an overview of the physical basic principles which are the basis for the numerical and mathematical modeling on the respective length scale.

The book includes the micro scale, the meso-scale and the macro scale. The chapters follow this classification. The book will explain in detail many tricks of the trade of some of the most important methods and techniques that are used to simulate materials on the perspective levels of spacial and temporal resolution. Case studies are occassionally included to further illustrate some methods or theoretical considerations. Example applications for all techniques are provided, some of which are from the author’s own contributions to some of the research areas. Methods are explained, if possible, on the basis of the original publications but also references to standard text books established in the various fields are mentioned.

The Genesis of Simulation in Dynamics: Pursuing the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem

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The Genesis of Simulation in Dynamics: Pursuing the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem
Thomas P. Weissert
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This book introduces some aspects of the development of the modern theory of dynamics and simulation to a wide audience of scientifically literate readers. Unlike some other general texts on chaos theory and dynamical systems theory, this book follows the work on a specific problem at the very beginning of the modern era of dynamics, from its inception in 1954 through the early 1970s. It discusses such problems as the nonlinear oscillator simulation carried out by Fermi, Pasta and Ulam at Los Alamos in the 1940s, the seminal discoveries by Lorentz at MIT in the early 1950s, the mathematical rediscovery of solitons in the late 1950s and the general problems of computability discussed by Kolmorogov, Arnold and Moser, by Ford, and by many others. In following these developments, one can see the initial development of many of the new and now standard techniques of nonlinear modeling and numerical simulation. No other text focuses so tightly and covers so completely one specific, pernicious problem at the heart of dynamics.

IUTAM Symposium on Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flow: Proceedings of an IUTAM Symposium held at Argonne National Laboratory, October 4-7, 2004 (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications)

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ASIN: 1402049765

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The book provides a broad overview of the full spectrum of state-of-the-art computational activities in multiphase flow as presented by top practitioners in the field. Starting with well-established approaches (point-particle models, volume-of-fluid, level set, and front capturing for free-surface flows) it builds up to newer methods for large-eddy simulations, extended particles in Navier-Stokes flows, the lattice-Boltzmann method, molecular dynamics techniques and compressible flows with shock waves. These methods are illustrated with applications to a broad spectrum of problems involving particle dispersion and deposition, turbulence modulation, environmental flows, fluidized beds, bubbly flows, and many others.

The Liquid State: Applications of Molecular Simulations (Wiley Tutorial Series in Theoretical Chemistry)

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The Liquid State: Applications of Molecular Simulations (Wiley Tutorial Series in Theoretical Chemistry)
David M. Heyes
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This volume details the application of molecular simulation to the liquid state. It is organised in a clear and logical way that first takes the reader through the underlying statistical mechanical theory necessary to understand the liquid state, especially those aspects that can be taken advantage of by simulation to help unravel the nature of the liquid state. It continues by covering the various modern variants of the Monte Carlo and Molecular dynamics techniques, for example, Gibbs ensemble MC and alternative ensemble MD. The effects of molecular architecture and chemical composition on the microscopic and macroscopic behaviour of liquids are also covered. The author has included chapters on surfaces, equations of state and phase equilibria, which emphasise new simulation techniques and conclusions made from the theories. Langmuir films, liquid crystals and the glassy state are also considered.

Microscopic Simulations of Complex Hydrodynamic Phenomena (NATO Science Series: B:)

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Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids (NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 460)

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Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids (NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 460)

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Observation, Prediction and Simulation of Phase Transitions in Complex Fluids presents an overview of the phase transitions that occur in a variety of soft-matter systems: colloidal suspensions of spherical or rod-like particles and their mixtures, directed polymers and polymer blends, colloid--polymer mixtures, and liquid-forming mesogens. This modern and fascinating branch of condensed matter physics is presented from three complementary viewpoints. The first section, written by experimentalists, emphasises the observation of basic phenomena (by light scattering, for example). The second section, written by theoreticians, focuses on the necessary theoretical tools (density functional theory, path integrals, free energy expansions). The third section is devoted to the results of modern simulation techniques (Gibbs ensemble, free energy calculations, configurational bias Monte Carlo). The interplay between the disciplines is clearly illustrated.
For all those interested in modern research in equilibrium statistical mechanics.

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Molecular Simulation of Fluids
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Hardbound. Molecular simulation is being increasingly used to study a widening range of both molecular systems and fluid phenomena. Today, the goal of many simulators is to study complicated molecules such as proteins, whereas attention was formerly confined almost exclusively to simple atoms and molecules. Similarly, the simulation of phase equilibria is nowadays quite common. The impetus for the increasing use of molecular simulation can be attributed to many factors such as improvements in theory, algorithms, and computer hardware. These novel developments have generated enormous growth in the simulation literature.

The aim of this book is to examine some of the important aspects of recent progress in the use of molecular simulation for investigating fluids. It encompasses both Monte Carlo and molecular dynamic techniques providing details of theory, algorithms and implementation. Details of new algorithms are described in pseudo code and the latest

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good intention and useful, but disastrous C++ example code.......2004-04-08

I agree mostly with the other reviewers to say that this book is useful to some
extent for its brief review of molecular simulation and more so for the chapter
on object oriented programing.

However, I am really annoyed by the bad job done on the actual C++ example
code. While the class structure done in UML seems OK, the actual code is of a
very bad style and very misleading. I object to the fact that the code is still far
too procedural and encapsulation and information hiding have not really been
used at all. I found this really misleading, since I wanted to use the code and adapt
it to my own needs. There are some pretty dodgy style conventions also, such as
the inclusion of header files in header files, inconsistent class structure.

Beginners beware and keep a proper C++ for scientists and engineers book
on the side.

A very useful book.......2002-04-17

This is a very useful book, particularly for researchers and graduate students. It explains many Monte Carlo and molecular simulation algorithms. Some are familiar but many are not described in detail elsewhere. The review of the literature is very comprehensive and up-to-date. A novel and unique feature is Chapter 10 which shows how to write simulation code using object-oriented analysis. Code is also given in C++. The book is expensive but it is worth every penny just for this chapter alone.

Not the place to learn molecular simulation.......2002-02-18

The early chapters are really just a review of the available literature on the topic - a better place to start is the book by Frenkel and Smit. The redeeming feature is the interesting final chapter on object-oriented programming, though this won't interest everybody. For such an expensive book the typesetting and general layout is not as good as it could be.

An excellent book.......2001-10-20

The entire book is very clear. But I was impressed with the chapter devoted to the object oriented paradigm and its use in molecular simulation of fluids. The explanation is excelent from the computer science point of view. Also the use of the UML for the object oriented design process contributes for a good comprehension of the subject, specially for engineers.

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