Particulate Systems Modelling

ModellingDevelopment and application of advanced modelling techniques for analysis of complex processes across the length-scales from molecular scale to full industrial manufacturing scale. Examples of current work include: distinct element modelling of granular deformation and flow with and without fluid interactions, lattice – Boltzmann modelling, inductive data mining, continuum-based numerical approaches. Research on
Computational Fluid Dynamics has traditionally
been very strong at Leeds. For concentrated particulate systems, a major drive is the development of constitutive models for multiphase flow based on particle dynamics and single particle properties using modelling of ensemble behaviour. This is being done using a variety of modelling techniques
as given above.

Research capabilities are:

• Molecular modelling of crystallisation
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Population balance modelling
• Distinct element method
• Combined continuum and discrete modelling
• Multiscale modelling
• Lattice-Boltzmann
• Finite element methods
• Packing of complex particle shapes
• Supply chain modelling
• Inductive data mining