CFD for Micro-Scale Flows

There are several phenomena which are specific to flows at small scales, and in addition there are several methods which can potentially be employed depending upon which phenomena may be of importance to a specific problem. This has applications in the fields of biology (e.g. flow through membranes, delivery of drugs), sensors (e.g. detection of small quantities of gases) and a whole host of micro devices such as mass flow meters or micro-nozzles.



This course discusses in depth the flow physics associated with micro-scale flows, and details the methods which can be employed to analyse them. This includes the use of continuum models (CFD) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) approaches, including the limitations of the two methods. Current cutting edge multiscale modelling approaches are also detailed, where both large and small scale effects come into play.