"Modelling and Simulation of Diffusive Processes: Methods and Applications" ed. by S.K. Basu, Naveen Kumar

This book is dedicated to computer simulation and mathematical modelling approaches in the quantitative analysis of the diffusive processes in physical, chemical, biological, and geological systems. The volume would be quite useful for researchers and advance graduate students from multiple disciplines where simulation-modeling is of major interest.

Applying an holistic approach, the book presents illuminating viewpoints drawn from an international selection of experts across a wide spectrum of disciplines, from computer science, mathematics and engineering, to natural resource management, environmental sciences, applied geo-sciences, agricultural sciences, and theoretical medicine.

Topics and features:
Presents a detailed introduction to diffusive processes and modelling
Discusses diffusion and molecular transport in living cells, and suspended sediment in open channels
Examines the mathematical modelling of peristaltic transport of nanofluids, and isotachophoretic separation of ionic samples in microfluidics
Reviews thermal characterization of non-homogeneous media, and scale-dependent porous dispersion resulting from velocity fluctuations
Describes the modelling of nitrogen fate and transport at the sediment-water interface, and groundwater flow in unconfined aquifers
Investigates two-dimensional solute transport from a varying pulse type point source, and futile cycles in metabolic flux modelling
Studies contaminant concentration prediction along unsteady groundwater flow, and modelling synovial fluid flow in human joints
Explores the modelling of soil organic carbon, and crop growth simulation

This interdisciplinary volume will be invaluable to researchers, lecturers and graduate students from such diverse fields as computer science, mathematics, hydrology, agriculture and biology.

Contents
Preface
1 Diffusive Processes and Modelling: An Introduction
2 Diffusion and Transport of Molecules In Living Cells
3 Modeling the Diffusion and Transport of Suspended Sediment in Open Channels, Using Two-Phase Flow Theory
4 Mathematical Modelling of Peristaltic Pumping of Nano-Fluids
5 Numerical Study on Isotachophoretic Separation of Ionic Samples in Microfluidics
6 Thermal Characterization of Nonhomogeneous Media
7 Scale-Dependent Porous Dispersion Resulting from the Cumulative Effects of Velocity Fluctuations
8 Modeling Nitrogen Fate and Transport at the Sediment-Water Interface
9 Modeling Groundwater Flow in Unconfined Aquifers
10 Two-Dimensional Solute Transport from a Varying Pulse-Type Point Source
11 The Problem of Futile Cycles in Metabolic Flux Modeling: Flux Space Characterization and Practical Approaches to Its Solution
12 Contaminant Concentration Prediction Along Unsteady Groundwater Flow
13 Wavelet-Multigrid Method for Solving Modified Reynolds Equation Modeling Synovial Fluid Flow in a Normal Human Knee Joint
14 A Basic Concept on Modelling Soil Organic Carbon
15 Crop Growth Simulation Modeling
Authors Index