Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Fundamentals
  • Modeling of particulate flows
  • Iterative solution schemes
  • Representative numerical simulations
  • Inverse problems/parameter identification
  • Extensions to 'swarm-like' systems
  • Advanced particulate flow models
  • Coupled particle/fluid interaction
  • Simple optical scattering methods for particulate media
  • Closing remarks
  • Appendix A. Basic (continuum) fluid mechanics
  • Appendix B. Scattering
  • Bibliography
  • Index.