TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoothed particle hydrodynamics and its diverse applications
AU - Monaghan, Joseph
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This review focuses on the applications of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to incompressible or nearly incompressible flow. In the past 17 years, the range of applications has increased as researchers have realized the ability of SPH algorithms to handle complex physical problems. These include the disruption of free surfaces when a wave hits a rocky beach, multifluid problems that may involve the motion of rigid and elastic bodies, non-Newtonian fluids, virtual surgery, and chemical precipitation from fluids moving through fractured media. SPH provides a fascinating tool that has some of the properties of molecular dynamics while retaining the attributes of the macroscopic equations of continuum mechanics.
AB - This review focuses on the applications of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) to incompressible or nearly incompressible flow. In the past 17 years, the range of applications has increased as researchers have realized the ability of SPH algorithms to handle complex physical problems. These include the disruption of free surfaces when a wave hits a rocky beach, multifluid problems that may involve the motion of rigid and elastic bodies, non-Newtonian fluids, virtual surgery, and chemical precipitation from fluids moving through fractured media. SPH provides a fascinating tool that has some of the properties of molecular dynamics while retaining the attributes of the macroscopic equations of continuum mechanics.
UR - http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101220
U2 - 10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101220
DO - 10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101220
M3 - Article
SN - 0066-4189
VL - 44
SP - 323
EP - 346
JO - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
JF - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
ER -