Science By Simulation

This book familiarizes readers with the practical application of the numerical simulation technique to solve complex analytical problems in different industries and sciences.

by Matthias Heymann (Editor), Gabriele Gramelsberger (Editor), Martin Mahony (Editor)

The book presents some recent specialized works of a theoretical and practical nature in the field of simulation modeling, which is being addressed to a large number of specialists, mathematicians, doctors, engineers, economists, professors, and students. The readers get new solutions and answers to questions related to the emerging applications of simulation modeling and their advantages.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of simulation modeling and explores its use to solve a large set of problems. It is a useful resource for scholars, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students in pure and applied mathematics, physical sciences, engineering and technology, computer science, numerical analysis, scientific computing, and science in general.

Martin Oliver Steinhauser deals with several aspects of multiscale materials modeling and simulation in applied materials research and fundamental science. He covers various multiscale modeling approaches for high-performance ceramics, biological bilayer membranes, semi-flexible polymers, and human cancer cells. He demonstrates that the physics of shock waves, i.e., the investigation of material behavior at high strain rates and of material failure, has grown to become an important interdisciplinary field of research on its own. At the same time, progress in computer hardware and software development has boosted new ideas in multiscale modeling and simulation. Hence, bridging the length and time scales in a theoretical-numerical description of materials has become a prime challenge in science and technology.