PD Dr. Florian Frank
Research interest
- High-performance computing (HPC)
- Digital rock, flow and transport in porous media
- Phase-field modeling, chemical engineering, separation science
- Discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume methods, physics preservation
Education
| 10/2019 | Dr. habil. (teaching qualification for mathematics, FAU) | 
| 11/2013 | Dr. rer. nat. (doctorate in applied mathematics, FAU, Prof. Dr. P. Knabner) | 
| 10/2008–11/2013 | Promotionsstudium in Angewandter Mathematik, FAU | 
| 10/2008 | Diplom-Mathematiker Univ., FAU | 
| 10/2002–10/2008 | Studiengang Diplom-Mathematik, Nebenfach Informatik, FAU | 
| 06/2002 | Zeugnis der allgemeinen Hochschulreife, Bayern (Abitur) | 
| 09/1992–06/2002 | Gymnasium Lichtenfels, naturwissenschaftlicher Zweig | 
Academic employment
| 10/2021-03/2022 | Universitätsprofessor (W2, Vertretung), Angewandte Mathematik (Wissenschaftliches Rechnen), FAU | 
| 10/2018-09/2021 | Universitätsprofessor (W2, Vertretung), Angewandte Mathematik (Mathematische Modellierung), FAU | 
| 03/2018–09/2018 | Universitätsprofessor (W3, Vertretung), Angewandte Mathematik, FAU | 
| 08/2017–02/2018 | Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate am CAAM Department, Rice University | 
| 08/2014–07/2017 | Postdoctoral Research Associate am CAAM Department, Rice University | 
| 12/2013–06/2014 | Postdoktorand am Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mathematik 1, FAU | 
| 11/2008–11/2013 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mathematik 1, FAU | 
| 04/2010–12/2011 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie, Universität Jena | 
| 11/2008–10/2009 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Hydrogeologie, Universität Jena | 
Awards and honors
| 10/2020 | Recipient of the Emmy-Noether Award for the habilitation, Faculty of Natural Sciences, FAU | 
| 05/2017 | Promotion to the position of a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA | 
Reviewer of international journals
| Advances in Water Resources | 
| Applied Mathematical Modelling | 
| Chemical Engineering Science | 
| Computational Geosciences | 
| Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 
| Computer Physics Communications | 
| Computers and Mathematics with Applications | 
| Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 
| Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering | 
| Journal of Computational Physics | 
| Numerical Algorithms | 
| SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics | 
| SPE Journal (Society of Petroleum Engineers) | 
Redaktionsleitung
| Guest editor of the special issue „Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Flow in Subsurface Reservoirs with Fractures and Wells for a Sustainable Industry“ der Zeitschrift Oil & Gas Science and Technology — Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles. | 
Lecturing (as a professor)
| WS 2021/2022 | Vorlesung und Übung zu Mathematik für Ingenieure C3 (Informatik) | 
| SS 2021 | Vorlesung, Übung und Tutorium zu Diskretisierung und numerische Optimierung | 
| SS 2021 | Programmierkurs Matlab/Octave für Integrated Life Sciences | 
| SS 2021 | Seminar Mathematische Modellierung und Datenanalyse (mit M. Burger, D. Tenbrinck) | 
| WS 2020/2021 | Vorlesung, Übung und Tutorium zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik | 
| WS 2020/2021 | Programmierkurs Matlab/Octave zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik | 
| WS 2020/2021 | Seminar zu Diskretisierung und numerische Optimierung | 
| SS 2020 | Vorlesung, Übung und Tutorium zu Diskretisierung und numerische Optimierung | 
| SS 2020 | Kurs Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Practical Course (in English) | 
| WS 2019/2020 | Vorlesung, Übung und Tutorium zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik | 
| WS 2019/2020 | Programmierkurs Matlab/Octave zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik | 
| SS 2019 | Vorlesung und Übung zu Numerics of Partial Differential Equations II (in English) | 
| SS 2019 | Kurs Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Practical Course (in English) | 
| SS 2019 | Seminar Modellierung und Simulation | 
| SS 2019 | Programmierkurs Matlab/Octave für Integrated Life Sciences | 
| WS 2018/2019 | Vorlesung und Übung zu Numerics of Partial Differential Equations I (in English) | 
| WS 2018/2019 | Seminar Diskretisierung und Numerische Optimierung | 
| SS 2018 | Vorlesung und Übung zu Differentialgleichungsmodelle | 
| SS 2018 | Kurs Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization, Practical Course (in English) | 
| SS 2018 | Seminar Numerik nichtlinearer Gleichungssysteme | 
Lecturing (as a research assistant\,/\,associate)
| SS 2014 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses (Vorlesung, Übung): Finite Element Programming (in English, P. Knabner) | 
| SS 2014 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses (Vorlesung, Übung): Einführung in Matlab/Octave (P. Knabner) | 
| WS 2013/2014 | Betreuung des Seminars Angewandte Mathematik: Fließ- und Transportprozesse | 
| WS 2013/2014 | Mitarbeit im Programmierpraktikum zur Vorlesung Computational Biology (in English, R. Böckmann/V. Aizinger) | 
| SS 2013 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses (Vorlesung, Übung) Einführung in Matlab/Octave (P. Knabner) | 
| SS 2013 | Mitarbeit im Kurs Wiederholungskurs zu Mathematik für Ingenieure I (V. Aizinger) | 
| WS 2012/2013 | Organisation und Betreuung der Übung zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik (P. Knabner) | 
| SS 2012 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses (Vorlesung, Übung) Einführung in Matlab/Octave (G. Grün) | 
| WS 2011/2012 | Organisation der Übung zu Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik (N. Marheineke) | 
| SS 2011 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses (Vorlesung, Übung) Tutorium zur Einführung in die Numerische Mathematik (N. Marheineke) | 
| SS 2011 | Organisation und Betreuung der Übung zu Numerik II für Ingenieure (N. Marheineke) | 
| WS 2010/2011 | Organisation und Betreuung der Übung zu Numerik I für Ingenieure (N. Marheineke) | 
| SS 2010 | Organisation der Übung zu Numerische Mathematik II (G. Grün) | 
| WS 2009/2010 | Organisation und Leitung des Kurses Rechnergestützte Mathematik zur Linearen Algebra (P. Knabner) | 
| SS 2009 | Betreuung der Übung zu Numerics of Partial Differential Equations II (P. Knabner) | 
| WS 2008/2009 | Betreuung der Übung zu Numerics of Partial Differential Equations I (P. Knabner) | 
Lecturing (as a student)
| SS 2006 | Betreuung der Übung zu Numerik II (M. Bause) | 
| WS 2005/2006 | Betreuung der Übung zu Numerik I (M. Bause) | 
Supervision and assessment
| seit 07/2021 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Masterarbeit „Fast and robust numerical solutions of density gradient theory equations for arbitrary components“ von Herrn Paul Maidl (Computational and Applied Mathematics) | 
| 06/2021–08/2021 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Localization of a discrete preconditon operator for Stokes Schur complements“ von Herrn Fabian Woller (Mathematik) | 
| 05/2020–10/2020 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Masterarbeit „High-performance preconditioning of the Stokes equation in complex domains“ von Herrn Andreas Meier (Computational and Applied Mathematics) | 
| 10/2019–03/2020 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Masterarbeit „Analysis and implementation of an enriched Galerkin scheme for the shallow-water equations“ von Herrn Moritz Hauck (Mathematik) | 
| 06/2019–12/2019 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Slope-Limitierung für die Enriched-Galerkin-Diskretisierung der Advektionsgleichung“ von Herrn Lukas Weigand (Technomathematik) | 
| 05/2019–11/2019 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Ein Finite-Volumen-Verfahren auf unstrukturierten Gittern für die Cahn-Hilliard-Gleichung“ von Herrn Paul Maidl (Mathematik) | 
| 06/2018–10/2018 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Stabilization techniques for the finite element method applied on advection-dominated problems“ von Herrn Moritz Hauck (Mathematik) | 
| 06/2018–10/2018 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Jacobian-free Newton–Krylov methods applied to the Cahn–Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility“ von Herrn Tim Roith (Mathematik) | 
| 06/2018–09/2018 | Betreuer und Gutacher der Bachelorarbeit „Simulation of reactive transport in saturated porous media with porosity changes through mineral dissolution and precipitation“ von Herrn Andreas Meier (Mathematik) | 
| 07/2018 | Zweitgutachter der Masterarbeit „A hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin scheme with different orders of approximation spaces capable of dealing with jump conditions: analysis and implementation} von Markus Musch (Mathematik, Betreuer: P. Knabner) | 
| 02/2014–05/2014 | Kobetreuer der Bachelorarbeit „Mutual Coupling of PDE Systems: Unsaturated Flow and Mineral Reactions with Porosity Changes“ von Jens Oberlander (Mathematik, Betreuer: P. Knabner) | 
| 02/2012–08/2012 | Kobetreuer der Masterarbeit „Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of a Microfluidic Reactor“ von Beatriz Pérez-Pardo (Computational Engineering, Betreuer: P. Knabner) | 
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 Multiscale flow simulations of dilute polymeric solutions with bead-rod chains using Brownian configuration fields
 In: Applied Mathematics and Computation 487 (2025), Article No.: 129091
 ISSN: 0096-3003
 DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2024.129091
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 Thickness and surface estimation of thin porous media based on 3D image data
 In: Measurement Science & Technology 35 (2024), Article No.: 056002
 ISSN: 0957-0233
 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6501/ad2421
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 Achieving Convergence in Multiphase Multicomponent Density Gradient Theory Calculations through Regularization
 In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2024)
 ISSN: 0888-5885
 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01669
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 Correction to: Estimating permeability of 3D micro-CT images by physics-informed CNNs based on DNS (Computational Geosciences, (2023), 10.1007/s10596-022-10184-0)
 In: Computational Geosciences (2023)
 ISSN: 1420-0597
 DOI: 10.1007/s10596-023-10196-4
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 Estimating permeability of 3D micro-CT images by physics-informed CNNs based on DNS
 In: Computational Geosciences (2023)
 ISSN: 1420-0597
 DOI: 10.1007/s10596-022-10184-0
 URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10596-022-10184-0
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 Estimating relative diffusion from 3D micro-CT images using CNNs
 In: Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences 4 (2023), p. 199-208
 ISSN: 2666-5441
 DOI: 10.1016/j.aiig.2023.11.001
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 Schur preconditioning of the Stokes equations in channel-dominated domains
 In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 398 (2022)
 ISSN: 0045-7825
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2022.115264
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 A diffuse interface model for cell blebbing including membrane-cortex coupling with linker dynamics
 In: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 3 (2022), p. 1091-1112
 ISSN: 0036-1399
 DOI: 10.1137/21m1433642
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 Editorial: Advanced modeling and simulation of flow in subsurface reservoirs with fractures and wells for a sustainable industry
 In: Oil & Gas Science and Technology-Revue De L Institut Francais Du Petrole 76 (2021)
 ISSN: 1294-4475
 DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2021008
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 Numerical benchmark study for flow in highly heterogeneous aquifers
 In: Advances in Water Resources (2020), p. 103558
 ISSN: 0309-1708
 DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103558
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 Bound-preserving flux limiting schemes for DG discretizations of conservation laws with applications to the Cahn–Hilliard equation
 In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 359 (2020)
 ISSN: 0045-7825
 DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.112665
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 Enriched Galerkin method for the shallow-water equations
 In: GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics 11 (2020), Article No.: 31
 ISSN: 1869-2672
 DOI: 10.1007/s13137-020-00167-7
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 An efficient numerical algorithm for solving viscosity contrast Cahn–Hilliard–Navier–Stokes system in porous media
 In: Journal of Computational Physics 400 (2020), Article No.: 108948
 ISSN: 0021-9991
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.108948
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 FESTUNG 1.0: Overview, usage, and example applications of the MATLAB/GNU Octave toolbox for discontinuous Galerkin methods
 In: Computers & Mathematics with Applications (2020)
 ISSN: 0898-1221
 DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2020.08.018
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 FESTUNG: A MATLAB / GNU Octave Toolbox for the Discontinuous Galerkin Method. Part IV: Generic Problem Framework and Model-Coupling Interface
 In: Communications in Computational Physics 28 (2020), p. 827-876
 ISSN: 1815-2406
 DOI: 10.4208/cicp.OA-2019-0132
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 An interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin approach for 3D incompressible Navier–Stokes equation for permeability estimation of porous media
 In: Journal of Computational Physics 396 (2019), p. 669-686
 ISSN: 0021-9991
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.06.052
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 Numerical error analysis for nonsymmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin method of Cahn–Hilliard equation
 In: Numerical Methods For Partial Differential Equations (2019)
 ISSN: 0749-159X
 DOI: 10.1002/num.22362
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 A distributed parallel direct simulator for pore-scale two-phase flow on digital rock images using a finite difference implementation of the phase-field method
 In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 166 (2018), p. 806–824
 ISSN: 0920-4105
 DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2017.11.022
 URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920410517309051?via=ihub
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 Direct numerical simulation of flow on pore-scale images using the phase-field method
 In: Spe Journal 23 (2018), p. 1–18
 ISSN: 1086-055X
 DOI: 10.2118/182607-PA
 URL: https://www.onepetro.org/journal-paper/SPE-182607-PA
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 A finite volume/discontinuous Galerkin method for the advective Cahn–Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility on porous domains stemming from micro-CT imaging
 In: Computational Geosciences 22 (2018), p. 543–563
 ISSN: 1420-0597
 DOI: 10.1007/s10596-017-9709-1
 URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10596-017-9709-1
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 An energy-based equilibrium contact angle boundary condition on jagged surfaces for phase-field methods
 In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 523 (2018), p. 282–291
 ISSN: 0021-9797
 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.02.075
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 Mass-conserved density gradient theory model for nucleation process
 In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2018)
 ISSN: 0888-5885
 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03389
 URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b03389
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 Convergence analysis of a BDF2/mixed finite element discretization of a Darcy–Nernst–Planck–Poisson system
 In: Esaim-Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis-Modelisation Mathematique Et Analyse Numerique 51 (2017), p. 1883-1902
 ISSN: 0764-583X
 DOI: 10.1051/m2an/2017002
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2017/2017_FrankKn_ConvergenceAnalysisOfBDFDarcyNernstPlanckPoissonSystem
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 Stabilized density gradient theory algorithm for modeling interfacial properties of pure and mixed systems
 In: Fluid Phase Equilibria 435 (2017), p. 118–130
 ISSN: 0378-3812
 DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2016.11.024
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 Inexact hierarchical scale separation: a two-scale approach for linear systems from discontinuous Galerkin discretizations
 In: Computers & Mathematics with Applications 74 (2017), p. 1769–1778
 ISSN: 0898-1221
 DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2017.06.025
 URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0898122117303735?via=ihub
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 A phase-field method for the direct simulation of two-phase flows in pore-scale media using a non-equilibrium wetting boundary condition
 In: Computational Geosciences 20 (2016), p. 881–908
 ISSN: 1420-0597
 DOI: 10.1007/s10596-015-9551-2
 URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10596-015-9551-2
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 FESTUNG: A MATLAB /GNU Octave toolbox for the discontinuous Galerkin method. Part II: Advection operator and slope limiting
 In: Computers & Mathematics with Applications 72 (2016), p. 1896-1925
 ISSN: 0898-1221
 DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2016.08.006
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2016/2016_ReuterAizingerWielandFrankKn_FestungAMatLabGnuPartII
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 Strong solvability up to clogging of an effective diffusion-precipitation model in an evolving porous medium
 In: European Journal of Applied Mathematics (2016), p. 1-29
 ISSN: 0956-7925
 DOI: 10.1017/S0956792516000164
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2016/2016_SchulzRayFrankMahatoKn_StrongSolvUpToCloggingInAnEvolvingPM
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 FESTUNG: A MATLAB/GNU Octave toolbox for the discontinuous Galerkin method. Part I: Diffusion operator
 In: Computers & Mathematics with Applications 70 (2015), p. 11 - 46
 ISSN: 0898-1221
 DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2015.04.013
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2015/2015_FrankReuterAizingerKn_FestungAMatlabGnuPartIDiffusionOperator
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 FV upwind stabilization of FE discretizations for advection-diffusion problems
 7th International Symposium on Finite Volumes for Complex Applications-Problems and Perspectives, FVCA7 (Berlin, 15.06.2014 - 20.06.2014)
 In: Fuhrmann Jürgen, Ohlberger Mario, Rohde Christian (ed.): Finite Volumes for Complex Applications VII-Methods and Theoretical Aspects 2014
 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05684-5_16
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2014/2014_BrunnerFrankKn_FVUpwindStabOfFEForAdvancedDiffProblems
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 Multiscale Modeling of Colloid and Fluid Dynamics in Porous Media Including an Evolving Microstructure
 In: Transport in Porous Media 95 (2012), p. 669-696
 ISSN: 0169-3913
 DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-0068-z
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2012/2012_RayNoordenFrankKn_MultiscaleModelOfColloidAndFluidDynInPMinclAnEvolvMicrostr
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 Numerical investigation of homogenized Stokes-Nernst-Planck-Poisson systems
 In: Computing and Visualization in Science 14 (2011), p. 385-400
 ISSN: 1432-9360
 DOI: 10.1007/s00791-013-0189-0
 URL: https://www1.am.uni-erlangen.de/research/publications/Jahr_2011/2011_FrankRayKn_NumericalInvestiOfHomogeStokNernPlanPoissSystmes
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 Entwicklung, Zuverlässigkeit und Effizienz reaktiver Mehrkomponententransportmodelle
 In: KORA - Synopse "Systemanalyse, Modellierung und Prognose der Wirkungen natürlicher Schadstoffminderungsprozesse - eine rezente Synopse", 2008, p. 195-233 (Gemeinsame Mitteilungen des Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum e.V. und seiner Partner, Vol.5)
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Funding source: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst (StMWK) (seit 2018)
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Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)
Project leader:
Soil colloids may influence the interaction between solutes and the immobile solid phase. A coupling to the fluid transport is possible by processes of sedimentation, flocculation, precipitation, filtration and deposition. The objective of this research project is the qualitative and quantitative examination of the crucial aspects of colloidal-influenced solute- and fluid transport by means of systematic, prognostic simulation. In detail,
- the attachment and detachment of colloids…
Funding source: BMBF / Verbundprojekt
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The evaluation of the potential of contaminated sites concerning natural attenuation needs comprehensive process descriptions and accurate, reliable numerical algorithms. Numerical errors may lead to qualitatively completely wrong conclusions concerning the potential of the site for degradation. It has been developed a comprehensive and flexible simulation tool, that is outstanding concerning the variety of processes, the quality and efficiency of the calculations ensured by modern numerical methods…
