Research Article

Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process

Volume: 23 Number: 1 April 24, 2018
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Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process

Abstract

Convection-diffusion equation has been widely used to model a variety of flow and transport processes in earth sciences, including spread of pollutants in rivers, dispersion of dissolved material in estuaries and coastal waters, flow and transport in porous media, and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere. In this study, the conditions under which one-dimensional convection-diffusion equation becomes self-similar are investigated by utilizing one-parameter Lie group of point scaling transformations. By the numerical simulations, it is shown that the one-dimensional point source transport process in an original domain can be self-similar with that of a scaled domain. In fact, by changing the scaling parameter or the scaling exponents of the length dimension, one can obtain several different down-scaled or up-scaled self-similar domains. The derived scaling relations obtained by the Lie group scaling approach may provide additional understanding of transport phenomena at different space and time scales and may provide additional flexibility in setting up physical models in which one dimensional transport is significant.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ali Ercan
University of California, Davis
0000-0003-1052-4302
United States

Publication Date

April 24, 2018

Submission Date

July 25, 2017

Acceptance Date

March 19, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 23 Number: 1

APA
Ercan, A. (2018). Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, 23(1), 235-246. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.330886
AMA
1.Ercan A. Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process. UUJFE. 2018;23(1):235-246. doi:10.17482/uumfd.330886
Chicago
Ercan, Ali. 2018. “Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 23 (1): 235-46. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.330886.
EndNote
Ercan A (April 1, 2018) Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 23 1 235–246.
IEEE
[1]A. Ercan, “Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process”, UUJFE, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 235–246, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.17482/uumfd.330886.
ISNAD
Ercan, Ali. “Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi 23/1 (April 1, 2018): 235-246. https://doi.org/10.17482/uumfd.330886.
JAMA
1.Ercan A. Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process. UUJFE. 2018;23:235–246.
MLA
Ercan, Ali. “Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process”. Uludağ Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 23, no. 1, Apr. 2018, pp. 235-46, doi:10.17482/uumfd.330886.
Vancouver
1.Ali Ercan. Scaling Analysis and Self-Similarity of One-Dimensional Transport Process. UUJFE. 2018 Apr. 1;23(1):235-46. doi:10.17482/uumfd.330886

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