Computational Methods for Simulating Some Typical Problems in Computational Geosciences

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to present computational methods for simulating some typical problems in the emerging computational geoscience field. Due to remarkable differences between engineering systems and Earth ones, existing computational methods, which are designed for solving engineering problems, cannot be directly used to solve geoscience problems without any modification. However, the fundamental philosophy of developing computational methods is applicable to the computational simulation of both geoscience and engineering problems. Because of their inherent approximation, computational methods must be verified before putting into application. After several computational methods and algorithms, which are developed for simulating some typical problems in the emerging computational geoscience field, are briefly introduced, a typical geoscience problem, known as the chemical dissolution-front instability problem in ore-forming systems of supercritical Zhao numbers, is selected to demonstrate how computational methods can be used to solve geoscience problems.