Computational Fluid Dynamics
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780521594165
Subjects: Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Mechanical engineering; Mechanics of fluids; Numerical analysis; Technology & Industrial Arts; Hydraulics; Analytic Mechanics (Mathematical Aspects); Fluid Mechanics; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Engineering - Mechanical; Fluid dynamics--Data processing; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Data processing; Advanced; Mechanics - General; Fluid dynamics
First sentence: The dawn of the twentieth century marked the beginning of the numerical solution of differential equations in mathematical physics and engineering.
Description: 'Increasingly, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques are being used to study and solve complex fluid flow and heat transfer problems. This comprehensive book ranges from elementary concepts for the beginner to state-of-the-art CFD for the practitioner. It begins with CFD preliminaries, in which the basic principles of finite difference (FD), finite element (FE), and finite volume (FV) methods are discussed and illustrated through examples, with step-by-step hand calculations. Then, FD and FE methods respectively are covered, including both historical developments and recent contributions. The next section is devoted to structured and unstructured grids, adaptive methods, computing techniques, and parallel processing. Finally, the author describes a variety of practical applications to problems in turbulence, reacting flows and combustion, acoustics, combined mode radiative heat transfer, multiphase flows, electromagnetic fields, and relativistic astrophysical flows. Students and practitioners - particularly in mechanical, aerospace, chemical, and civil engineering - will use this authoritative text to learn about and apply numerical techniques to the solution of fluid dynamics problems. ' from publisher's description.