Computational fluid dynamics: principles and applications

"Computational Fluid Dynamics: Principles and Applications, Third Edition presents students, engineers, and scientists with all they need to gain a solid understanding of the numerical methods and principles underlying modern computation techniques in fluid dynamics. By providing complete coverage of the essential knowledge required in order to write codes or understand commercial codes, the book gives the reader an overview of fundamentals and solution strategies in the early chapters before moving on to cover the details of different solution techniques. This updated edition includes new"--OCLC.

Front Cover; Computational Fluid Dynamics: Principles and Applications; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Symbols; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Governing Equations; 2.1 The Flow and Its Mathematical Description; 2.1.1 Finite control volume; 2.2 Conservation Laws; 2.2.1 The continuity equation; 2.2.2 The momentum equation; 2.2.3 The energy equation; 2.3 Viscous Stresses; 2.4 Complete System of the Navier-Stokes Equations; 2.4.1 Formulation for a perfect gas; 2.4.2 Formulation for a real gas; 2.4.3 Simplifications to the Navier-Stokes equations.

Thin shear layer approximationParabolized Navier-Stokes equations; Euler equations; References; Chapter 3: Principles of Solution of the Governing Equations; 3.1 Spatial Discretization; 3.1.1 Finite-difference method; 3.1.2 Finite-volume method; 3.1.3 Finite-element method; 3.1.4 Other discretization methods; Spectral-element method; Lattice Boltzmann method; Gridless method; 3.1.5 Central and upwind schemes; Central schemes; Upwind schemes; Flux-vector splitting schemes; Flux-difference splitting schemes; TVD Schemes; Fluctuation-splitting schemes; Solution reconstruction.

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