Essentials of computational fluid dynamics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jens-Dominik Mueller.
• Authors: Mueller, Jens-Dominik
• Contents: Introduction; CFD, the virtual windtunnel; Examples of CFD applications; Prerequisites; Literature; Ingredients; Organisation of the chapters; Exercises; ; Governing Equations; The physical model; Momentum equations; Simplified model equations; Exercises; ; Discretisation; Discretisation of the linear advection equation; Burgers' equation; Heat equation in 1-D; Advection equation in 2D; Solving the Navier-Stokes equations; The main steps in the finite volume method; Exercises; ; Analysis of Discretisations; Forward, Backward and Central Differences; Taylor analysis: consistency, first- and second-order accuracy; Stability and artificial viscosity, and second-order accuracy; Summary of spatial discretisation approaches; Convergence of the time-stepping iterations; Exercises; ; Boundary Conditions and Flow Physics; Selection of boundary conditions: a simple example; Characterisation of PDEs; Choice of boundary conditions; Exercises; ; Turbulence Modelling; The challenges of turbulent flow for CFD; Description of Turbulent Flow; Self-similar profiles through scaling; Velocity profiles of turbulent boundary layers; Levels of turbulence modelling; Eddy viscosity models; Near-wall mesh requirements; Exercises; ; Mesh Quality and Grid Generation; Influence of mesh quality on the accuracy; Requirements for the ideal mesh generator; Structured Grids; Unstructured Grids; Mesh Adaptation; Exercises; ; Analysis of the Results; Types of errors; Mesh convergence; Validation; Summary; Exercises; ; Case Studies; Aerofoil in 2-D, inviscid flow; Blood vessel bifurcation in 2-D; Aerofoil in 2-D, viscous flow; ; Appendix; Finite-volume implementation of 2-D advection; ; Bibliography;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 620.10640285; Computational fluid dynamics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482227338; 9781482227314; 9781482227321
• Related ISBNs: 9781482227307
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