Basics of Fluid Mechanics and Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Titus Petrila, Damian Trif (auth.)9780387238371, 9780387238388, 0387238379, 0387238387

This handbook brings together the theoretical basics of fluid dynamics with a systemaic overview of the appropriate numerical and computational methods for solving the problems presented in the book. Also, effective codes for a majority of the examples are included.

Audience

This volume is suitable for scientists, students and researchers involved in computational fluid dynamics and numerical methods.

Table of contents :
Introduction to Mechanics of Continua….Pages 1-50
Dynamics of Inviscid Fluids….Pages 51-132
Viscous Incompressible Fluid Dynamics….Pages 133-195
Introduction to Numberical Solutions for Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations….Pages 197-246
Finite-Difference Methods….Pages 247-344
Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods….Pages 345-396
The Finite Volume Method and the Generalized Difference Method….Pages 397-438
Spectral Methods….Pages 439-482