Numerical Simulation in Fluid Dynamics – A Practical Introduction
A Practical Introduction

In this translation of the German edition, an insight is provided into the numerical simulation of fluid flow.

Michael Griebel (Author), Thomas Dornseifer (Author), Tilman Neunhoeffer (Author)

9780898713985

Paperback / softback, published 31 December 1997

234 pages, 92 b/w illus. 18 colour illus.
25.4 x 18.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.43 kg

'Mastery of numerical simulation will soon become indispensable in research and development as expensive experiments are replaced by computer simulations. This book, translated from German, provides a cross-disciplinary and application-oriented approach to training mathematicians, engineers and natural and computer scientists. … Using a simple numerical method as an example, the individual steps of scientific computing are presented …' Book News

In this translation of the German edition, the authors provide insight into the numerical simulation of fluid flow. Using a simple numerical method as an expository example, the individual steps of scientific computing are presented: the derivation of the mathematical model; the discretization of the model equations; the development of algorithms; parallelization; and visualization of the computed data. In addition to the treatment of the basic equations for modeling laminar, transient flow of viscous, incompressible fluids - the Navier-Stokes equations - the authors look at the simulation of free surface flows; energy and chemical transport; and turbulence. Readers are enabled to write their own flow simulation program from scratch. The variety of applications is shown in several simulation results, including 92 black-and-white and 18 color illustrations. After reading this book, readers should be able to understand more enhanced algorithms of computational fluid dynamics and apply their new knowledge to other scientific fields.

Notation
1. Numerical simulation - a key technology of the future
2. The mathematical description of flows
3. The numerical treatment of the Navier-Stokes equations
4. Visualization techniques
5. Example applications
6. Free boundary value problems
7. Example applications for free boundary value problems
8. Parallelization
9. Energy transport
10. Turbulence
11. Extension to Three dimensions
12. Concluding remarks
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Miscellaneous items [WZ]