Spectral Methods: Evolution to Complex Geometries and Applications to Fluid Dynamics

by C.G. Canuto, M. Yousuff Hussaini, Alfio Quarteroni

Following up the seminal Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics , Spectral Evolution to Complex Geometries and Applications to Fluid Dynamics contains an extensive survey of the essential algorithmic and theoretical aspects of spectral methods for complex geometries. These types of spectral methods were only just emerging at the time the earlier book was published. The discussion of spectral algorithms for linear and nonlinear fluid dynamics stability analyses is greatly expanded. The chapter on spectral algorithms for incompressible flow focuses on algorithms that have proven most useful in practice, has much greater coverage of algorithms for two or more non-periodic directions, and shows how to treat outflow boundaries. Material on spectral methods for compressible flow emphasizes boundary conditions for hyperbolic systems, algorithms for simulation of homogeneous turbulence, and improved methods for shock fitting. This book is a companion to Spectral Fundamentals in Single Domains .

626 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2007