First Course on Computational Fluid Dynamics: Development, Application and Analysis

by Atul Sharma

"Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: Development, Application and Analysis "is an introductory textbook covering computational fluid dynamics (CFD)." "The first part introduces the fundamentals of the topic, covering fluid dynamics, heat transfer and numerical methods for CFD. Part two considers a novel physics based approach for CFD for cartesian geometry on a uniform grid, covering unsteady computational heat conduction and heat convection. Part three introduces a traditional mathematics based approach for CFD for cartesian geometry on a non-uniform grid, and finally part four covers CFD for complex geometry on a curvilinear grid. CFD development is covered in detail with special focus on the implementation details, which are demonstrated with figures, animations, and pseudo-code. CFD application and analysis is demonstrated with problems and codes written in open-source software. Powerpoint slides and animations are also provided on an accompanying website.

300 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2015