The Finite Volume Method in Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Advanced Introduction with OpenFOAM® and Matlab

by F. Moukalled

Foundation

1 Introduction

2 Review of Vector Calculus 3 Mathematical Description of Physical Phenomena

4 The Discretization Process

5 The Finite Volume Method

6 The Finite Volume Mesh

7 The Finite Volume Mesh in OpenFOAM® and uFVM

Discretization

8 Spatial The Diffusion Term 9 Gradient Computation 10 Solving the System of Algebraic Equations

11 Discretization of the Convection Term 12 High Resolution Schemes

13 Temporal The Transient Term

14 Discretization of the Source Term, Relaxation, and Other Details

Algorithms

15 Fluid Flow Incompressible Flows

16 Fluid Flow Compressible Flows

Applications

17 Turbulence Modeling

18 Boundary Conditions in OpenFOAM® and uFVM

19 An OpenFOAM® Turbulent Flow Application 20 Closing Remarks

Appendices < 20 Closing Remarks

Appendices 20 Closing Remarks

Appendices

Genres: Textbooks

820 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2015