Computational fluid dynamics : a practical approach / Jiyuan Tu, Guan Heng Yeoh, Chaoqun Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tu, Jiyuan.

Contributor:

Yeoh, Guan Heng.

Liu, Chaoqun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluid dynamics.

Heat--Transmission.

Heat.

Turbulence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Computational Fluid Dynamics enables engineers to model and predict fluid flow in powerful, visually impressive ways and is one of the core engineering design tools, essential to the study and future work of many engineers. This textbook is designed to explcitly meet the needs engineering students taking a first course in CFD or computer-aided engineering. Fully course matched, with the most extensive and rigorous pedagogy and features of any book in the field, it is certain to be a key text. The only course text available specifically designed to give an applications-lead, commercial

Contents:

Front Cover

Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Approach

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 What is computational fluid dynamics

1.2 Advantages of computational fluid dynamics

1.3 Application of computational fluid dynamics

1.4 The future of computational fluid dynamics

1.5 Summary

Review questions

Chapter 2. CFD Solution Procedure-A Beginning

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Problem setup-pre-process

2.3 Numerical solution-CFD solver

2.4 Result report and visualization-post-process

2.5 Summary

Chapter 3. Governing Equations for CFD-Fundamentals

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The continuity equation

3.3 The momentum equation

3.4 The energy equation

3.5 The additional equations for turbulent flow

3.6 Generic form of the governing equations for CFD

3.7 Physical boundary conditions of the governing equations

3.8 Summary

Chapter 4. CFD Techniques-The Basics

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Discretization of governing equations

4.3 Numerical solutions to algebraic equations

4.4 Summary

Chapter 5. CFD Solution Analysis-Essentials

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Consistency

5.3 Stability

5.4 Convergence

5.5 Accuracy

5.6 Efficiency

5.7 Case studies

5.8 Summary

Chapter 6. Practical Guidelines for CFD Simulation and Analysis

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Guidelines on grid generation

6.3 Guidelines on boundary conditions

6.4 Guidelines on turbulence modeling

6.5 Summary

Chapter 7. Some Applications of CFD with Examples

7.1 Introduction

7.2 To assist in design process-As a design tool

7.3 To enhance understanding-As a research tool

7.4 Other important applications

7.5 Summary

Review questions.

Chapter 8. Some Advanced Topics in CFD

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Advances in numerical methods and techniques

8.3 Advances in computational models

8.4 Other numerical approaches for computation of fluid dynamics

8.5 Summary

Appendix A. Full Derivation of Conservation Equations

Appendix B. Upwind Schemes

Appendix C. Explicit and Implicit Methods

Appendix D. Learning Program

Appendix E. CFD Assignments and Guideline for CFD Project

References

Further Suggested Reading

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-453) and index.

ISBN:

9786612540431

9781282540439

1282540432

9780080556857

008055685X

OCLC:

624173719