Book description
This book serves as a complete and self-contained introduction to the
principles of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis. It is
deliberately short (at approximately 300 pages) and can be used as a
text for the first part of the course of applied CFD followed by a
software tutorial. The main objectives of this non-traditional format
are: 1) To introduce and explain, using simple examples where possible,
the principles and methods of CFD analysis and to demystify the `black
box' of a CFD software tool, and 2) To provide a basic understanding of
how CFD problems are set and which factors affect the success and
failure of the analysis. Included in the text are the mathematical and
physical foundations of CFD, formulation of CFD problems, basic
principles of numerical approximation (grids, consistency, convergence,
stability, and order of approximation, etc), methods of discretization
with focus on finite difference and finite volume techniques, methods of
solution of transient and steady state problems, commonly used numerical
methods for heat transfer and fluid flows, plus a brief introduction
into turbulence modeling.
Oleg Zikanov
is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
