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Computational Fluid Dynamics: Principles and Applications

by Jiri Blazek

A technical foundation for numerical fluid-flow simulation

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A technical foundation for numerical fluid-flow simulation

Blazek’s revised third edition organizes computational fluid dynamics from core numerical principles to practical solution methods for fluid-flow problems. Early material establishes fundamental concepts and solution strategies, while later coverage examines approaches used with incompressible flow and more specialized methods, including Discontinuous Galerkin and Lattice Boltzmann techniques. The edition also addresses higher-order spatial schemes, implicit Runge–Kutta methods, and parallelization. Worked programming examples and companion-site source code for Euler and Navier–Stokes solvers, grid generators, stability-analysis tools, and parallel-computing examples connect the mathematical material to code development and the interpretation of commercial CFD software.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students building a foundation in computational fluid dynamics
  • Engineers and scientists who need to understand or develop CFD codes
  • Learners seeking programming examples alongside numerical-methods coverage

Themes

Computational fluid dynamicsNumerical methodsEuler and Navier–Stokes solversIncompressible flowParallel computing

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Book overview

Computational Fluid Dynamics: Principles and Applications, Third Edition presents students, engineers, and scientists with all they need to gain a solid understanding of the numerical methods and principles underlying modern computation techniques in fluid dynamics. By providing complete coverage of the essential knowledge required in order to write codes or understand commercial codes, the book gives the reader an overview of fundamentals and solution strategies in the early chapters before moving on to cover the details of different solution techniques.

This updated edition includes new worked programming examples, expanded coverage and recent literature regarding incompressible flows, the Discontinuous Galerkin Method, the Lattice Boltzmann Method, higher-order spatial schemes, implicit Runge-Kutta methods and parallelization.

An accompanying companion website contains the sources of 1-D and 2-D Euler and Navier-Stokes flow solvers (structured and unstructured) and grid generators, along with tools for Von Neumann stability analysis of 1-D model equations and examples of various parallelization techniques.

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