High-Resolution Methods for Incompressible and Low-Speed Flows / Edition 1

by D. Drikakis, W. Rider

Overview

The study of incompressible flows is vital to many areas of science and te- nology. This includes most of the—fluid dynamics that one finds in everyday life from the flow of air in a room to most weather phenomena. In under taking the simulation of incompressible fluid flows,oneoftentakes many issues for granted. As these flows become more realistic, the problems encountered become more vexing from a computational point-of-view. These range from the benign to the profound. At once, one must contend with the basic character of incompressible flows where sound waves have been analytically removed from the flow. As a consequence vortical flows have been analytically “preconditioned,” but the flow has a certain non-physical character (sound waves of inflnite velocity). At low speeds the flow will be deterministic and ordered, i.e., laminar. Laminar flows are governed by a balance between the inertial and viscous forces in the flow that provides the stability. Flows are often characterized by a dimensionless number known as the Reynolds number, which is the ratio of inertial to viscous forces in a flow. Laminar flows correspond to smaller Reynolds numbers. Even though laminar flows are organized in an orderly manner, the flows may exhibit instabilities and bifurcation phenomena which may eventually lead to transition and turbulence. Numerical modelling of such phenomen a requires high accuracy and most importantly to gain greater insight into the relationship of the numerical methods with the flow physics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642060519
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Series:	Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Pages:	622
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Fundamental Physical and Model Equations.- The Fluid Flow Equations.- The Viscous Fluid Flow Equations.- Curvilinear Coordinates and Transformed Equations.- Overview of Various Formulations and Model Equations.- Basic Principles in Numerical Analysis.- Time Integration Methods.- Numerical Linear Algebra.- Solution Approaches.- Compressible and Preconditioned-Compressible Solvers.- The Artificial Compressibility Method.- Projection Methods: The Basic Theory and the Exact Projection Method.- Approximate Projection Methods.- Modern High-Resolution Methods.- to Modern High-Resolution Methods.- High-Resolution Godunov-Type Methods for Projection Methods.- Centered High-Resolution Methods.- Riemann Solvers and TVD Methods in Strict Conservation Form.- Beyond Second-Order Methods.- Applications.- Variable Density Flows and Volume Tracking Methods.- High-Resolution Methods and Turbulent Flow Computation.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book presents a wide variety of numerical methods for fluid dynamics. … The material is well organized and quite thorough. The authors should be commended for including material on the actual implementation of methods that other texts do not give. … This book should be a useful reference for computational scientists and engineers engaged in the numerical simulation of fluid flows." (John C. Strikwerda, Mathematical Reviews, 2005k)

"The authors present the current state-of-the-art of numerical techniques for computing low-Mach number fluid flows. … Many subjects are described in full detail, and the reader can find all the necessary information to write a code. … more than 600 given references provide comprehensive information on the state-of-the art that an interested reader may consult. … In conclusion, this book represents a highly valuable tool for researchers involved in the numerical simulation of incompressible flows."(Renzo Arina and Maurizio Pandolfi, Meccanica, Vol. 42, 2007)

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