Paul A. Durbin, Gorazd MedicCambridge University Press, 9/17/2007EAN 9780521850179, ISBN10: 0521850177Hardcover, 362 pages, 25.9 x 18 x 2 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishModern fluid dynamics is a combination of traditional methods of theory and analysis and newer methods of computation and numerical simulation. Fluid Dynamics with a Computational Perspective synthesizes traditional theory and modern computation. It is neither a book on methods of computation, nor a book on analysis; it is about fluid dynamics. The book is ideal for a course on fluid dynamics. Early chapters review the laws of fluid mechanics and survey computational methodology, following chapters study flows in which the Reynolds number increases from creeping flow to turbulence, followed by a thorough discussion of compressible flow and interfaces. Whereas all significant equations and their solutions are presented, their derivations are informal. References for detailed derivations are provided. A chapter on intermediate Reynolds number flows provides illustrative case studies by pure computation. Elsewhere, computations and theory are interwoven.1. Introduction to viscous flow2. Elements of computational analysis3. Creeping flow4. Intermediate Reynolds numbers5. High Reynolds number and boundary layer6. Turbulent flow7. Compressible flow8. Interfaces.
