Computational Fluid Dynamics

This pioneering text provides an excellent introduction to CFD at the senior level in aerospace and mechanical engineering, and to some extent, chemical and civil engineering. It can also serve as a one-semester introductory course at the beginning graduate level, as a useful precursor to a more serious study of CFD in advanced books. It is presented in a very readable, informal, enjoyable style.

Table of Contents:
I Basic Thoughts and Equations 1 Philosophy of Computational Fluid Dynamics 2 The Governing Equations of Fluid Dynamics: Their Derivation, A Discussion of Their Physical Meaning, and A Presentation of Forms Particularly Suitable to CFD 3 Mathematical Behavior of Partial Differential Equations The Impact on Computational Fluid Dynamics II Basics of the Numerics 4 Basic Aspects of Discretization 5 Grids and Meshes, With Appropriate Transformations 6 Some Simple CFD Techniques A Beginning III Some Applications 7 Numerical Solutions of Quasi-One-Dimensional Nozzle Flows 8 Numerical Solution of A Two-Dimensional Supersonic Flow Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Wave 9 Incompressible Couette Flow Numerical Solution by Means of an Implicit Method and the Pressure Correction Method 10 Incompressible, Inviscid Slow Over a Circular Cylinder Solution by the Technique Relaxation IV Other Topics 11 Some Advanced Topics in Modern CFD A Discussion 12 The Future of Computational Fluid Dynamics Appendixes Thomas's Algorithm for the Solution of A Tridiagonal System of Equations References

About the Author :
John D. Anderson, Jr., was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 1937. He attended the University of Florida, graduating in 1959 with high honors and a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering Degree. From 1959 to 1962, he was a Lieutenant and Task Scientist at the Aerospace Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. From 1962 to 1966, he attended the Ohio State University under the National Science Foundation and NASA Fellowships, graduating with a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. In 1966, he joined the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory as Chief of the Hypersonics Group. In 1973, he became Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, and since 1980 has been Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. In 1982, he was designated a Distinguished Scholar/Teacher by the University. During 1986–1987, while on sabbatical from the University, Dr. Anderson occupied the Charles Lindbergh Chair at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. He continued with the Air and Space Museum one day each week as their Special Assistant for Aerodynamics, doing research and writing on the History of Aerodynamics. In addition to his position as Professor of Aerospace Engineering, in 1993, he was made a full faculty member of the Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and in 1996 an affiliate member of the History Department at the University of Maryland. In 1996, he became the Glenn L. Martin Distinguished Professor for Education in Aerospace Engineering. In 1999, he retired from the University of Maryland and was appointed Professor Emeritus. He is currently the Curator for Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.