Vortex Methods: Theory and Practice
, by Georges-Henri Cottet , Petros D. KoumoutsakosNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521621861 | 0521621860
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 3/13/2000
This book presents and analyzes vortex methods as a tool for the direct numerical simulation of incompressible viscous flows. Vortex methods have matured in recent years, offering an interesting alternative to finite difference and spectral methods for high resolution numerical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. In the last three decades research in the numerical analysis aspects of vortex methods has provided a solid mathematical background for understanding the accuracy and stability of the method. At the same time vortex methods retain their appealing physical character that was the motivation for their introduction. Scientists working in the areas of numerical analysis and fluid mechanics will benefit from this book, which may serve both communities as both a reference monograph and a textbook for computational fluid dynamics courses.