Computational Fluid Dynamics

A senior level undergraduate and graduate textbook for a wide audience of engineering students taking a first course in CFD or Computer Aided Engineering. Fully course matched, with the most extensive and rigorous pedagogy and features of any book in the field. The first book in the field aimed at CFDusersrather thandevelopers. The only course text available that is specifically designed to give an applications lead, software oriented approach to understanding and using CFD. This is coupled with a complete grounding in the necessary mathematical principles of CFD. Unlike existing books this has not been written with the needs of advanced students who are expected to develop their own CFD code in mind. The widespread availability of commercial software enables this book to squarely meet the needs of beginner CFD students who use software. Of course, this also makes it ideal as a precursor to more advanced texts. Meets the needs of students taking a wide range of courses. Unlike existing titles it does not focus on the needs of advanced aerospace or applied math courses. Ideal for use on the burgeoning courses in mechanical, automotive, marine, environmental, civil and chemical engineering that harness CFD or computer aided engineering more generally. Reinforces learning by using CFD results obtained by students from CFD laboratories and projects which accompany the book. Coupled with the clear exposition in the book itself, these develop a deeper understanding of the conservation laws, mathematical transport equations and basic concepts of fluid mechanics and heat transfer that comprise the key to effective use of CFD. The strongest pedagogy of any available book. Core mathematics are developed in a step by step fashion, with no assumed steps left out; detailed worked examples provide a key to the real applications students will work with; end of chapter knowledge check exercises, homework assignment questions, plus separate Instructors Manual, plus on-line laboratory tasks and projects to support the text; Downloadable library of supporting code for use in labs, assignments and for self study; examples based on CFX and FLUENT, the two standard commercial codes used on campus; additional source code for the authors own grid generation software to enable students to get a feel for code design when using commercial packages.