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. is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air & Space Museum Smithsonian Institute and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland.