Think Before You Compute

A Prelude to Computational Fluid Dynamics

E. J. Hinch (University of Cambridge)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 April 2020

Applied mathematics; Fluid mechanics; Dynamics & statics; Mathematical theory of computation

Series: Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics

Every fluid dynamicist will at some point need to use computation. Thinking about the physics, constraints and the requirements early on will be rewarded with benefits in time, effort, accuracy and expense. How these benefits can be realised is illustrated in this guide for would-be researchers and beginning graduate students to some of the standard methods and common pitfalls of computational fluid mechanics. Based on a lecture course that the author has developed over twenty years, the text is split into three parts. The quick introduction enables students to solve numerically a basic nonlinear problem by a simple method in just three hours. The follow-up part expands on all the key essentials, including discretisation (finite differences, finite elements and spectral methods), time-stepping and linear algebra. The final part is a selection of optional advanced topics, including hyperbolic equations, the representation of surfaces, the boundary integral method, the multigrid method, domain decomposition, the fast multipole method, particle methods and wavelets.

By: E. J. Hinch (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781108479547
ISBN 10: 1108479545
Series: Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 30 April 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. A first problem: 1. The driven cavity; 2. Streamfunction-vorticity formulation; 3. Primitive variable formulation; Part II. Generalities: 4. Finite differences; 5. Finite elements; 6.Spectral methods; 7. Time integration; 8. Linear Algebra; Part III. Special topics: 9. Software packages and FreeFem++; 10. Hyperbolic equations; 11. Representation of surfaces; 12. Boundary integral method; 13. Fast Poisson solvers; 14. Fast Multipole Method; 15. Nonlinear considerations; 16. Particle methods; 17. Wavelets; Index.

E. J. Hinch has been a teacher and researcher in fluid mechanics and applied mathematics at the University of Cambridge for over 45 years. He is the author of Perturbation Methods (Cambridge University Press, 1991) and has been awarded the Fluid Dynamics prizes of the European Mechanics Society and the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.

Reviews for Think Before You Compute: A Prelude to Computational Fluid Dynamics

'Overall, the relatively short book strikes a good balance by being neither too technical nor too recipe driven, and it imparts key concepts and practical details without a fuss.' L. Mahadevan, Physics Today '... Think Before You Compute [is] an attractive textbook for a standalone course on CFD or an excellent supplement for a graduate course that includes conceptual, analytic, and numerical approaches.' L. Mahadevan, Physics Today