Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

The main focus of this book is to introduce computational methods for fluid flow and heat transfer to scientists, engineers, educators, and graduate students who are engaged in developing and/or using computer codes. The topic ranges from basic methods such as a finite difference, finite volume, finite element, largeeddy simulation (LES), and direct numerical simulation (DNS) to advanced, and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). The objective is to present the current state-of-the-art for simulating fluid flowand heat transfer phenomena in engineering applications.

The first and second chapters present higher-order numerical schemes. These schemes include second-order UPWIND, QUICK, weighted-average coefficient ensuring boundedness (WACEB), and non-upwind interconnected multigrid overlapping (NIMO) finite-differencing and finite-volume methods. Chapter 3 gives overview of the finite-difference and finite-volume methods covering subsonic to supersonic flow computations, numerical stability analysis, eigenvalue-stiffness problem, features of two- and three-dimensional computational schemes, and fluxvector splitting technique. The chapter shows a few case studies for gas turbine blade design and centrifugal compressor flow computations.