Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers

摘要

As correctly stated in its Preface, the main aim of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers is not to enable the reader to implement a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer code or parts thereof, but rather to enable CFD users to understand the fluid dynamics to be modelled at a level adequate to select the best suited modes of the CFD code to be used. This objective is pursued by providing and discussing the main physical models (primarily first principle-based conservation laws and semi-empirical closure models) underlying turbulence, turbulent mixing and reactive flow and multiphase flow CFD modelling capabilities. The book, complemented by three tutorials and one project, is designed for undergraduate Chemical and Mechanical Engineering teaching and is reported to have been used also for PhD-level postgraduate teaching.