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The finite element method for fluid dynamics
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7th ed.
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Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781856176354

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The Finite Element Method for Fluid Dynamics offers a complete introduction the application of the finite element method to fluid mechanics. The book begins with a useful summary of all relevant partial differential equations before moving on to discuss convection stabilization procedures, steady and transient state equations, and numerical solution of fluid dynamic equations.

The character-based split (CBS) scheme is introduced and discussed in detail, followed by thorough coverage of incompressible and compressible fluid dynamics, flow through porous media, shallow water flow, and the numerical treatment of long and short waves. Updated throughout, this new edition includes new chapters on:

Fluid-structure interaction, including discussion of one-dimensional and multidimensional problems Biofluid dynamics, covering flow throughout the human arterial system

Focusing on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful computational fluid dynamics (CFD), The Finite Element Method for Fluid Dynamics is the authoritative introduction of choice for graduate level students, researchers and professional engineers.


Author Notes

O. C. Zienkiewicz was one of the early pioneers of the finite element method and is internationally recognized as a leading figure in its development and wide-ranging application. He was awarded numerous honorary degrees, medals and awards over his career, including the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and Commander of the British Empire (CBE). He was a founding author of The Finite Element Method books and developed them through six editions over 40 years up to his death in 2009.

R. L. Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Professor in the Graduate School, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. P. Nithiarasu, Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, has over ten years of experience in the finite element based computational fluid dynamics research. He moved to Swansea in 1996 after completing his PhD research at IIT Madras. He was awarded Zienkiewicz silver medal and prize of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK in 2002. In 2004 he was selected to receive the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) award for young scientists in computational engineering sciences. Dr Nithiarasu is the author of several articles in the area of fluid dynamics, porous medium flows and the finite element method.


Table of Contents

1 Introduction to the equations of fluid dynamics and the finite element approximation
2 Convection dominated problems - finite element approximations to the convection-diffusion-reaction equation
3 The characteristic-based split (CBS) algorithm
4 Incompressible Newtonian laminar flows
5 Incompressible non-Newtonian flows
6 Free surface and buoyancy driven flows
7 Compressible high-speed gas flow
8 Turbulent flows
9 Flow through porous media
10 Shallow water problems
11 Long and medium waves
12 Short waves
13 Local conservation
14 Fluid-structure interaction
15 Biofluid dynamics
16 Micro-scale fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics
17 Computer implementation of the CBS algorithm Appendices