NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUID MECHANICS


 

Introduction. Definitions and classification of PDEs and systems of PDEs. Local non-similarity solution method. Levels of truncation. Finite-Difference Method. Keller-box method. Finite Elements Method. Spectral Method. Finite Volume Method. Application in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

 


BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

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  3. Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Basics with Applications, John D. Anderson, McGraw-Hill, Series in Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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  5. An introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Finite Volume Method, H.K. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera, Longman Scientific & Technical, 1995.