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Author:   Sedat Biringen ,  Chuen–Yen Chow
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.586kg
ISBN:  

9780470102268

ISBN 10:   0470102268
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   10 May 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface ix 1 Flow Topics Governed by Ordinary Differential Equations: Initial-Value Problems 1 1.1 Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations: Initial-Value Problems  1 1.2 Free Falling of a Spherical Body  5 1.3 Computer Simulation of Some Restrained Motions  13 1.4 Fourth-Order Runge-Kutta Method for Computing Two-Dimensional Motions of a Body through a Fluid  22 1.5 Ballistics of a Spherical Projectile  24 1.6 Flight Path of a Glider—A Graphical Presentation  32 1.7 Rolling Up of the Trailing Vortex Sheet behind a Finite Wing  35 Appendix  44 2 Inviscid Fluid Flows 50 2.1 Incompressible Potential Flows  51 2.2 Numerical Solution of Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations: Boundary-Value Problems  55 2.3 Radial Flow Caused by Distributed Sources and Sinks  60 2.4 Inverse Method I: Superposition of Elementary Flows  61 2.5 von Kármán’s Method for Approximating Flow Past Bodies of Revolution  69 2.6 Inverse Method II: Conformal Mapping  76 2.7 Classification of Second-Order Partial Differential Equations  87 2.8 Numerical Methods for Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations  90 2.9 Potential Flows in Ducts or around Bodies—Irregular and Derivative Boundary Conditions  96 2.10 Numerical Solution of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations  105 2.11 Propagation and Reflection of a Small-Amplitude Wave  110 2.12 Propagation of a Finite-Amplitude Wave: Formation of a Shock  120 2.13 An Application to Biological Fluid Dynamics: Flow in an Elastic Tube  128 Appendix  143 3 Viscous Fluid Flows 145 3.1 Governing Equations for Viscous Flows  145 3.2 Self-Similar Laminar Boundary-Layer Flows  147 3.3 Flat-Plate Thermometer Problem—Ordinary Boundary-Value Problems Involving Derivative Boundary Conditions  157 3.4 Pipe and Open-Channel Flows  163 3.5 Explicit Methods for Solving Parabolic Partial Differential Equations—Generalized Rayleigh Problem  168 3.6 Implicit Methods for Solving Parabolic Partial Differential Equations—Starting Flow in a Channel  173 3.7 Numerical Solution of Biharmonic Equations—Stokes Flows  179 3.8 Flow Stability and Pseudo-Spectral Methods  185 Appendix  207 4 Numerical Solution of the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equation 215 4.1 Flow around a Sphere at Finite Reynolds Numbers—Galerkin Method  216 4.2 Upwind Differencing and Artificial Viscosity  229 4.3 Bénard and Taylor Instabilities  234 4.4 Primitive Variable Formulation: Algorithmic Considerations  249 4.5 Primitive Variable Formulation: Numerical Integration of the Navier-Stokes Equation  258 4.6 Flow Past a Circular Cylinder: An Example for the Vorticity-Stream Function Formulation  280 Appendix  297 Bibliography 298 Index 303

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Dr. Sedat Biringen is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His main research interest is in the area of turbulence and transition simulation, a subject for which he has published numerous journal and conference articles. He obtained his BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering from Robert College, Istanbul, and earned his PhD in applied mechanics from the Université libre de Bruxelles. He is the principal editor of the book Industrial and Environmental Applications of Direct and Large Eddy Simulation and is an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Dr. CHUEN-YEN CHOW is an Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. After obtaining his PhD in aeronautical and astronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1964, he taught at University of Notre Dame before joining University of Colorado in 1968. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, the coauthor of the third through fifth editions of the Foundations of Aerodynamics and author of An Introduction to Computational Fluid Mechanics (both from Wiley).

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