Applied and Computational Fluid Mechanics by Scott Post

Designed for the fluid mechanics course for mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineering students, or as a reference for professional engineers, this up-to-date text uses computer algorithms and applications to solve modern problems related to fluid flow, aerodynamics, and thermodynamics. Algorithms and codes for numerical solutions of fluid problems, which can numerical solutions of fluid problems which can be implemented in programming environments such as MATLAB, are used throughout the book. The author also uses non-language specific algorithms to force students to think through the logic of the solution rechnique as they translate the algorithm into the swftware they are using. The text also includes an introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, a well-established method in the design of fluid machinery and heart transfer applications. A DVD accompanies the book with source code, MATLAB files, third-party simulations, color figures, and more.

Key Features

• Provides and introduction to Computational Fuid Dyanmics (CFD), including capabilities and limitations of (CFD) and common problems
• Contains practical applications such as aerodyanic design of ground vehicles, fuel injectors, iterative pipe flow problems, wind turbines, rockets, pumps, and more
• Covers the basic principles of fluid flows for undergraduate engineering students with a theoretical development of each concept presented, followed by algorithms, examples, and applications
• Covers various specific topics of importance in modern engineering applications, including fuel injectors, fluid flows in biological systems, and an introduction to heat transfer
• Includes a DVD with general algorighms, source code, simulations, and more fluid problems that can be implemented in programming environments such as MATLAB
• Instructor's Resource website with solutions, additional code, simulations, Micosoft PowerPoint slides, list of suggested projects and experiments, and more are available upon adoption as a textbook