An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

H K Versteeg and W Malalasekera

Computational fluid dynamics or CFD is the analysis of systems involving fluid flow, heat transfer and associated phenomena such as chemical reactions by means of computer-based simulation. The technique is very powerful and spans a wide range of industrial and non-industrial application areas. Some examples are:
• aerodynamics of aircraft and vehicles: lift and drag
• hydrodynamics of ships
• power plant: combustion in internal combustion engines and gas
turbines
• turbomachinery: flows inside rotating passages, diffusers etc.

• electrical and electronic engineering: cooling of equipment including microcircuits