Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Background
- 2 Mathematical Models of Fluid Flow
- 3 Numerical Methods for the Solution of Partial Differential Equations
- 4 Fundamental Stability Theory
- 5 Shock Capturing Schemes I: Scalar Conservation Laws
- 6 Shock Capturing Schemes II: Systems of Equations and Gas Dynamics
- 7 Discretization Schemes for Flows in Complex Multi-dimensional Domains
- 8 The Calculation of Viscous flow
- 9 Overview of Time Integration Methods
- 10 Steady State Problems
- 11 Time-Accurate Methods for Unsteady Flow
- 12 Energy Stability for Nonlinear Problems
- 13 High order Methods for Structured Meshes
- 14 High Order Methods for Unstructured Meshes
- 15 Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
- Appendix A Vector and Function Spaces
- Appendix B Approximation Theory
- Appendix C Polynomial Interpolation, Differentiation, and Integration
- Appendix D Potential Flow Methods
- Appendix E Fundamental Stability Theory II
- Appendix F Turbulence Models
- References
- Index
- Plates
1 - Introduction and Background
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Background
- 2 Mathematical Models of Fluid Flow
- 3 Numerical Methods for the Solution of Partial Differential Equations
- 4 Fundamental Stability Theory
- 5 Shock Capturing Schemes I: Scalar Conservation Laws
- 6 Shock Capturing Schemes II: Systems of Equations and Gas Dynamics
- 7 Discretization Schemes for Flows in Complex Multi-dimensional Domains
- 8 The Calculation of Viscous flow
- 9 Overview of Time Integration Methods
- 10 Steady State Problems
- 11 Time-Accurate Methods for Unsteady Flow
- 12 Energy Stability for Nonlinear Problems
- 13 High order Methods for Structured Meshes
- 14 High Order Methods for Unstructured Meshes
- 15 Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
- Appendix A Vector and Function Spaces
- Appendix B Approximation Theory
- Appendix C Polynomial Interpolation, Differentiation, and Integration
- Appendix D Potential Flow Methods
- Appendix E Fundamental Stability Theory II
- Appendix F Turbulence Models
- References
- Index
- Plates
Summary
This chapter surveys some of the principal developments of computational aerodynamics, with a focus on aeronautical applications. It is written with the perspective that computational mathematics is a natural extension of classical methods of applied mathematics, which has enabled the treatment of more complex, in particular nonlinear, mathematical models, and also the calculation of solutions in very complex geometric domains, not amenable to classical techniques such as the separation of variables.
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- Computational Aerodynamics , pp. 1 - 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022