Numerical Methods for Unsteady Compressible Flow Problems [Paperback]

Numerical Methods for Unsteady Compressible Flow Problems is written to give both mathematicians and engineers an overview of the state of the art in the field, as well as of new developments. The focus is on methods for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations, the solutions of which can exhibit shocks, boundary layers and turbulence. The idea of the text is to explain the important ideas to the reader, while giving enough detail and pointers to literature to facilitate implementation of methods and application of concepts.

The book covers high order methods in space, such as Discontinuous Galerkin methods, and high order methods in time, in particular implicit ones. A large part of the text is reserved to discuss iterative methods for the arising large nonlinear and linear equation systems. Ample space is given to both state-of-the-art multigrid and preconditioned Newton-Krylov schemes.

• Applications to aerospace, high-speed vehicles, heat transfer, and more besides
• Suitable as a textbook for graduate-level courses in CFD, or as a reference for practitioners in the field

Preface. 1. Introduction. 1.1. The method of lines. 1.2. Hardware. 1.3. Notation. 1.4. Outline. 2. The Governing Equation. 2.1. The Navier-Stokes Equations. 2.2. Nondimensionalization. 2.3. Source terms. 2.4. Simplifications of the Navier-Stokes equations. 2.5. The Euler Equations. 2.6. Solution theory. 2.7. Boundary layers. 2.8. Boundary layers. 2.9. Laminar and turbulent flows. 3. The Space discretization. 3.1. Structured and unstructured Grids. 3.2. Finite Volume Methods. 3.3. The Line Integrals and Numerical Flux Functions. 3.4 Convergence theory for f