Computational Fluid Dynamics: Getting Started Quickly with Ansys Cfx 18 Through Simple Examples - Paperback

by Stefan Lecheler (Author)

This textbook and exercise book is aimed at future users of computational fluid dynamics software. In addition to the comprehensibly presented basics, the focus is on technical examples treated in detail with supplementary practical hints. Comprehension questions including applications give the beginner confidence in fundamental relationships. The original 4th German edition has been adapted to the latest program version ANSYS 18.1.

Back Jacket

This textbook and exercise book is aimed at future users of computational fluid dynamics software. In addition to the comprehensibly presented basics, the focus is on technical examples treated in detail with supplementary practical hints. Comprehension questions including applications give the beginner confidence in fundamental relationships. The original 4th German edition has been adapted to the latest program version ANSYS 18.1.

The content

• Aim and structure of the book
• Conservation equations of fluid mechanics
• Discretization
• Computational meshes
• Solution methods
• Sequence of a numerical flow calculation
• Three application examples

The target groups

• Engineering students at colleges and universities
• Engineers who carry out flow calculations
• Lecturers who deal with questions on numerical flow calculations

The author

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Lecheler is Professor of Thermodynamics in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Bundeswehr University in Munich. There, he also teaches computational fluid dynamics in the Master's program Computer Aided Engineering.

Author Biography

Dr.-Ing. Stefan Lecheler is Professor of Thermodynamics in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. He also teaches computational fluid dynamics there in the Master's program in Computer Aided Engineering.