Computational Fluid Dynamics [Paperback]

Patrick J. Roache (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1976 | ISBN-10: 0913478059 | ISBN-13: 978-0913478059 | Edition: Revised

The successor to the original pioneering text "Computational Fluid Dynamics" (tranlated into Russian, Japanese and Chinese, and cited over 2066 times through 1995)this book covers the history and practice of CFD. Covered are both incompressible and compressible flows (including implicit methods for compressible flows and TVD methods),cartesian and body-fitted grid generation, recommendations on testing and information processing, finite difference vs. finite element methods, direct solvers, multigrid methods, high-order accuracy methods in non-orthogonal grids, the flux-based method of characteristics, solution adaptive methods, semidirect methods, contaminant transport in porous media, Richardson Exptrapolation and other error estimators, and verification and validation. A reviewer stated the book belongs on the bookshelf of every CFD practitioner.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Patrick J. Roache has been a pioneer is Computational Fluid Dynamics since completing his Ph.D. in 1967. After a research appointment at Sandia Laboratories, he founded a small R&D firm. He has served as visiting and adjunct professor at six universities. He has authored 4 technical books and over 100 technical papers, and worked in aerodynamics, ocean modeling, and environmental performance analysis. He has received awards from two universities and the Knapp Award from ASME. He is a Fellow of ASME, and has served as the Associate Editor for Numerical Methods for the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. He chaired the AIAA Fluid Dynamics subcommittee on publication standards for CFD, and serves on several professional committees involved in standards for Verification and Validation; he also teaches a course on this subject for AIAA. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 446 pages
• Publisher: Hermosa Pub; Revised edition (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913478059
• ISBN-13: 978-0913478059
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,386,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, January 28, 2002

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Hardcover)

CFD is a rapidly evolving area. The advances made in the last couple of decades are quite significant. This book describes the techniques that were state-of-the art many years ago. The extra chapters in part II of the book do not cover the new techniques in sufficient depth. Therefore it is my opinion that the book has only historical value. I regreted buying it and I propose the book by Ferziger & Peric for the engineer/scientist who wants to seriously get involved with CFD.

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent Introduction to CFD, June 18, 2011

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Hardcover)

Dr. Roache has improved on the best book ever written on Computational Fluid Dynamics. No other CFD book contains as thorough and complete a bibliography citing ALL of the significent contributions to CFD since its beginning. This remains an outstanding reference text, especially for newcomers to the field.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference book, June 18, 2000

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This review is from: Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Hardcover)

This book is an expanded version of Roache's classical book on CFD. It addresses simulation of incompressible (stream-function and primitive-variable formulation) and compressible flow. The level of detail of the presentation makes the book adequate for beginners and experienced CFD practitioners alike. New material include topics on grid generation and multigrid. Although some of this new material is convered on relatively short chapters, the book remains a very solid reference.