Fundamentals of Verification and Validation [Hardcover]

Patrick J. Roache (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0913478121 | ISBN-13: 978-0913478127 | Publication Date: September 10, 2009

This text is the successor to Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering (1998). A third of the book covers new material. New chapter, sections and appendices, and other significant new material, are indicated in both the Table of Contents and in the Section Headings so that readers of the original book can easily find subjects of their interest. NEW TOPICS IN CODE VERIFICATION: V&V CREDIBILITY CHECKLIST FOR NON-SPECIALISTS; MORE TUTORIALS ON MMS (METHOD OF MANUFACTURED SOLUTIONS); MORE MMS APPLICATIONS FOR TURBULENT FLOWS; MMS COMPARISONS TO OTHER BENCHMARK METHODS (e.g. ODEs); JUSTIFICATIONS THAT MMS IS NOW THE ACCEPTED GOLD STANDARD. NEW TOPICS IN CALCULATION (SOLUTION) VERIFICATION: MORE GRID CONVERGENCE INDEX (GCI) APPLICATIONS (e.g. TURBULENCE); LEAST SQUARES GCI; DETECTION OF SINGULARITIES IN COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS; ITERATION CONVERGENCE & FAR-FIELD BOUNDARY ERRORS; BAYESIAN VS STRICT FREQUENTIST INTERPRETATIONS; IMPLIED UNCERTAINTY OF ERROR ESTIMATES; ASSESSMENTS FROM SMALL SAMPLE STUDIES; ON NOT DISCARDING OUTLIERS; SINGLE GRID WIBERG ERROR ESTIMATORS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES FROM SINGLE GRID ERROR ESTIMATORS; MIXED-ORDER METHODS & NONLINEAR FLUX LIMITERS; LES AND DNS METHODS; INCREMENTAL COSTS OF GRID CONVERGENCE STUDIES - THE BLESSING OF DIMENSIONALITY; ADDITIONAL HIGH QUALITY STUDIES CONFIRMING THE GCI; GCI IS NOW ACCEPTED STANDARD (ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering). NEW TOPICS IN VALIDATION: OBJECTIONS TO VALIDATION BASED ON PHILOSOPHY OF KARL POPPER; DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF VALIDATION; VALIDATING TEMPORAL PREDICTIONS VS OUTCOMES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY AND MODEL FORM UNCERTAINTY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY IN VALIDATION VS PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS; EXTENDING VALIDATION BEYOND EXPERIMENTAL SETPOINTS; TOTAL VALIDATION UNCERTAINTY - ASME ANSI STANDARD V&V 20

Editorial Reviews

Review

Review of the 1998 predecessor to Fundamentals of Verification and Validation by Patrick J. Roache. Review by Mark Ainsworth in SIAM Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, 1999, pp. 89-810. The style of the book is unique among modern scientific texts... I suspect it will be difficult for any computational scientist or engineer to open at any page and not be drawn into the argument. The two main themes ... are central to the future role of computational simulation and modeling in a world increasingly concerned with quality assessment and public accountability. Five appendices are provided and constitute engrossing reading in their own right. The reader will find food for thought in this provocative text, and certainly a great deal to quarrel with, but always something of interest. The author should be congratulated on tackling a difficult and topical subject in an original and entertaining fashion. --SIAM Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, 1999, pp. 89-810.

About the Author

Dr. Patrick J. Roache's primary area of expertise is in the numerical solution of partial differential equations, particularly those of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and electrodynamics, with special interest in Verification and Validation. He is the author of the original (1972) CFD book Computational Fluid Dynamics (translated into Japanese, Russian, and Chinese), the monograph Elliptic Marching Methods for Domain Decomposition, the widely referenced Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering, the successor to the original CFD book Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics, and the successor to the original V&V book Fundamentals of Verification and Validation (2009). He co-edited an ASME symposium proceedings on Quantification of Uncertainty in CFD, wrote a chapter on that subject for Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, and co-authored a Chapter in the Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition. He has authored over 100 archive journal and conference publications, 2 widely referenced reviews, and 20 company reports. His research experience includes solution-adaptive grid generation, multigrid methods, pseudo-spectral methods, modified method of characteristics, and direct methods for elliptic equations. He has developed high-order time-dependent methods for strongly transient flows and efficient semidirect methods for steady flows. With Prof. S. Steinberg, he pioneered the use of computer Artificial Intelligence (Symbolic Manipulation) in CFD and variational grid generation. He developed the Tetra-ELF codes for calculation of nonlinear electric fields in lasers. Other research interests include unsteady aerodynamics, ocean modeling, domain decomposition, groundwater flow and transport, multiphase flow in porous media, passive solar energy system modeling, free convection flows, double diffusion flows, boundary layer transition, base pressure prediction, flow visualization, analytical flight mechanics, and engineering design optimization. He and his staff at Ecodynamics were instrumental in the Performance Assessments for the DOE WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Project). Dr. Roache has extensive teaching experience, including aerodynamics, gas dynamics, boundary layer theory, flight mechanics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, mathematics (analysis), numerical methods, and CFD, and has taught eleven short courses (six for AIAA) on Verification and Validation. He has served as Adjunct Faculty and Visiting Professor in engineering and mathematics at six universities. He has served as a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratories and Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Army BRL, Kozo Keikaku of Japan, Flow Industries, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, SAIC, LATA, RDA, BDM, and Idaho National Laboratories. Dr. Roache served as Associate Editor for Numerical Methods for the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering from 1985 to 1988, and co-authored that journal s innovative Policy Statement on the Control of Numerical Accuracy. He also chaired the AIAA Fluid Dynamics subcommittee on Publication Standards for Computational Fluid Dynamics which produced the AIAA Policy Statements on Numerical Accuracy. He has served on the Advisory Editorial Board of six international journals and on several Review Boards and Committees. He has received career awards from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Notre Dame, and the ASME Knapp Award. Committee work and publications on Verification and Validation include ASCE Free Surface Flow Model Verifications and ASME Committees on V&V in Computational Solid Mechanics (PTC-60) and Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (PTC-61). Ph.D. (1967) Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame. For full resume, visit hermosa publishers website.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 476 pages
• Publisher: Hermosa Publishers (September 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913478121
• ISBN-13: 978-0913478127
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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