Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Introduction [Hardcover]

Eleuterio F. Toro (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3540659668 | ISBN-13: 978-3540659662 | Publication Date: August 27, 1999 | Edition: 2nd

High resolution upwind and centered methods are today a mature generation of computational techniques applicable to a wide range of engineering and scientific disciplines, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) being the most prominent up to now. This textbook gives a comprehensive, coherent and practical presentation of this class of techniques. The book is designed to provide readers with an understanding of the basic concepts, some of the underlying theory, the ability to critically use the current research papers on the subject, and, above all, with the required information for the practical implementation of the methods. Applications include: compressible, steady, unsteady, reactive, viscous, non-viscous and free surface flows.

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High resolution upwind and centred methods are today a mature generation of computational techniques applicable to a wide range of engineering and scientific disciplines, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) being the most prominent up to now. This textbook gives a comprehensive, coherent and practical presentation of this class of techniques. The book is designed to provide readers with an understanding of the basic concepts, some of the underlying theory, the ability to critically use the current research papers on the subject, and, above all, with the required information for the practical implementation of the methods.  Direct applicability of the methods  include: compressible, steady, unsteady, reactive, viscous, non-viscous and free surface flows. For this third edition the book was thoroughly revised and  contains substantially more, and new material both in its fundamental as well as in its applied parts. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 624 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (August 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540659668
• ISBN-13: 978-3540659662
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,345,044 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Post Graduate Compressible flow, December 18, 2000

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Richard Torrens (Uxbridge, Middlesex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Introduction (Hardcover)

Have to agree with Mark, this book is quite superb. Professor Toro does a superb job - it took me from knowing nothing about shock capture to being able to write my own high resolution code in about six months. Coupled with the Numerica software it is an invaluable tool for learning about compressible flow.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's hoping for a third edition of this great text!, June 29, 2001

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Vincent Tang (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Introduction (Hardcover)

This is the book you want if you need to solve real compressible flow problems. It covers all the basics plus there's tons of advanced materials. I especially like the fact that there are numerous detailed examples and coding templates. In addition, the book contains a very extensive reference, allowing the reader to go back to the orginal papers.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding text or reference for graduate level CFD!, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics (Hardcover)

By far the best computational fluid dynamics text I have come across during my thesis research! The author presents modern shock-capturing numerical methods for solving the time-dependent hyperbolic conservation laws in multiple dimensions with exceptional clarity. Most of the text focuses on Godunov methods and is littered with practical applications and discussions for those with a limited background in CFD. In addition, Toro presents a simpler interpretation of his WAF method. In terms of readability, I found this book to be far superior. It will undoubtedly become as indispensible in the CFD field as those by Fletcher, Hirsch and LeVeque!