Download or read book Direct Modeling for Computational Fluid Dynamics written by Kun Xu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies the flow motion in a discretized space. Its basic scale resolved is the mesh size and time step. The CFD algorithm can be constructed through a direct modeling of flow motion in such a space. This book presents the principle of direct modeling for the CFD algorithm development, and the construction unified gas-kinetic scheme (UGKS). The UGKS accurately captures the gas evolution from rarefied to continuum flows. Numerically it provides a continuous spectrum of governing equation in the whole flow regimes. Contents:Direct Modeling for Computational Fluid DynamicsIntroduction to Gas Kinetic TheoryIntroduction to Nonequilibrium Flow SimulationsGas Kinetic SchemeUnified Gas Kinetic SchemeLow Speed Microflow StudiesHigh Speed Flow StudiesUnified Gas Kinetic Scheme for Diatomic GasConclusion Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and professionals interested in computational fluid dynamics. Key Features:Direct modeling for CFD is self-contained and unified in presentationIt may be used as an advanced textbook by graduate students and even ambitious undergraduates in computational fluid dynamicsIt is also suitable for experts in CFD who wish to have a new understanding of the fundamental problems in the subject and study alternative approaches in CFD algorithm development and applicationThe explanations in the book are detailed enough to capture the interest of the curious reader, and complete enough to provide the necessary background material needed to go further into the subject and explore the research literatureKeywords:Direct Modeling;Unified Gas Kinetic Scheme;Boltzmann Equation;Kinetic Collision Model;Asymptotic Preserving Method