Synopses & Reviews
Dealing with general problems in fluid mechanics, convection diffusion, compressible and incompressible laminar and turbulent flow, shallow water flows and waves, this is the leading text and reference for engineers working with fluid dynamics in fields such as aerospace engineering, vehicle design, thermal engineering and many other engineering applications. Since the appearance of the first edition 38 years ago, this complete stand-alone fluids volume covers the latest developments and methods essential for engineers and researchers.
• Full coverage of fluid mechanics applications of the FEM for mechanical, aeronautical, automotive, marine and civil engineers
• New material including full use of the CBS algorithm; artificial compressibility; new chapters on turbulent flows, free surface treatments; porous media flows; expanded shallow water flows; and long and medium short waves
• Accompanied by online downloadable software
Together with the first and third self-contained volumes, The Finite Element Method Set provides a formidable resource covering the theory and the application of FEM, including the basis of the method, its application to advanced solid and structural mechanics and to computational fluid dynamics.
Review
"It is very difficult to write a book which covers the entire finite element field. ..The authors have made a splendid attempt at a very difficult task. The books remain a tremendous bargain...and are an invaluable guide to the entire field of finite elements. If you are serious about working on finite elements you cannot do without this book."
Mathematics Today, August 2001.
"...the publication of the first edition was an epoch making event...it is written by...the greatest theorist of the subject. If you are serious about finite elements, this is a book that you simply cannot afford to be without."
International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering.
"..the pre-eminent reference work on finite element analysis." Applied Mechanical Review
"...a very good book...presentation is first class...will be of great assistance to all engineers and scientists interested in the method...a very commendable piece of work." Journal of the British Society for Strain Measurement
Review
mendable piece of work." Journal of the British Society for Strain Measurement
Synopsis
The sixth edition of these seminal books delivers the most up to date and comprehensive reference yet on the finite element method for all engineers and mathematicians. Renowned for their scope, range and authority, the new editions have been significantly developed in terms of both contents and scope. Each book is now complete in its own right and provides self-contained reference; used together they provide a formidable resource covering the theory and the application of the universally used FEM.
In the years since the fifth edition was published, active research has continued to develop the Finite Element Method as the pre-eminent tool for the modelling of physical systems. Written by the leading professors in their fields, these new edition of the Finite Element Method maintains the comprehensive style of the earlier editions incorporate the latest developments in this dynamic subject. The three books cover the basis of the method, its application to solid mechanics and to fluid dynamics.
Synopsis
Dealing with general problems in fluid mechanics, convection diffusion, compressible and incompressible laminar and turbulent flow, shallow water flows and waves, this is the leading text and reference for engineers working with fluid dynamics in fields including aerospace engineering, vehicle design, thermal engineering and many other engineering applications. The new edition is a complete fluids text and reference in its own right. Along with its companion volumes it forms part of the indispensable
Finite Element Method series.
New material in this edition includes sub-grid scale modelling; artificial compressibility; full new chapters on turbulent flows, free surface flows and porous medium flows; expanded shallow water flows plus long, medium and short waves; and advances in parallel computing.
* A complete, stand-alone reference on fluid mechanics applications of the FEM for mechanical, aeronautical, automotive, marine, chemical and civil engineers.
* Extensive new coverage of turbulent flow and free surface treatments
* Accompanied by downloadable FEM source code
Synopsis
The leading source on fluid mechanics FEM, by two of the subject's pioneers
Synopsis
Dealing with general problems in fluid mechanics, convection diffusion, compressible and incompressible laminar and turbulent flow, shallow water flows and waves, this is the leading text and reference for engineers working with fluid dynamics in fields including aerospace engineering, vehicle design, thermal engineering and many other engineering applications. The new edition is a complete fluids text and reference in its own right. Along with its companion volumes it forms part of the indispensable
Finite Element Method series.
New material in this edition includes sub-grid scale modelling; artificial compressibility; full new chapters on turbulent flows, free surface flows and porous medium flows; expanded shallow water flows plus long, medium and short waves; and advances in parallel computing.
* A complete, stand-alone reference on fluid mechanics applications of the FEM for mechanical, aeronautical, automotive, marine, chemical and civil engineers.
* Extensive new coverage of turbulent flow and free surface treatments
* Accompanied by downloadable FEM source code
Synopsis
, The Finite Element Method Set provides a formidable resource covering the theory and the application of FEM, including the basis of the method, its application to advanced solid and structural mechanics and to computational fluid dynamics.
About the Author
Dr. P. Nithiarasu, Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, has over ten years of experience in the finite element based computational fluid dynamics research. He moved to Swansea in 1996 after completing his PhD research at IIT Madras. He was awarded Zienkiewicz silver medal and prize of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK in 2002. In 2004 he was selected to receive the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) award for young scientists in computational engineering sciences. Dr Nithiarasu is the author of several articles in the area of fluid dynamics, porous medium flows and the finite element method.
Lecturer at the School of Engineering, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Table of Contents
Introduction to the equations of fluid dynamics and the finite element approximation; Convection dominated problems – finite element approximations to the convection–diffusion-reaction equation; The characteristic-based split (CBS) algorithm. A general procedure for compressible and incompressible flow; Incompressible Newtonian laminar flows; Incompressible non-Newtonian flows; Free surface and buoyancy driven flows; Compressible high-speed gas flow; Turbulent flows; Flow through porous media; Shallow water problems; Long and medium waves; Short waves; Computer implementation of the CBS algorithm; Appendices