Discontinuous Finite Elements in Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer / Edition 1

by Ben Q. Li

Overview

Over the past several years, significant advances have been made in developing the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for applications in fluid flow and heat transfer. Certain unique features of the method have made it attractive as an alternative for other popular methods such as finite volume and finite elements in thermal fluids engineering analyses. This book is written as an introductory textbook on the discontinuous finite element method for senior undergraduate and graduate students in the area of thermal science and fluid dynamics. It also can be used as a reference book for researchers and engineers who intend to use the method for research in computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer. A good portion of this book has been used in a course for computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students. It also has been used by some graduate students for self-study of the basics of discontinuous finite elements. This monograph assumes that readers have a basic understanding of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer and some background in numerical analysis. Knowledge of continuous finite elements is not necessary but will be helpful. The book covers the application of the method for the simulation of both macroscopic and micro/nanoscale fluid flow and heat transfer phenomena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849969901
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	12/13/2010
Series:	Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Pages:	578
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)

About the Author

Dr. Ben Q. Li is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. He has a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. His teaching and research is in computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer for thermofluids engineering and biological systems. He has published over 150 technical papers in his research area.

Table of Contents

Discontinuous Finite Element Procedures.- Shape Functions and Elemental Calculations.- Conduction Heat Transfer and Potential Flows.- Convection-dominated Problems.- Incompressible Flows.- Compressible Fluid Flows.- External Radiative Heat Transfer.- Radiative Transfer in Participating Media.- Free and Moving Boundary Problems.- Micro and Nanoscale Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer.- Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Electromagnetic Fields.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This monograph is written as an introductory textbook on the discontinuous finite element method for senior undergraduate and graduate students in the area of thermal science and fluid dynamics. The book covers the applications of the method for the simulation of both macroscopic and micro/nanoscopic fluid flows and heat transfer phenomena. … present textbook provides scientists, applied mathematicians and research engineerings with a throughout treatment of basic concepts and specific techniques for the use of discontinuous Galerkin methods in computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer."
(Titus Petrila, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1110 (12), 2007)

"Li...offers a very rigorous, accurate introduction to this topic...This book is quite comprehensive and mathematically rigorous enough to impart the basics of discontinuous finite element methods...Summing Up: Recommended."
(S. E. Haupt, Choice, November 2006)

"This book contains a rather detailed description of the discontinuous finite element methods (mainly discontinuous Galerkin methods) in the context of fluid dynamics and heat transfer. … The book under review is written for practitioners of the discontinuous finite element method in science and engineering. … a valuable addition to the literature. It is suitable to serve as a textbook for a graduate course, or a reference book for researchers or engineers who would like to learn this effective numerical method … ." (Chi-Wang Shu, SIAM Review, Vol. 49 (1), 2007)

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