Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow / Edition 2

by Elaine S. Oran, Jay P. Boris

Overview

Reactive flows encompass a broad range of physical phenomena, interacting over many different time and space scales. Such flows occur in combustion, chemical lasers, the earth's oceans and atmosphere, and in stars. Because of a similarity in their descriptive equations, procedures for constructing numerical models of these systems are also similar, and these similarities can be exploited. Moreover, using the latest technology, what were once difficult and expensive computations can now be done on desktop computers. This new edition of a highly successful book presents algorithms useful for reactive flow simulations, describes trade-offs involved in their use, and gives guidance for building and using models of complex reactive flows. It takes account of the explosive growth in computer technology and the greatly increased capacity for solving complex reactive-flow problems that has occurred since the previous edition was published more than fifteen years ago. An indispensable guide on how to construct, use, and interpret numerical simulations of reactive flows, this book will be welcomed by advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and a wide range of researchers and practitioners in engineering, physics, and chemistry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521581752
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/06/2000
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	550
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 10.31(h) x 1.46(d)

Table of Contents

1. An overview of numerical simulation; 2. The reactive flow modeling program; 3. Models and simulation; 4. Some general numerical considerations; 5. Ordinary differential equations: reaction mechanisms and other local phenomena; 6. Representations, resolution, and grids; 7. Diffusive transport processes; 8. Computational fluid dynamics: continuity equations; 9. Computational fluid dynamics: using more flow physics; 10. Boundaries, interfaces, and implicit algorithms; 11. Coupling models of reactive flow processes; 12. Turbulence and reactive flows; 13. Radiation transport and reactive flows.

Editorial Reviews

"This book takes account of the explosive growth in computer technology and the greatly increased capacity for solving complex reactive flow problems that have occurred since the first edition was published in 1987. It presents algorithms useful for reactive flow simulations, describes tradeoffs involved in their use, and gives guidance for building and using models of complex reactive flows. The text covers both new topics and significant changes in the treatment of radiation transport, coupling, grids and representations, and turbulence." International Aerospace Abstracts

"I find this book a very useful refrence since it is written by people with first hand experience in 'dirty computation,' who can apreciate the practical problems a numerical modeller may face up with." The Aeronautical Journal, Ning Qin, Cranfield University

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