Multi-Grid Methods and Applications (Springer Series in Computational Mathematics)

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This introduction to computational fluid dynamics serves as a unique advanced-undergraduate text that brings together Cebeci's lifelong experience as a teacher at the University of California and a senior scientist for Boeing Company. Conservation equations for compressible and incompressible flows are the prime theme. The text concentrates on finite difference and finite volume methods and mostly treats two-dimensional flows, while it also keeps key arguments general enough to apply to the three-dimensional case as well. It also provides methods for solving model parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic equations, and two chapters address boundary-layer equations. The treatment of the transition from laminar to turbulent flow makes use of the e ⁿ method. Further topics are grid generation methods and extensive discussions of the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations. The book is accompanied by a CD including computer programs that have been tested in many practical applications in industrial fluid mechanics engineering.

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Good book, but beware..........2007-03-03

This is a well written book. The only problem I have with it is that it has a misleading title: Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers: From Panel to Navier-Stokes Methods WITH COMPUTER PROGRAMS. While the book does come with SOME computer programs (ie, FORTRAN source), there are many chapters that don't contain the source code with the included CD. This is pretty bad, especially if you'd like to write your own code. At first I thought that the publisher somehow forgot to write some of the files to the CD, so I contacted one the authors asking if he could send me some of the missing source files. It turns out that I would have to pay an extra $90 to have access to the remaining source code! No way, I'm not doing it (I'm a poor student). This was definitely a frustrating. With $50 you can get yourself a copy of the Fluent student version to validate you're own code!

Extremely good for applied CFD with engineering approach. Clear to beginners also.......2006-06-03

I am an aerospace engineer but have been working in experimental research for the last year when my interest in CFD came along.

This book was my first book ever bought in CFD; I went through many others from the library, but I bought this one because of its practical, and still precise and in-depth analysis of numerical methods applied to fluid dynamics.

It also dedicate a chapter to the Hess-Smith panel method applied to 2D aerodynamic bodies and it clearely gives enough details and practical steps to develop and write your own panel method code.

Every chapter has excercices at the end, but mostly, the author accompanies the expemples with codes written in fortran and reported in the CD.

The only thing that sometimes might be noticed (very lightly), are some typos or missing explanations on how he changed the notation.

A book to have for a beginner who is willing to intensevly learn CFD and computation.

Mesh Generation: Application to Finite Elements

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Mesh Generation: Application to Finite Elements
Pascal Jean Frey , and Paul-Louis George
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ASIN: 1903398002

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A comprehensive survey, this study examines the different algorithms and data structures used in triangulation and mesh generation that are widely employed in various engineering fields that make use of physical models based on partial differential equations (PDE). Many aspects of mesh generation are described, including modification tools, evaluation criteria, optimization, adaptive construction, and parallel techniques.

Computational Grids: Generations, Adaptation & Solution Strategies (Series in Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)

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Grids and Solutions

Computational Grids: Generations, Adaptation & Solution Strategies (Series in Computational and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)
Graham F. Carey
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ASIN: 1560326352

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In this comprehensive volume a treatment of grid generation, adaptive refinement, and redistribution techniques is developed together with supporting mathematical, algorithmic, and software concepts. Efficient solution strategies that exploit grid hierarchies are also described and analyzed. Emphasis is on the fundamental ideas, but the presentation includes practical guidelines for designing and implementing grid strategies.

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Grids and Solutions.......2000-04-27

The title is a bit misleading. It is a book about solutions(finite-element method) and adaptations. You can learn how to generate and modify(adaptation) the computational grid (mainly triangular)for solutions by finite-element method. It is a bit too mathematical, but not too much for engineers to read. Many algorithms are described such as Delaunay triangulation, and also data structures for adaptation. A useful book to those who wants to learn about solution adaptation procedure.

Automatic Mesh Generation: Application to Finite Element Methods

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Automatic Mesh Generation: Application to Finite Element Methods
P. L. George
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Computational Fluid Dynamics With Moving Boundaries (Series in Computational Methods and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)

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Computational Fluid Dynamics With Moving Boundaries (Series in Computational Methods and Physical Processes in Mechanics and Thermal Sciences)
Wei Shyy
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ASIN: 1560324589

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Presents developments in computational techniques pertaining to moving boundary problems in fluid dynamics. It describes several computational techniques which can be applied to a variety of problems in thermo-fluid physics, multi-phase flow, and applied mechanics which involve moving flow boundaries. The book demonstrates the application of a variety of techniques for the numerical solution of moving boundary problems within the framework of the finite-volume approach, with appropriate examples.

Examples of finite element mesh generation using SDRC IDEAS (SuDoc NAS 1.26:186962)

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Examples of finite element mesh generation using SDRC IDEAS (SuDoc NAS 1.26:186962)
John Zapp
Manufacturer: Radiation Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center National Technical Information Service, distributor
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Grid Generation Methods (Scientific Computation)

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NOT A BOOK FOR BEGINNER
Not for the non-expert

Grid Generation Methods (Scientific Computation)
Vladimir D. Liseikin
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540656863

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The book is an introduction to methods of grid generation technology in scientfic computing. Special attention is given to methods developed by the author for the treatment of singularly-perturbed equations, e.g. in modeling high Reynolds number flows. Functionals of conformality, orthogonality, energy and alignment are discussed.

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NOT A BOOK FOR BEGINNER.......2003-10-03

THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN BY A ONE ROCKET SCIENIST FOR ANOTHER. AUTHOR
ASSUMES THAT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. I DISLIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE COMPLETELY WORKED OUT EXAMPLE THAT ACTUALLY
GENERATES A GRID. I BELIEVE, EVERY CHAPTER SHOULD HAVE 3 OR 4
COMPLETELY WORKED OUT EXAMPLES. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A GOOD
BOOK ON GRID GENERATION FOR YEARS. I AM YET TO FIND A SINGLE
BOOK THAT HAVE WORKED OUT EXAMPLES IN THEM. IF ANYBODY KNOWS A
GOOD BOOK ON GRID GENERATION WITH WORKED OUT EXAMPLES, AND CAN
RESPOND TO MY REVIEW IT WILL BE GREATELY APPRECIATED. CLEARLY
NOT A BOOK FOR SELF STUDY.

Not for the non-expert.......2000-10-18

The book assumes that the reader has an exceptionally strong background in mathematics. One would expect that no matter how "obvious" the proofs to the theorems in the book may be (as the author claims), the author would at least present them. Slight inconsistencies and unclear definitions are scattered throughout the book. I highly recommend that you search for a different book.

Modeling, Mesh Generation, and Adaptive Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications)

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Modeling, Mesh Generation, and Adaptive Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations (The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications)

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With considerations such as complex-dimensional geometries and nonlinearity, the computational solution of partial differential systems has become so involved that it is important to automate decisions that have been normally left to the individual. This book covers such decisions: 1) mesh generation with links to the software generating the domain geometry, 2) solution accuracy and reliability with mesh selection linked to solution generation. This book is suited for mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers and is intended to encourage interdisciplinary interaction between the diverse groups.

Multigrid Methods for Integral and Differential Equations (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Conference Series New Series)

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Multigrid Methods for Integral and Differential Equations (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Conference Series New Series)

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Written by leading numerical analysts, this state-of-the-art collection covers the design and implementation of programs for the multigrid method, which first came to prominence in the late 1970s. Now considered a significant computational tool, the multigrid method has allowed substantial
progress in the development of efficient, robust methods for solving field equations, and has made accessible new areas of computation, such as three-dimensional simulation. Indeed, in many cases, this method allows a realization of optimal algorithms, whose computational work grows linearly with
the number of unknowns in a system of equations. With contributions by internationally recognized experts such as Achi Brandt, Wolfgang Hackbusch, Pieter Wesseling and Ulrich Trottenberg.

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'The annotation is consistently thoughtful and well judged, giving plenty of precise help with lexical and syntactical problems, and offering valuable verbal and cultural analogues from contemporary literature' 'No edition of these difficult and controversial poems will command agreement at all points, but this must now be the edition of first resort' Paul Hammond, Review of English Studies 'sharpens our focus on the documentary record of the Sonnets, and gives the best scholarly account yet of some of its words.' Alastair Fowler, Times Literary Supplement "The new edition...edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones, is the clearest, most complete and up-to-date there is. She is the first editor for general readers not to mumble when dealing with the homoerotic aspect. Under her meticulous direction, the sequence opens out like a magical garden, its beauties enhanced, its mysterious prospects illuminated." Duncan Fallowell, The Independent `It is Duncan-Jones's intention as scholar and critic to confront the issue of sexuality which Kerrigan and other editors have consistently side-stepped...Hers is an edition which uniquely makes the Sonnets issue from the body's moods as well as the mind's.' Tom Paulin, London Review of Books `This new edition, handsome, crisp in annotation, and rich in historical detail, shows that the Sonnets are effectively Shakespeare's life's work...Its most radical claim is not the familiar one that the poems are homosexual, but that Shakespeare authorised their publication.' Evening Standard

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Shakespeare,s dedicatee " unmasked".......2007-07-04

Katherine Duncan-Jones in the Arden Shakespeare's Sonnets is closer to Stephen Booth's linguistic approach from Helen Vendler,s artistic analysis of the Sonnets. I think she made a mature choice because Old Will in his love lyrics is ambigous and misleading.His words are loaded with meanings and accordingly are open to more than one interpretation.Publishing the detailed notes and commentry on the same page looks more practical and helpful, not only for the students but also for the general reader.Nevertheless, Hank Wittemore's version of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, recently published for the first time , emphasizes that the dedicatee of Shakespeare,s Sonnets is Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton and not William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke as the Arden,s editor of the Sonnets suggests in her introduction. Since 400 years the dedicatee,s identity had been masked. A.L. Rowse in 1964 published his version of the Sonnets and held that Shakespeare dedicated his poems to his close friend and patron Earl of Southampton. Now Wriothesley proved what Rowse had cocluded in his literary and historical researching half a century ago.
In the next edition of the Arden,s Sonnets I hope Katherine Duncan-Jones sheds more illuminating light on this issue which puzzled many Shakespearians for a very long time.

Abdulsattar Jawad
Duke University

The Introduction is worth the price of the book, ten times the price.......2007-02-06

Ms. Duncan-Jones' Introduction is an extraordinary example of scholarship. To say that the Sonnets have been controversial throughout the time since their publication is a mild understatement. Ms. Duncan-Jones casts a brilliant and unwavering spotlight on these controversies and resolves them.

Any serious student of Shakespeare must read this Introduction.

If there is a failing in the book, it is in the actual footnotes to the Sonnets themselves. But in the context of Booth's footnotes, for example, this failing is insignificant. Anyone who wants a line-by-line exegesis of the Sonnets has many resources available.

Go get this book and read the Introduction!

Excellent edition.......2006-05-27

I recently used the Arden edition of the Sonnets in a graduate level course on Renaissance literature. It's useful, too, to have Helen Vendler's "Art of the Sonnet," as well as the Penguin edition (fewer notes than the Arden). Quite simply, the Arden excels in the scholarly apparatus. Also, for a concise, readable supplement, include Greenblatt's "Will in the World" (the chapter on the sonnets). But for a close study of the sonnets, if you need a single edition, Arden is terrific.

Ardens are Fantastic.......2005-09-12

The secondary source material found in the appendices, the fantastic footnotes, the capacioius introductions, the big clear typeface, the textual editing decisions, all make the Ardens the best single-volume Shakespeares by a long shot. The rest pale by comparison.

The only drawback, god forgive this y-chromosomed curmudgeon, that I can see in this particular Arden is that the editor, Katherine Duncan-Jones, often tends to lean a bit too far to the left, indulging into too much gender politic-ing.

Duncan-Jones also spends a quite a bit of time arguing in a rather extended manner for composition dates that are self-consciously 'provocative' and seem to be much too speculative for an introduction.

One could match this with Booth's version, which by comparison seems perhaps a touch more shallow and hidebound-- but more solid, and get a nice complimentary set of typefaces and editorial views that would balance out nicely, I would suspect.

Great books come to those who wait.......2001-05-18

I am a great fan of Shakespeare, so when I bought this book what I was expecting wasn't what I saw. I saw the most intriguing sonnets probaly ever known to man. It wasn't all about love and fear. It was involving a great many things. It had all the human feelings, sadness, happieness, hate, love, curiosity, fear, pain, grief, stress, and you get the ideal. I don't want to give it away so if you seem interested read this wounderful book.

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