Free-Surface Flow

Free-Surface Flow: Computational Methods presents a detailed analysis of numerical schemes for shallow-water waves. It includes practical applications for the numerical simulation of flow and transport in rivers and estuaries, the dam-break problem and overland flow. Closure models for turbulence, such as Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Large Eddy Simulation are presented, coupling the aforementioned surface tracking techniques with environmental fluid dynamics. While many computer programs can solve the partial differential equations describing the dynamics of fluids, many are not capable of including free surfaces in their simulations.

Autorentext
Nikolaos D. Katopodes, University Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States. Dr. Katopodes has chaired or co-chaired 28 PhD student theses. His research has resulted in over 200 publications, and several software packages that are used worldwide for the analysis and control of free-surface flows.

Inhalt

1. Basic Concepts2. Finite-Difference Models for Diffusion3. Finite-Difference Models for Advection4. Finite-Element and Finite-Volume Methods for Scalar Transport

2. Finite-Difference Methods for Equilibrium Problems

   6. Methods for Two-Dimensional Scalar Transport

   7. Methods for Open-Channel Flow
   8. Methods for Two-Dimensional Shallow-Water Flow
   9. Methods for Incompressible Viscous Flow
   10. Deforming Grid Methods
   11. Marker and Cell Method
   12. Volume of Fluid Method
   13. Level Set Method
   14. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

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