Computational Fluid Dynamics

Chapter 2 CFD Solution Procedure—A Beginning

2.1 INTRODUCTION

With the widespread availability and ease of accessibility of many commercial, shareware, and in-house computer codes, today’s CFD users will most probably acquire their necessary skills and knowledge rather differently from yesterday’s CFD users. Such codes have become very prevalent, prominent, and widely used in many fields of academia, industrial sectors, and major research centers. It is therefore not surprising that potential or novice CFD users would be more inclined nowadays to resort to these available codes for learning CFD. The evolution of commercial codes toward more user-friendly environments and applications certainly reflects such demand.

Applying ready-developed CFD ...