Computational Fluid Dynamics

I am presently in my 4th year of a PhD in Astrophysics. While my background in the analytic portion of Fluid Dynamics is strong my understanding of how one discretizes and solves these equations numerically is somewhat lacking.I picked this book up as a starting point to more complicated methods and found it to be, hands down, one of the best texts I have ever read. It presents the material in a concise, clear, and physically motivated fashion which makes learning the topic incredibly straightforward.While this book is only a 'kicking off' point for more advanced techniques I think it is a must read for beginners and intermediate users. For the first timer to CFD the book will get you started down the right path armed with all the preliminary tools. For the more advanced user it will put aspects of the topic into an easier to understand light and perhaps shed more light on fundamentals that were presented poorly elsewhere.I'd give it ten stars, it's allowed me to crack into the code I'm using and really understand why it works as well as having set me down the path to a more advanced level of understanding of CFD.

This book is great for teaching yourself CFD as a beginner! Dr. Anderson does a wonderful job going through the finite difference method and it feels as if he’s speaking directly to you as the reader. If you’re interested in learning about CFD, this book is a must have.

This is an excellent text to introduce students to CFD. The writing is very clear and enjoyable. The only complaints I have are (1) too many typos for a text published in 1995 (where is the corrected printing?) and (2) the applications and examples are almost exclusively aerodynamic. This is still the best place to begin an exploration of CFD.

This is a very easy book to read. Anderson not only explains the computational methods, he covers the basics and explains the relevance of the equations and terms. This book addresses the needs for people with little background on this subject. I recommend it for any novice interested in obtaining a basic introduction to CFD.

Anderson talks TO you. Whereas in other fluids texts, the author basically just talks to himself; which isn't nearly as personal or fruitful of a learning experience in my opinion. 5 stars.

this book deserves maximum 3 starts not more than that. it is an old book, pictures are back-white and not readable and some chapters (for example, chapter 3) is a summary of summaries. Trust what I said.

I found the basic knowledge for understanding the computational fluid dynamics. If you have "computational fluid dynamics, Hypersonic and high temperature of gas dynamic" and a software for solve linear system and EDO( like Mathenatica), you could make computational fluid dynamic.Also clarify "Time-dependent approach to the steady state","classification of quasi-linear partial differential equations","Implicit and Explicit methods","Boundary-fitted coordinate","Time and space marching".

Most useful CFD text book I've ever read!