This volume offers a tool for High Performance Computing (HPC). A brief historical background
on the subject is first given. Fluid Statics dealing with Pressure in fluids at rest Buoyancy
and Basics of Thermodynamics are next presented. The Finite Volume Method the most convenient
process for HPC is explained in one-dimensional approach to diffusion with convection and
pressure velocity coupling. Adiabatic isentropic and supersonic flows in quasi-one dimensional
flows in axisymmetric nozzles is considered before applying CFD solutions. Though the theory is
restricted to one-dimensional cases three-dimensional CFD examples are also given. Lastly
nozzle flows with normal shocks are presented using turbulence models. Worked examples and
exercises are given in each chapter. Fluids transport thermal energy for its conversion to
kinetic energy thus playing a major role that is central to all heat engines. With the advent
of rotating machinery in the 20th century Fluid Engineering was developed in the form of
hydraulics and hydrodynamics and adapted in engineering Schools across the world until recent
times. With the High Performance Computing (HPC) in recent years Simulation Based Engineering
Science (SBES) has gradually replaced the conventional approach in Fluid Flow Design bringing
Science directly into Engineering without approximations. Hence this SpringerBrief in Applied
Sciences and Technology. This book brings SBES to an entry level allowing young students to
quickly adapt to modern design practices.
