Vortex Element Methods for Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Engineering Systems

Describes advanced fluid flow methods for design and analysis of engineering systems.

Part I. The Surface Vorticity Boundary Integral Method of Fluid Flow Analysis: 1. The basis of surface singularity modelling; 2. Lifting bodies, two-dimensional aerofoils and cascades; 3. Mixed-flow and radial cascades; 4. Bodies of revolution, ducts and annuli; 5. Ducted propellers and fans; 6. Three-dimensional and meridional flows in turbo-machines; 7. Free vorticity shear layers and inverse methods; Part II. Vortex Dynamics and Vortex Cloud Analysis: 8. Vortex dynamics in inviscid flows; 9. Simulation of viscous diffusion in discrete vortex modelling; 10. Vortex cloud modelling by the boundary integral method; 11. Further development and applications of vortex cloud modelling to lifting bodies and cascades; 12. Use of grid systems in vortex dynamics and meridional flows; Appendix.