The book "Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics" by Joel H. Ferziger, Robert L. Street, and Milovan Perić is a comprehensive guide to computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Fourth Edition, published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, covers the fundamental concepts and advanced methods used in CFD. The authors, with extensive experience in numerical methods and CFD, provide a detailed overview of finite difference, finite volume, and finite element methods. Key topics include: 1. **Basic Concepts of Fluid Flow**: Introduces conservation principles, simplified models, and mathematical classification of flows. 2. **Introduction to Numerical Methods**: Discusses approaches to solving fluid dynamics problems, the components of numerical solutions, and properties of numerical methods. 3. **Finite Difference Methods**: Explains approximation techniques, boundary conditions, and the algebraic equation system. 4. **Finite Volume Methods**: Focuses on surface and volume integrals, interpolation and differentiation practices, and solution of linear equation systems. 5. **Methods for Unsteady Problems**: Covers initial value problems, explicit and implicit methods, and coupled equations. 6. **Solution of the Navier–Stokes Equations**: Details discretization, calculation strategies, and various schemes. 7. **Complex Geometries**: Discusses grid selection, generation, velocity components, and boundary conditions. 8. **Turbulent Flows**: Introduces direct numerical simulation (DNS), large-eddy simulation (LES), and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. 9. **Compressible Flow**: Covers pressure-correction methods, discontinuities, limiters, and preconditioning. 10. **Efficiency and Accuracy Improvement**: Focuses on error analysis, grid quality, multigrid methods, adaptive mesh refinement, and parallel computing. 11. **Special Topics**: Explores heat and mass transfer, variable fluid properties, moving grids, free-surface flows, meteorological and oceanographic applications, multiphase flows, combustion, and fluid-structure interaction. The book emphasizes the importance of numerical error estimation and provides practical examples and downloadable codes to illustrate the methods described. It is designed to be accessible to readers with a background in fluid mechanics and aims to provide a solid foundation for both students and researchers in the field of CFD.The book "Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics" by Joel H. Ferziger, Robert L. Street, and Milovan Perić is a comprehensive guide to computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Fourth Edition, published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG, covers the fundamental concepts and advanced methods used in CFD. The authors, with extensive experience in numerical methods and CFD, provide a detailed overview of finite difference, finite volume, and finite element methods. Key topics include: 1. **Basic Concepts of Fluid Flow**: Introduces conservation principles, simplified models, and mathematical classification of flows. 2. **Introduction to Numerical Methods**: Discusses approaches to solving fluid dynamics problems, the components of numerical solutions, and properties of numerical methods. 3. **Finite Difference Methods**: Explains approximation techniques, boundary conditions, and the algebraic equation system. 4. **Finite Volume Methods**: Focuses on surface and volume integrals, interpolation and differentiation practices, and solution of linear equation systems. 5. **Methods for Unsteady Problems**: Covers initial value problems, explicit and implicit methods, and coupled equations. 6. **Solution of the Navier–Stokes Equations**: Details discretization, calculation strategies, and various schemes. 7. **Complex Geometries**: Discusses grid selection, generation, velocity components, and boundary conditions. 8. **Turbulent Flows**: Introduces direct numerical simulation (DNS), large-eddy simulation (LES), and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. 9. **Compressible Flow**: Covers pressure-correction methods, discontinuities, limiters, and preconditioning. 10. **Efficiency and Accuracy Improvement**: Focuses on error analysis, grid quality, multigrid methods, adaptive mesh refinement, and parallel computing. 11. **Special Topics**: Explores heat and mass transfer, variable fluid properties, moving grids, free-surface flows, meteorological and oceanographic applications, multiphase flows, combustion, and fluid-structure interaction. The book emphasizes the importance of numerical error estimation and provides practical examples and downloadable codes to illustrate the methods described. It is designed to be accessible to readers with a background in fluid mechanics and aims to provide a solid foundation for both students and researchers in the field of CFD.