I have been using Finite Volume Method for about six years. Recently I am required to use Finite Element Method to conduct CFD analysis. However I am not familiar with FEM in CFD ( I took courses on FEM in solid mechanics). I need to read some books to start. Who can give me some advice? I appreciate your help.

Yaping

Hi,

have a look at " The Finite Element Method in Engineering Science"

By Zienkiewicz

Mc Graw-Hill

Good luck

Karim

Hi,

my personal favorite is

@BOOK{CuvelierSegalSteenhoven86, AUTHOR = {Cornelius Cuvelier and A. Segal and Anton A. van Steenhoven}, TITLE = {Finite Element Methods and Navier-Stokes-Equations}, PUBLISHER = {D. Reidel Publishing Company Dordrecht Holland}, YEAR = {1986} }

ThoLi

Also check out the FE books by T.J. Chung. Don't have titles for you, sorry.

The book entitled "Finite element analysis in heat transfer" by the Swansea group (Prof.R.W.Lewis, Prof.Morgan, Prof.K.N.Seetharamu and Prof.H.R.Thomas) can also be referred. This is a Wiley Eastern Publication, 1996.

You might try:

Finite Element Computational Fluid Mechanics, BAKER, A. J., 1983, Hemisphere Publishing/McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-003465-6

It is part of an excellent book series which includes:

Numerical Heat Transfer, SHIH, Tien-Mo, 1984, Hemishphere Publishing/Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-89116-257-7 (Hemishphere), or ISBN 3-549-13051-9 (Springer-Verlag)

and the ever popular

Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, PATANKAR, Suhas V., 1980, Hemisphere Publishing/Taylor&Frances, ISBN 0-89116-522-3,

Good Luck,

Tom