The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

Hey guys, Im an VFX artist at www.blur.com

And I want to start getting into programing my own fluid solvers and tools for artists. But what I need is what base do I need to start. What math branches? Physic topics? Programming. What are the general ideas and skills do I need to start developing to do this. Im pretty good at math. I can script but i need a base to start and a goal to reach. What I want to know is what do I need to understand in order to do this?

Re: The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

Fluid solvers needs a multi discipline approach.

The following branches u have to be strong

a) Fluid dynamics

b) Mathematics

c) Programming

d) Visulalizaton & physical interpretation.

Specially for the CFD beginer's I have a started my blog

.asearchoncfd.blogspot.

Note, Recently only i started this blog.

Re: The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

Hey cool man, that link didnt work :(

As for the math what kind of math do I need to know, linear algebra, calculus ect.

Re: The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

check it here dude.

http://asearchoncfd.blogspot

Specifically in maths Integrals, Differentiation, Numerical methods.

Re: The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

Basically, for coding a fluid animation model, you need a basic understanding of vector calculus, interpolation, Taylor series and linear algebra (for solving the Poisson equation).

For a description of fluid animation techniques you should look for the papers by Jos Stam and Ron Fedkiw.

The book "Physics-Based Animation" by Erleben et al. covers a lot of what you need to know.

Re: The Fundamentals of CFDs
 

link still does not work.

Regards