Contents




            Introduction
                                                                                 1

            Part I: The NNFM Series and its Origins

            Introduction                                                        11
            The NNFM Series
            E.H. Hirschel                                                       13
            The Origin of the Series in the GAMM-Committee for
            Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics
            C. Weiland, E.H. Hirschel                                            19
            The Environment of the Series in the Initial Phase
            E. Krause                                                           29
            German and EU High-Performance Computation Centers
            S. Wagner                                                           45

            Part II: Co-Editors Forum: Selected Worldwide Developments

            Introduction                                                        59
            General Developments of Numerical Fluid Mechanics Until
            the Middle of the 20th Century
            A. Rizzi, E.H. Hirschel                                             61




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Golden Age of French CFD in the 1970-80s: Aerodynamics
with Finite Elements and the European Multi-Physics
HERMES Program
J. Periaux, 0. Pironneau, P. Perrier                            77
Code Development in the German Aerospace Industry up to
the Mid 1990s
 W. Haase, E.H. Hirschel                                        85
Discontinuities in Compressible Flows: Italian Contributions
M. Pandolfi                                                    99
Flashback: 30 Years Numerical Fluid Mechanics and
Aerodynamics in Japan, other Asian Countries and the
Western Pacific Rim
K. Fujii, N. Satofuka                                          109
Computational Fluid Mechanics in Russia
Yu. I. Shokin                                                  117
CFD Developments in the Northern European Countries
A. Rizzi, H. N0rstrud, T. Siikonen                             133
Some Developments in Computational Aerodynamics in the
UK
M.A. Leschziner, K. Morgan, N.P. Weatherill                     145
The Development of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and
Aerodynamics since the 1960s: US and Canada
B. van Leer                                                    159

Part III: Current Applications of Numerical Methods in Fluid
Mechanics/Aerodynamics

Introduction                                                   187
European Numerical Aerodynamics Simulation Systems
C.-C. Rossow, L. Cambier                                       189
Numerical Aerodynamics in Transport Aircraft Design
K. Becker, J. Vassberg                                         209
Numerical Aerothermodynamic Design in the European
Space Industry
C. Weiland                                                     221
                                                      Contents XVII
The Second International Vortex Flow Experiment (VFE-2):
Status 2007
D. Hummel                                                        231
Large-Eddy Simulations of Flow Problems of Aeronautical
Industry
W. Schröder, M. Meinke                                            241
Issues of Multidisciplinary Design
E.H. Hirschel, C. Weiland                                         255
Evolutionary Optimisation Methods with Uncertainty for
Modern Multidisciplinary Design in Aeronautical Engineering
D.S. Lee, L.F. Gonzalez, J. Periaux, K. Srinivas                  271
CFD Application in Automotive Industry
T. Kobayashi, M. Tsubokura                                        285

Part IV: Applications to Flow Problems in Engineering and
Physics

Introduction                                                     297
Performance Upgrading of Hydraulic Machinery with the
Help of CFD
E. Göde                                                          299
Calculating Blast Loads for Civil Engineering Structures
R. Löhner, J.D. Baum                                             311
Numerical Modelling of Technical Combustion
H. Bockhorn, P. Habisreuther, M. Hettel                            325
Kinetic Modeling and Simulation of Environmental and Civil
Engineering Flow Problems
M. Krafczyk, J. Tölke, B. Ahrenholz, S. Bindick, S. Freudiger,
S. Geller, C. Janssen, B. Nachtwey                               341
CFD in Process Engineering
G. Brenner                                                       351
Computational Electromagnetics
J.S. Shang                                                       361
Computer Modelling of Magnetically Confined Plasmas
K. Lackner                                                       373
XVIII Contents

Frontiers in Computational Geophysics: Simulations of Mantle
Circulation, Plate Tectonics and Seismic Wave Propagation
J. Oeser, H.-P. Bunge, M. Mohr, H. Igel                        387
Solar System Plasmadynamics and Space Weather
K.G. Powell                                                    399
Numerical Fluid Dynamics in Astrophysics
W. Hillebrandt, E. Müller, V. Springet                         409


Part V: Algorithms, Computer Science and Computers

Introduction                                                   421
Multigrid Software for Industrial Applications - From MGOO
to SAMG
U. Trottenberg, T. Clees                                       423
Computer Science and Numerical Fluid Mechanics — An
Essential Cooperation
H.-J. Bungartz, M. Mehl, Ch. Zenger                            437
Commercial CFD in the Service of Industry: The First 25
Years
H.F. Boysan, D. Choudhury, M.S. Engelman                       451
High Performance Computing in Academia and Industry -
An Example for a Private Public Partnership in HPC
M.M. Resch                                                     463
Computer Hardware Development as a Basis for Numerical
Simulation
A. Bode, C. Trinitis                                           473
Petaflops Computers and Beyond
T. Watanabe, M. Nomura                                         481


Part VI: Appendix

List of NNFM Volumes
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