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- Authors:
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N. N. Yanenko
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Siberian Branch Computing Center, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR
- Editors:
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Maurice Holt
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University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages I-VIII
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Back Matter
Pages 151-160
About this book
The method of. fractional steps, known familiarly as the method oi splitting, is a remarkable technique, developed by N. N. Yanenko and his collaborators, for solving problems in theoretical mechanics numerically. It is applicable especially to potential problems, problems of elasticity and problems of fluid dynamics. Most of the applications at the present time have been to incompressible flow with free boundยญ aries and to viscous flow at low speeds. The method offers a powerful means of solving the Navier-Stokes equations and the results produced so far cover a range of Reynolds numbers far greater than that attained in earlier methods. Further development of the method should lead to complete numerical solutions of many of the boundary layer and wake problems which at present defy satisfactory treatment. As noted by the author very few applications of the method have yet been made to problems in solid mechanics and prospects for answers both in this field and other areas such as heat transfer are encouraging. As the method is perfected it is likely to supplant traditional relaxation methods and finite element methods, especially with the increase in capability of large scale computers. The literal translation was carried out by T. Cheron with financial support of the Northrop Corporation. The editing of the translation was undertaken in collaboration with N. N. Yanenko and it is a pleaยญ sure to acknowledge his patient help and advice in this project. The edited manuscript was typed, for the most part, by Mrs.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
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University of California, Berkeley, USA
Maurice Holt
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Siberian Branch Computing Center, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR
N. N. Yanenko