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COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER, FOURTH EDITION IS A FULLY UPDATED VERSION OF THE CLASSIC TEXT ON FINITE-DIFFERENCE AND FINITE-VOLUME COMPUTATIONAL METHODS. DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE TEXT COVERS ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS IN THE FIRST PART, AND THEN MOVES ON TO FLUIDS EQUATIONS IN THE SECOND. DESIGNED AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR PRACTITIONERS AND STUDENTS, NEW EXAMPLES AND HOMEWORK PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS. PROVIDES A THOROUGHLY UPDATED PRESENTATION OF CFD AND COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER COVERS MORE MATERIAL THAN OTHER TEXTS, ORGANIZED FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND SELF-STUDY PRESENTS A WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTATION STRATEGIES FOR FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER INCLUDES NEW SECTIONS ON FINITE ELEMENT METHODS, COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER, AND MULTIPHASE FLOWS FEATURES A FULL SOLUTIONS MANUAL AND FIGURE SLIDES FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTION WRITTEN AS AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES AND FIRST-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENTS, THE NEW EDITION PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND NECESSARY FOR SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER.