Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

As we have seen in the previous chapters, due the non-linear behavior it is very difficult—if not impossible—to get simple analytical solutions of the basic fluid dynamics equations in a systematic way. Therefore it has become normal to use (massive) numerical methods for solving them. In an ideal situation this would mean that only Eqs. ( 3.37 ) from Chap. 3 are used (of course adapted to a suitable form for computers) together with a geometrical description of the problem (a wind turbine wing, for example) and a surrounding control volume for setting the boundary conditions for the unknown fields (pressure and velocity).