Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Computational Fluid Dynamics Introduction A Brief History of CFD Since the dawn of civilization, mankind has always had a fascination with fluids; whether it is the flow of water in rivers, the wind and weather in our atmosphere, the smelting of metals, powerful ocean currents, or the flow of blood around our bodies. Heraclitus 536 - 470BC Archimedes 287 - 212BC In antiquity, great Greek thinkers like Heraclitus postulated that "Everything flows" but he was thinking of this in a philosophical sense rather than in a recognizably scientific way. However, Archimedes initiated the fields of static mechanics, hydrostatics, and determined how to measure densities and volumes of objects. The focus at the time was on waterworks: aqueducts, canals, harbors, and bathhouses, which the ancient Romans perfected to a science. It was not until the Renaissance that these ideas resurfaced again in Southern Europe when we find great artists cum engineers like Leona...
