Design, improvements, and operation of engineering devices and process which involve fluid dynamics will require a good understanding of fluid flow, combustion and heat transfer. The development of new technologies also requires analytical and evaluation techniques. In this regard, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is now being used in many applications and its use for the modelling and design has become common and essential practice. CFD has the ability to predict detailed aerodynamic and other performance parameters of many devices and processes and it has become a useful research and development tool. Recent advances in Large Eddy Simulation (LES) techniques in CFD and the availability of high-performance computing (hpc) resources have made CFD calculations to be more accurate, simulations very realistic and useful for the improvement of many processes. CFD modelling of combustion, for example, can be applied to model vastly complex devices such as gas turbines, i.c. engines and safetyrelated processes. In this plenary lecture, current practices of Computational Fluid Dynamics techniques and modelling options are discussed and examples of advanced CFD applications are presented.

About the book: The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics to simulate and predict fluid flows, heat transfer and associated phenomena continues to grow throughout many engineering disciplines. On the back of ever more powerful computers and graphical user interfaces CFD provides engineers with a reliable tool to assist in the design of industrial equipment often reducing or eliminating the need for performing trial-and-error experimentation.
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