Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Flow Classifications
- Dimension (1D, 2D, 3D)
- Steady / Unsteady
- Compressible / Incompressible
Grids
- Structured Grid G(i,j,k)
  - Regular
  - Rectilinear
  - Curvilinear
  - Multi Block
- Unstructured Grids
- Hybrid Grids
- Chimera Overset Grids
- Hierarchical Grids
Quantities
- Vector Fields: Velocity
- Scalar Fields: Temperature, Pressure, Density, ...
Flow Features
- Tangential Curves: Streamlines, Pathlines, Streaklines, Timelines
- Vector Field Topologies
  - Critical Points
    - Null Vector
    - Eigenvalues of Jacobi Matrix
  - Separatrices
- Scalar Field Topologies
- Vortex Surfaces / Core Lines

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AIAA, Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibit, Calendar
CAM, University of Cambridge, Calendar
ICCFD, International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2002, 2000
ICNMFD, International Conference on Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics, 1998, ..., 1969
ISCFD, International Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics, 1999, ..., 1985
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Center for Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence and Computation, Brown University, Providence, RI
Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Computational Fluid Dynamics Lab, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Cubit Mesh Generation Toolkit, Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM, [Steve Owen>]
LARC, Langley Research Center, NASA, Hampton, VA
NAS, NASA Advanced Supercomputing, NASA, Moffett Field, CA
Visualization Group, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands, [Jack van Wijk, Robert van Liere]

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