Hi

I having some difficulty getting my hands on an introductory book on vortex method. Any recommenations ? How about any online information ? Thanks in advance . Best regards .

Yow Thye

The book by A. J. Chorin and J. E. Marsden "A Mathematical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics" Springer Verlag, 1979 is an excellent intro to vortex methods.

Also there is a new book out by Cottet and Koumoutsakos, which I have personally not read and thus can't make any comments (and/or recommendations). Given Cottet's background, it may be too mathematical for an intro - I don't know.

Of course, journal papers are excellent places as well (check JCP, Math. Comp., SIAM J. Numer. Anal.)

If you are going to do 3-D you can contact Sandia National Labs for the following review of 3D vortex methods (you may actually be able to download it from their web-site):

A. Gharakhani, "A Survey of Grid-Free Methods for the Simulation of 3-D Incompressible Flows in Bounded Domains," SAND97-2256, Contractor Report

Adrin Gharakhani

Hi,

The book of Cottet and Koumoutsakos, already quoted by Adrin, "Vortex methods: theory and applications" is complete and interesting without being too much abstract. A version without picture is downloadable at: http://www.ifd.mavt.ethz.ch/class/pe...ter99/par.html

Other interesting sites with downloadable stuff are: http://www.emath.fr/Maths/Proc/Vol.1/contents.htm http://www.emath.fr/Maths/Proc/Vol.7/contents.htm http://www.lmc.imag.fr/lmc-edp/Georg...et/vortex.html