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Foil 9 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as an an Example of Continuum Physics

From CPS615-Physical Simulation Techniques and Structure of CFD Equations Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- 14 November 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox *
Secs 393.1
Computational Fluid Dynamics is dominant numerical field for Continuum Physics
There are a set of partial differential equations which cover
  • liquids
  • gases (airflow)
  • gravitational waves
We apply computational "fluid" dynamics most often to a gas - air. Gases are really particles
But if a small number (<106) of particles, use "molecular dynamics" and if a large number (1023) use computational fluid dynamics.

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