An object-oriented approach to adaptive computational fluid dynamics

• Main Author: Wang, Yan Ling.
• Other Authors: Ng, Yin Kwee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19972
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Almost all CFD codes are written in FORTRAN 77 or its earlier variants. This practice incurred many limitations, such as simple built-in data types, and limited ability to create user-defined data types, obviously resulting in difficult implementation of complex algorithms. Another limitation is that these codes could be error-prone and difficult to understand, which therefore leads to difficult code maintenance or upgrades.