https://slow-is-smooth.io/categories/numerical-computing/Recent content in Numerical Computing on Shai AsherHugoen-gbSun, 28 Sep 2025 08:42:09 +0000https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/cfd-part-1/Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:42:09 +0000https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/cfd-part-1/<p><img src="https://slow-is-smooth.io/images/cfd-part-1/flow_animation.gif" alt=""></p> <p><em>CFD Flow Animation</em></p> <p>In a previous post, we discussed the <a href="https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/the-equations-of-everything-that-flows/">Navier-Stokes equations</a>, which govern the behavior of fluids.</p> <h2 id="what-is-cfd-a-broader-perspective">What is CFD? A Broader Perspective</h2> <p>Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and simulate problems involving fluid flows. It lies at the intersection of physics, mathematics, and computer science. At its heart, CFD is about translating the laws of nature — encapsulated in partial differential equations (PDEs) — into something a computer can solve.</p>https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/the-equations-of-everything-that-flows/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:07:34 +0000https://slow-is-smooth.io/blog/the-equations-of-everything-that-flows/<p>Fluids are everywhere. Air rushes past airplane wings, rivers bend and twist through valleys, smoke curls lazily from a candle, and blood flows through our veins. These are all examples of matter in motion—continuous, smooth, impossible to pin down to just a handful of particles.</p>