Yehuda Sinai qualified in Mechanical Engineering at Witwatersrand University (South Africa) in 1968. He obtained a PhD in Aerodynamics at Cranfield University in 1975, on non-equilibrium molecular relaxation effects in sonic booms. After a spell in academia, working on acoustics and two-phase fluid-structure vibrations, on contract for the US Navy and the British Admiralty, he spent 10 years at NNC (National Nuclear Corporation Ltd.), principally on mathematical modelling of nuclear safety thermal-hydraulics. He joined AEA Technology in 1992, where he specialised in CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) modelling in the safety sphere, and became CFD Project Manager for Fire, Safety, HVAC and Environment. This role continued after the acquisition of AEA's CFD operation by ANSYS Inc. in 2003. In July 2009, Yehuda set up his own company, HeatAndFlow Consultancy Ltd., offering general modelling but with a focus on CFD tools. He has authored and co-authored approximately 60 scientific papers in archival journals and conference proceedings and is the author of a chapter in a technical encyclopedia.

1. Introduction

2. A Brief Outline of CFD

2.1 Preliminaries.

2.2 Governing Equations.

2.3 Geometry and Meshing.

2.4 More physics.

2.5 Numerics.

2.6 Problem Sizes.

3. Outline of a Typical Process for CFD Analysis with Radiation

4. Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation

4.1 Basics.

4.2 Introduction to the Radiative Transfer Equation and Opacity.

4.3 Estimation of a Characteristic Opacity, and Dimensionless Groups.

4.4 Coupling Between Flow and Radiation.

4.5 Equilibrium or Non-Equilibrium?

4.6 The Meaning of 'Semi-Transparent'.

4.7 Semi-Transparent Slabs, Windows, Solar Radiation.

5. Modelling

5.1 Boundary Conditions.

5.2 Initial Conditions.

5.3 Spectroscopic Properties.

5.4 Solution Techniques.

5.5 Estimation of Irradiation at Sub-Grid objects in a CFD Simulation.

5.6 Computational Meshes.

6. Quality Assurance

7. Examples

7.1 Utility Boiler.

7.2 Forensic Investigation of a Furniture Store Fire.

7.3 Sensitivity Tests of Grey Gas Models for Pool Fires.

7.4 Headlight.

Appendices

Index