Computational Fluid Dynamics for Sport Simulation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peters, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 72
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Physics.; Continuum physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Mathematics of Computing.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.

All over the world sport plays a prominent role in society: as a leisure activity for many, as an ingredient of culture, as a business and as a matter of national prestige in such major events as the World Cup in soccer or the Olympic Games. Hence, it is not surprising that science has entered the r...

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