Computer hardware development as a basis for numerical simulation

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Abstract

Computers were conceived as a replacement for the mechanical solution of engineering applications using simple calculators. The basic idea of Konrad Zuse and John von Neumann was to automate this process by introducing programmability, i.e. the description of the sequence of execution of individual steps of a longer algorithm including the possibility of resultdependent branches and loops. In this way, a universal calculating tool of enormous power was invented. Today, the solution of engineering applications and the field of numerical simulation are the necessary prerequisites for advances in science, products and services. Computers are even more often used for non-numerical commercial and consumer applications today, which shows the universal applicability of the concept. In the following, this article concentrates on the application of computers for numerical simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication100 Volumes of 'Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics'
Subtitle of host publication40 Years of Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Retrospect
EditorsE. Krause, E.H. Hirschel
Pages473-480
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameNotes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
Volume100
ISSN (Print)1612-2909

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