Abstract
The importance of the control volume finite difference (CVFD) method lies in its capacity to use the same form of flow equation for 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D flow problems regardless of the ordering scheme of blocks. The same theme applies to energy balance equations for solutions to nonisothermal problems. The only difference among 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D flow equations is the definition of the elements for the set of neighboring blocks. The CVFD method is mainly used to write flow equations in a compact form, which is independent of the dimensionality of flow, the coordinate system used, or the block ordering scheme. This chapter introduces the terminology used in the CVFD method and the relationship between this method and the traditional way of writing finite-difference equations presented in Chapter 2.
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