What I Learned Teaching Numerical Methods for Fluids
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Three years ago I started teaching an introductory course on numerical methods for fluids. Here are a few things that worked, and a few that did not.
- Start with the 1-D advection equation. Every key idea — stability, diffusion, dispersion — shows up.
- Let students break things. A blow-up teaches more about the CFL condition than a lecture.
- Grade the plots, not just the code. Communicating results is half the job.
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