CONTENTS Volume 38, Issue Nos. 1—12 (2002) International Journal for NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS Issue No. 1, 10 January ANNOUNCEMENT A finite volume solver for 1D shallow-water equations applied to an actual river: N. Goutal and F. Maurel Local block refinement with a multigrid flow solver: C. F. Lange, M. Schafer and F. Durst Suppression of vortex shedding for flow around a circular cylinder using optimal control: C. Homescu, |. M. Navon and Z. Li A fully coupled numerical technique for 2D bed morphology calculations: J. V. Soulis . Issue No. 2, 20 January A 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes velocity—vorticity weak form finite element algorithm: K. L. Wong and A. J. Baker An implicit velocity decoupling procedure for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations: K. Kim, S.-J. Baek and H. J. Sung High-resolution, monotone solution of the adjoint shallow-water equations: B. F. Sanders and S. F. Bradford A method for analysing nesting techniques for the linearized shallow water equations: Y. Heggelund and J. Berntsen A moving frame of reference algorithm for fluid/structure interaction of rotating and translating bodies: L. Li, S. J. Sherwin and P. W. Bearman Issue No. 3, 30 January Transition from vortex to wall driven turbulence production in the Taylor—Couette system with a rotating inner cylinder: W. M. J. Batten, N. W. Bressloff and S. R. Turnock On the influence of numerical schemes and subgrid-stress models on large eddy simulation of turbulent flow past a square cylinder: A. Nakayama and S. N. Vengadesan An analysis and comparison of the time accuracy of fractional-step methods for the Navier-Stokes equations on staggered grids: S. Armfield and R. Street Finite element study of free surface turbulent flow in rotating channels: K. V. Pagalthivarthi and V. Ramanathan Issue No. 4, 10 February Consistency with continuity in conservative advection schemes for free-surface models: E. S. Gross, L.B onaventura and G. Rosatti Numerical errors of the volume-of-fluid interface tracking algorithm: G. Cerne, S. Petelin and |. Tiselj The direct simulation Monte Carlo method using unstructured adaptive mesh and its application: J.-S. Wu, K.-C. Tseng and C.-H. Kuo Computational study on turbulent flows around modern tanker hull forms: W.-J. Kim, D.-H. Kim and S.-H. Van . Issue No. 5, 20 February Gas-assisted fluid displacement in a circular tube and a rectangular channel: F. Kamisli and M. E. Ryan Efficient computation of natural convection in a concentric annulus between an outer square cylinder and an inner circular cylinder: C. Shu and Y. D. Zhu identification of regions of fastest mixing in a system of point vortices: P. Ramachandran and S. C. Rajan Stability of explicit advection schemes. The balance point location rule: B. P. Leonard Issue No. 6, 28 February A reappraisal of Taylor—Galerkin algorithm for drying—wetting areas in shallow water computations: M. Quecedo and M. Pastor Numerical solution of the flow of thin viscous sheets under gravity and the inverse windscreen sagging problem: R. Hunt Three dimensional tide-induced circulation model on a triangular mesh: W. Jiang and An unconditionally stable, explicit Godunov scheme for systems of conservation laws: V. Guinot . A simple and efficient error analysis for multi-step solution of the Navier-Stokes equations: R. M. Fithen Issue No. 7, 10 March Application of local grid refinement to vortex motion due to solitary wave passing over a submerged body: C.-J. Tang and J.-H. Chang Improved linear interpolation practice for finite-volume schemes on complex grids: T. Lehnhauser and M. Schafer Iterative explicit simulation of 1D surges and dam-break flows: C.-T. Hsu and Simulation of pressure-tooling wire-coating flow with Phan-Tien/Tanner models: V. Ngamaramvaranggul and M. F. Webster Issue No. 8, 20 March A three-dimensional boundary layer scheme: stability and accuracy analyses: J. Horri-Naceur and D. Buisine Selection of a staggered grid for inertia-gravity waves in shallow water: J. M. Beckers Finite volume scheme for the solution of fluid flow problems on unstructed non-stag- gered grids: |. E. Barton, D. Markham-Smith and N. Bressloff Numerical solutions of the shallow water equations with discontinuous bed topography: J. G. Zhou, D. M. Causon, D. M. Ingram and C. G. Mingham Numerical solution of incompressible flows by discrete singular convolution: D. C. Wan,Y . C. Zhou and G. W. Wei Issue No. 9, 30 March A low-dimensional spectral approach for the non-linear overstability of purely elastic fluids: R. E. Khayat Parallel solution of a coupled flow and transport model for shallow water: B. P. Sommeijer and P. J. van der Houwen A low-dimensional spectral approach for transient axisymmetric free-surface flow inside thin cavities of arbitrary shape: R. E. Khayat and A. Simanowski On the use of the Galerkin method for 3D numerical modelling of the general circulation: the South Atlantic experiment: J. Harari and E. Giarolla The effect of solutal undercooling on double-diffusive convection and macrosegration during binary alloy solidification: A numerical investigation: S. Chakraborty and P. Dutta Issue No. 10, 10 April Numerical simulation of flow in a circular duct fitted with air-jet vortex generators: C. Kupper and F. S. Henry Asymmetric flows in planar symmetric channels with large expansion ratio: S. Mishra and K. Jayaraman A stabilized finite element method for the Saint-Venant equations with application to irrigation: G. Hauke A high resolution upwind scheme for multi-component flows: D. Igra and K. Takayama Issue No. 11, 20 April A domain decomposition method for modeling Stokes flow in porous materials: G. Liu and K. E. Thompson A simplified quasi-two-dimensional model for gain optimization in carbon dioxide gasdynamic lasers (GDL): A. R. Bahrampour, R.-M. Farrahi and M. Radjabalipour A o-coordinate three-dimensional numerical model for surface wave propagation: P. Lin and C. W. Li Analysis of hybrid algorithms for the Navier-Stokes equations with respect to hydrodynamic stability theory: G. Passoni, G. Alfonsi and M. Galbiati Transition and heat transfer predictions in a turbine cascade at various free-stream turbulence intensities through a one-equation turbulence model: G. |. Tsourakis, D. G. Koubogiannis and K. C. Giannakoglou Issue No. 12, 30 April A class of higher order compact schemes for the unsteady two-dimensional convection—diffusion equation with variable convection coefficients: J. C. Kalita, D. C. Dalal and A. K. Dass 2-D transmitral flows simulation by means of the immersed boundary method on unstructured grids: F. M. Denaro and F. Sarghini A numerical study of an unsteady laminar flow in a doubly constricted 3D vessel: B. V. Rathish Kumar, T. Yamaguchi, H. Liu and R. Himeno Deal with pressure: FEM solution strategies for the pressure in the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations: M. A. Christon . . AUTHOR INDEX KEY WORD INDEX Aims and Scope The advent o f modern digital computers has enabled applied mathematicians, engineers, and scientists to make significant prog ress in the solution of previously intractable problems. Indeed, it is now possible to assess the validity of previously en concepts related to complex problems. This above trend is particularly valid in fluid mechanics, where there is an need to test previously advocated fundamental concepts and to develop new computer-based numerical techniques. now apparent that new concepts can be tested via numerical methods. The main objective of the Journal Numerical Fluids is to provide a timely and readily accessible reference for those engaged in computer aided design and in computational fluid dynamics. The topics suitable for inclusion would range from potential flow, through viscous (incompressible and compressible) and even to those problems in which turbulence is the dominant feature. Methods for ving ancillary equations, such as transport and diffusion, are also quite relevant Thhee e x pre" sse 1 intention of the Journal is the dissemination of information relating to the development, refinement, and appli- cation oO f computer-based numerical techniques for solving problems in fluids. These include, but are not limited to, the Finite Difference and Finite Element methods, in each of which the manner of imposing boundary conditions to obtain a numerical solution can be quite important. The submission of manuscripts in which the primary contribution is experimental is encour- aged, if such} results are compared with previously published numerical predictions. Also encouraged are papers in which an established numerical technique is used to study some of the subtleties associated with the physics of fluids. Indeed, even papers presenting closed form solutions directly related to engineering problems and demonstrated to be effective will also be published. Although it is not practicable to publish complete computer codes, the salient features of a new code will be accepted as tech- nical notes which shou!d include examples illustrating the advantage of the techniques. It is envisaged that such codes should be made available at the discretion of the authors. Contributions relating to aids in teaching and design will be processed in a similar manner ee Fi es