CX4009 Computational Fluid Dynamics Syllabus:
CX4009 Computational Fluid Dynamics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• To know the significance of computational fluid dynamics in transport processes
• To understand the finite difference approximation technique and error minimization
• To learn the finite volume method to solve diffusion problems in industrially important applications.
• To learn to apply CFD tools in flow field computations
• To impart technical competence in building and conducting CFD simulations.
UNIT I CONSERVATION LAWS AND TURBULENCE MODELS
Governing equations of fluid flow and heat transfer –mass conservation, momentum and energy equation, differential and integral forms, conservation and non-conservation form. Characteristics of turbulent flows, time averaged Navier Strokes equations, turbulence models-one and two equation, Reynolds stress, LES and DNS
UNIT II FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROXIMATION
Mathematical behaviour of PDE, finite difference operators, basic aspects of discretization by FDM, explicit and implicit methods, error and stability analysis
UNIT III FINITE VOLUME METHOD
Diffusion problems – explicit and implicit time integration; Convection – diffusion problems – properties of discretization schemes, central, upwind, hybrid, QUICK schemes; Solution of discretized equations.
UNIT IV FLOW FIELD COMPUTATION
Pressure velocity coupling, staggered grid, SIMPLE algorithm, PISO algorithm for steady and unsteady flows
UNIT V GRID GENERATION
Physical aspects, simple and multiple connected regions, grid generation by PDE solution, grid generation by algebraic mapping
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
The students will be able to
CO1: Understand the basics of CFD and governing equations for conservation of mass momentum and energy
CO2: Understand mathematical characteristics of partial differential equations.
CO3: Learn computational solution techniques for time integration of ordinary differential equations and understand various discretization techniques used in CFD
CO4: Understand flow field computation techniques for steady and unsteady flows
CO5: Understand various turbulence models and grid generation techniques.
REFERENCES
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3. Fletcher, C. A. J., Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Springer Verlag, 1997
4. Ghoshdastidar, P. S., Computer Simulation of flow and heat transfer, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Ltd. 1998
5. Muralidhar, K., and Sundararajan, T., Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2001
6. Subas, V. Patankar, Numerical heat transfer fluid flow, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1980
7. Taylor, C. and Hughes, J .B., Finite Element Programming of the Navier Stokes Equation, Pineridge Press Limited, U.K., 1981
8. Versteeg, H. K. and Malalasekera, W., Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, Pearson Education Ltd., 2007