Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics

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S. Vengadesan via Swayam
  • 1
  • 8 weeks long, 2-3 hours a week
  • Swayam
  • English
Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Course Overview

This is an introductory course in CFD. In this course, students will be exposed to basics of CFD. Students will gain knowledge on FD/ FV strategy, formulation of the problem and solution techniques. Students at the end of the course will get to experience a simple and sample working CFD code and thus develop confidence.INTENDED AUDIENCE:NilPREREQUISITES: NilINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Nil

Course Circullum

Week1
Module1: Introduction
Module 2: Review of basic fluid mechanics
Module 3: Review of equations and importance of terms
Module 4: Review of equations (contd.) and non-dimensionalization
Module 5: Vorticity-Stream function equation, classification of equation and the solution nature
Module 6: Classification of equations (contd.), types of boundary conditions and
description about standard test cases.
Week2
Module 1: Steps involved in CFD, Information about Computational domain and grid with illustration
Module 2: Information about grid (contd.); Taylor’s series expansion
Module 3: Taylor’s series expansion, CD / FD / BD for first & second derivative;
Module 4: FD formula for non-uniform mesh; mixed derivative
Module 5: Derivation for higher derivative; FD formula by Polynomial procedure
Week3
Module 1: Different Approximation Methods
Module 2: Properties associated with discretization
Module 3: Errors due to approximation and their analysis – consistency, convergence
Module 4: Stability analysis
Module 5: FD formulation for model equations and explanation
Week 4
Module 1: FV formulation for diffusion equation – 1D
Module 2: Example and extension to 2D and 3D
Module 3: FV formulation for convection and diffusion equation
Module 4 & 5: Treatment of convective terms - different interpolations
Week 5
Module 1 & 2: Illustration on the performance by different approximation for convection terms
Module 3: Time integration methods
Module 4: Arrangement of variables; Introduction to Pressure velocity coupling, MAC
Module 5: SIMPLE
Module 6: Variants of SIMPLE, Projection Method

Week 6
Module 1: Introduction to Turbulent flows
Module 2: Deriving governing equations
Module 3: Reynolds stresses, modeling strategy
Module 4 & 5: Introduction to Standard models and explanation

Week 7
Module 1: Matrix inversion – Direct, Iterative procedure
Module 2: Direct solver / Iterative solver
Module 3 - 5: Iterative solver

Week 8
Module 1 - 5: Demonstration of a test case with a display of working CFD code and details

Thanks to the support from MathWorks, enrolled students have access to MATLAB for the duration of the course.

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This Course Include:
Week1
Module1: Introduction
Module 2: Review of basic fluid mechanics
Module 3: Review of equations and importance of terms
Module 4: Review of equations (contd.) and non-dimensionalization
Module 5: Vorticity-Stream function equation, classification of equation and the solution nature
Module 6: Classification of equations (contd.), types of boundary conditions and
description about standard test cases.
Week2
Module 1: Steps involved in CFD, Information about Computational domain and grid with illustration
Module 2: Information about grid (contd.); Taylor’s series expansion
Module 3: Taylor’s series expansion, CD / FD / BD for first & second derivative;
Module 4: FD formula for non-uniform mesh; mixed derivative
Module 5: Derivation for higher derivative; FD formula by Polynomial procedure
Week3
Module 1: Different Approximation Methods
Module 2: Properties associated with discretization
Module 3: Errors due to approximation and their analysis – consistency, convergence
Module 4: Stability analysis
Module 5: FD formulation for model equations and explanation
Week 4
Module 1: FV formulation for diffusion equation – 1D
Module 2: Example and extension to 2D and 3D
Module 3: FV formulation for convection and diffusion equation
Module 4 & 5: Treatment of convective terms - different interpolations
Week 5
Module 1 & 2: Illustration on the performance by different approximation for convection terms
Module 3: Time integration methods
Module 4: Arrangement of variables; Introduction to Pressure velocity coupling, MAC
Module 5: SIMPLE
Module 6: Variants of SIMPLE, Projection Method

Week 6
Module 1: Introduction to Turbulent flows
Module 2: Deriving governing equations
Module 3: Reynolds stresses, modeling strategy
Module 4 & 5: Introduction to Standard models and explanation

Week 7
Module 1: Matrix inversion – Direct, Iterative procedure
Module 2: Direct solver / Iterative solver
Module 3 - 5: Iterative solver

Week 8
Module 1 - 5: Demonstration of a test case with a display of working CFD code and details

Thanks to the support from MathWorks, enrolled students have access to MATLAB for the duration of the course.

  • Provider:Swayam
  • Certificate:Paid Certificate Available
  • Language:English
  • Duration:8 weeks long, 2-3 hours a week
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