CE3052 Computational Fluid Dynamics Syllabus:

CE3052 Computational Fluid Dynamics Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The main learning objective of this course is to prepare the students for
 Applying the fundamentals of CFD, and developing case specific governing equations,
 Performing finite difference and finite volume based analysis for steady and transient diffusion problems,
 Implementing various mathematical schemes under finite volume method for convention diffusion.
 Solving complex problems in the field of fluid flow and heat transfer with the support of high speed computers.
 Applying the various discretization methods, solution procedure and the concept of turbulence modelling.

UNIT I GOVERNING EQUATIONS ANDBOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Basics of computational fluid dynamics – Governing equations– Continuity, Momentum and Energy equations – Chemical species transport –Physical boundary conditions – Time-averaged equations for Turbulent Flow – Turbulent–Kinetic Energy Equations – Mathematical behavior of PDEs on CFD – Elliptic, Parabolic and Hyperbolic equations.

UNIT II FINITE DIFFERENCE AND FINITE VOLUME METHODS FOR DIFFUSION

Derivation of finite difference equations– General Methods for first and second order accuracy – Finite volume formulation for steady and transient diffusion problems –Example problems– Use of Finite Difference and Finite Volume methods

UNIT III FINITE VOLUME METHOD FORCONVECTIONDIFFUSION

Steady one-dimensional convection and diffusion – Central, upwind differencing schemes, properties of discretization schemes, Hybrid, Power-law, QUICK Schemes, Conservativeness, Boundedness, Transportiveness.

UNIT IV FLOWFIELD ANALYSIS

Stream function and vorticity, Representation of the pressure gradient term, Staggered grid – Momentum equations, Pressure and Velocity corrections – Pressure Correction equation, SIMPLE algorithm and its variants – PISO Algorithms.

UNIT V TURBULENCE MODELS ANDMESHGENERATION

Turbulence models, mixing length model, Two equation (k-Є) models – High and low Reynolds number models, Mesh Generation and refinement Techniques-software tools.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1 Apply the fundamentals of CFD and develop case specific governingequations
CO2 Perform finite difference and finite volume based analysis for steady and transient diffusion problems
CO3 Implement various mathematical schemes under finite volume method for convention diffusion
CO4 Solve complex problems in the field of fluid flow and heat transfer with the support of high speedcomputers
CO5 Apply the various discretization methods, solution procedure and the concept of turbulence modelling

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Versteeg, H.K. and Malalasekera, W. “An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The finite volume Method”, Pearson Education,2014
2. Ghoshdastidar, P.S., “Computer Simulation of flow and heat transfer”, Tata McGraw Hill, 1998.

REFERENCES:

1. John. F. Wendt, “Computational Fluid Dynamics – An Introduction”, Springer,2013.
2. K.Muralidhar&T.Sundararajan, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Narora Publishing House,1994.
3. Suhas V, Patankar, “Numerical Heat transfer and Fluid flow”, Taylor & Francis,2009.
4. Uriel Frisch, Turbulence, Cambridge University Press,1999.
5. YogeshJaluria& Kenneth E. Torrance, “Computational Heat Transfer”, CRC press,2002.