Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CH6330 : Computational Transport Phenomena { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Basudeb Munshi
Syllabus
Module 1: Governing Equations
Laws of fluid motion and boundary conditions
Module 2: Steady diffusion Problem
Finite volume method for 1D steady state diffusion problem, Finite volume method for 2D steady state diffusion problem, Finite volume method for 3D steady state diffusion problem
Module 3: Steady state convection-diffusion problem
Finite volume method for 1D steady state convection-diffusion problem, Finite volume method for 2D steady state convection-diffusion problem, Finite volume method for 3D steady state convection-diffusion problem, Higher-order differencing schemes
Module 4: Pressure-velocity coupling in steady flow
Pressure-velocity coupling to solve steady state momentum transport problems, Application of SIMPLE, SIMPLER, SIMPLEC and PISO algorithms
Module 5: Solution of discretised equations
Solution for 1D Problem, Solution for 2D Problem
Module 6: Unsteady flow problems
Unsteady diffusion problems, Unsteady convection-diffusion problems, Solution algorithm for unsteady flow problems
Module 7: Boundary conditions
Implementation of boundary conditions
Course Objectives
- To provide an introduction to the scientific principles and practical engineering applications of computational fluid dynamics
- To teach students how to solve different momentum, mass and heat transfer problems
- To teach student how to develop in-house code to simulate the diffusive and convective-diffusive problems
Course Outcomes
Doing this course student will be able <br />CO1: to discretize the momentum, mass and energy transport equations by finite volume technique <br />CO2: to apply different CFD algorithms to solve different level transport phenomena problems <br />CO3: to understand the transport phenomena problems better by analysing CFD results <br />CO4: to develop in-house CFD computer code
Essential Reading
- H. K. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera, An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, Longman Scientific & Technical , 2nd Ed, 2007
- 3. K. Muralidhar, and T. Sundararajan, Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Narosa Publishing House , 1995
Supplementary Reading
- V. Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Taylor and Francis , 1978
- S K. Gupta, Numerical Methods for Engineers, New Age Publishers , 1995