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

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

Doing this course student will be able
CO1: to discretize the momentum, mass and energy transport equations by finite volume technique
CO2: to apply different CFD algorithms to solve different level transport phenomena problems
CO3: to understand the transport phenomena problems better by analysing CFD results
CO4: to develop in-house CFD computer code

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

V. Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Taylor and Francis , 1978

S K. Gupta, Numerical Methods for Engineers, New Age Publishers , 1995