ME 820 Computational Fluid Dynamics

(Instructor: Dr. Arun M)

Course Plan
Module Topics No. of Classes
1

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics and
Principles of Conservation: Computational Fluid
Dynamics: History, Present and the Future, CFD
Applications, Experimental Vs Numerical, Fundamental
principles of conservation, Reynolds transport theorem,
Conservation of mass, Conservation of linear
momentum: Navier-Stokes equation, Conservation of
Energy, General scalar transport equation
10
2
Fundamentals of Discretization: Discretization
principles: Finite Element Method (FEM), Finite
Difference Method (FDM), Finite Volume Method
(FVM), Well posed boundary value problem, Possible
types of boundary conditions, Conservativeness,
Boundedness, Transportiveness, Finite volume method
(FVM), Illustrative examples: 1-D steady state heat
conduction without and with constant source term.
10
3

Finite Volume Method: Some Conceptual Basics and
Illustrations through 1-D Steady State Diffusion
Problems: FV Discretization of a 1-D steady state
conduction and diffusion type problem, Composite
material with position dependent thermal conductivity,
type problem, Source term linearization,
Implementation of boundary conditions.
10
4
The basic structure of a CFD code: Pre-processor,
Solver and Post-processor, User-defined-subroutines,
Solution to some basic problems in heat transfer and
fluid flow.
4
5
Applications/ CFD Examples
6

References:
An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method- H.Versteeg and
W. Malalasekra, Pearson, 2006 (Second Edition)
Numerical Heat transfer and Fluid Flow- S.Patankar, Hemisphere Publications,1980.
Computational Fluid Dynamics, J. Anderson, McGraw Hill, 1995.
Computational Fluid Dynamics A practical approach, Jiyuan Tu et al., Elsevier, 2008.
Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Ferziger and Peric, Springer 3
rd
Edition, 2002.

Evaluation plan:
Mid Sem. Exam 25 %
Assignments, Quiz etc. 25%
End Sem. Exam 50%