CE 580 COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR FLUID DYNAMICS

Spring, 2014
Instructor: Dr. smail Aydn
- CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION (6 hrs.)
1.1 Theoretical, experimental and computational approaches
1.2 Components of a numerical solution
1.3 Partial differential equations
1.4 Governing equations of fluid mechanics
1.5 Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations
1.6 Introduction to turbulence modeling
2. FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS (FDM) (6 hrs.)
2.1 Finite differences
2.2 Difference representation of pdes and related concepts
2.3 Introduction to the use of irregular mesh, grid clustering
2.4 Stability considerations
3. APPLICATION OF FDM TO SELECTED MODEL EQUATIONS (6 hrs.)
3.1 Heat equation
3.2 Wave equation
3.3 Burgers equation
3.4 Laplace equation
4. FDM FOR THE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS (9 hrs)
4.1 Vorticity-stream function approach
4.2 ADI solution
4.3 Poisson equation for pressure
4.4 Primitive variables approach
4.5 SIMPLE
4.6 Artificial compressibility method
5. FINITE VOLUME METHOD (FVM) (9 hrs.)
5.1 The conservative discretization
5.2 Cell centered scheme
5.3 Nodal point scheme
5.4 Flux vector splitting scheme
5.5 Applications of FVM
6. GRID GENERATION (6 hrs.)
6.1 Transformation of the governing equations
6.2 Algebraic grid generation techniques
6.3 Partial differential equation techniques
6.4 Unstructured grids
6.5 Grid adaptivity

-HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS-

1. Transient pipe flow.

2. Laminar flow between parallel plates. (errors)
3. Implicit solution to turbulent flow between parallel plates.
4. Explicit solution to turbulent pipe flow.
5. Water surface profile for wave motion in a rectangular basin.
6. Best overrelaxation parameter in SOR methods.
7. ADI solution to vorticity-stream function formulation of cavity flow.
8. Turbulent pipe flow solution using wall functions
9. Flow over Backward Facing Step using u-v-p formulation.
10. SIMPLE, SIMPLER, SIMPLEC or PISO applications in 2D flows.

-REFERENCES-

An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Finite Volume Method, H. K.

Versteeg, W. Malalasekera, Longman, 2007
Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, J. H. Ferziger, M. Peric, Springer-Verlag,
2002
Numerical Simulation in Fluid Dynamics, M. Griebel, T. Dornseifer, T. Neunhoeffer,
SIAM, 1998
Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, C. Hirsch, John Wiley & Sons,
1997
Computational Fluid Dynamics, J. D. Anderson, McGraw-Hill, 1995
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers, K. A. Hoffman, S. T. Chiang,
Engineering Education System, P.O. Box. 20078 Wichita, KS 67208-1078, USA, 1993
Computational Fluid Dynamics, An introduction for Engineers M. B. Abbott, D. R.
Basco, Longman, 1990
Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, D.A. Anderson, J.C. Tannehill,
R.H. Pletcher, McGraw-Hill, 1984
Computational Methods for Fluid Flow, R. Peyret, T.D. Taylor, SpringerVerlag,
NewYork, 1983

-GRADING-

Homework

40 %

Midterm Exam 20 %
Final Exam

40 %