ENGR401-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Computational Fluid Dynamics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

Theoretical and practical aspects of Computational Fluid Dynamics, including the theory of fluid flow equations, numerical methods of solving these equations, turbulence, and experience with a commercial CFD software.

This course aims to provide an understanding of the theoretical background of CFD and an introduction to its practical application including a selection of appropriate models and numerical methods and assessment of the quality of the results. This is done through lectures, case studies and assignments including practical exercises using a commercial package.

Topics include:

• The theoretical background to the equations governing fluid flow in an appropriate formulation for CFD analysis
• Finite volume discretization of the equations, choice of finite difference approximations
• Consistency, stability and convergence
• Solution algorithms
• Turbulence: nature of turbulence, turbulence models and selection, wall functions
• Boundary conditions
• Geometry creation and meshing
• Post-processing of results
• Validation of results
• Practical simulation exercises

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

(1) ENME304 or ENME314, or
ENCH393, or
ENCN342 (2) Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Course Coordinator

Mathieu Sellier

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Attendance and Participation During Labs 10% 12% based on attendance and participation during weekly tutorials
Assignment 1 27 Apr 2018 15%
Test 24 Apr 2018 30%
Assignment 2 28 May 2018 15%
Exam 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Versteeg, H. K. , Malalasekera, W; An introduction to computational fluid dynamics : the finite volume method ; 2nd ed; Pearson Education, 2007.

Recommended Reading

Anderson, John David; Computational fluid dynamics : the basics with applications ; McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Casey, Michael. , Wintergerste, Torsten., ERCOFTAC Special Interest Group on "Quality and Trust in Industrial CFD"; Best practice guidelines ; Version 1.0; ERCOFTAC, 2000.

Ferziger, Joel H. , Peric, M; Computational methods for fluid dynamics ; 3rd, rev. ed; Springer, 2002.

Tu, Jiyuan. , Yeoh, Guan Heng., Liu, Chaoqun; Computational fluid dynamics : a practical approach ; 1st ed; Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,059.00

International fee $5,125.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

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