INTRODUCTION TO

CFD
Zoya Rizvi

Introduction
This course, computational fluid dynamics, is derived both from fluid mechanics and also
from computational techniques and comes up with a set of numerical methods which will
enable us to solve the equations, which govern the flow of a fluid in any domain;
This enables us to go much beyond what we can do in analytical part of a fluid mechanics
course;
In fluid mechanics, we have studied how flow goes through a straight pipe and how flow
goes over, for example, a sphere under creeping flow conditions and what type of velocity
profile we have for flow over a flat plate;
In such simple geometries, we know how the flow takes place and we can characterize the
pressure drop or the drag coefficient or the friction factors in such simple cases;
But we know that when we want to deal with practical problems, we have a difficulty in
extending what we have learnt in a basic fluid mechanics course to complicated
geometries
CFD scope.pdf

Applications of CFD
There are many Applications of CFD
Lec 1.ppt

Advantages of CFD
CFD scope.pdf

Pros & Cons of CFD

Pros-and-Cons-of-CFD-and-Physical-Flow-Modeling.pdf

Important Questions
1) Mention the various fields of engineering where CFD is
applicable and beneficial. (5M-May14)
2) Why we need to study CFD? What are the applications
of CFD in engineering field? (5M)
3) Explain the working of commercial CFD software
methodology.