UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

Faculty

Course

Year/
Semester
Session

Lee Kong Chian Faculty of

Engineering and Science
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
Mechanical/Civil/Chemical
Engineering
2/1, 2/2, 3/1

2016/06

Unit Code

UEME3112

Unit Title

Fluid Mechanics II

Lecturer

Dr. Jaslyn Low Foon Siang

CFD Assignment: Laminar Pipe Flow

The diameter and length of a circular pipe are 0.2 m and 14 m, respectively. Assume the fluid flow in
pipe has density of 1.12 kg/m and viscosity of 2.5 x 10 kg/(ms). Set the inlet velocity to 3 m/s
(constant over the inlet cross-section) and the residuals for all equations to 1e-6. Set the calculations to
1000 iterations.
a) Determine the Reynolds number of the flow. Is the flow laminar or turbulent?
b) Run the simulation with two mesh sizes, 1405 elements (140 elements in the axial direction
and 5 elements in the radial direction) and 70020 (700 elements in the axial direction and 20
elements in the radial direction). Compare the outlet maximum velocity between the simulated
results of both mesh sizes and theoretical calculation. Recommend and use only the grid size
with lower percentage difference to answer the following questions.
c) Plot the centerline velocity distributions (Solution XY Plot). Discuss the changes in the
centerline velocity from inlet to outlet.
d) Draw one vertical line at developing region and another vertical line at developed region
(Line/Rake Surface). Plot the velocity profile (Solution XY Plot) for these lines and discuss on
the changes.
e) Show the velocity contour plots and discuss the growth of the boundary layers.
f) Compare and discuss the simulated entry length with the theoretical values.
g) Run the simulations for inlet velocities of 2.5, 3.5 and 4 m/s. Discuss the influences of inlet
velocity on the entry length.

Report Contents
Form a group of 5 students to run CFD simulations for this assignment. The report should include:
1) Introduction and Objectives (5 pts)
2) CFD inputs (10 pts)
3) Results and Discussion (65 points)
4) Conclusion and Recommendations (10 pts)
5) Report Presentation (References, appearance, organization, writing style, spelling, and grammar)
(10 pts)
Total: 100 marks
Submit only the hardcopy of the assignment. Marks will be deducted for late submission or any failure
to follow the template/format. The due date of report submission is 4 pm on 5th August 2016 (Week
10 Friday), venue is Level 3, room GE45.
You should use ANSYS Fluent only for the assignment. The software is available at KB Block
Level 6 computer labs.

Assignment Format Guidelines

1. Type setting
Font Time New Roman
Font size 12
Line spacing 1.5 lines
2. Page margin
-Left margin: 3.0 cm
-Right, Top, Bottom margins: 2 cm
3. Pages 30 (max), including assignment cover, contents, and references
4. Printing double sided printing
5. Binding Type Stapling