Semester VI

AEB X03

Introduction to CFD

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COURSE OBJECTIVE

To introduce the basic equations governing fluid flow problems and CFD techniques to solve them.

Module I

GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF FLUID DYNAMICS

Equations of viscous flow: The Navier-Stokes equations

Equations of inviscid flow: The Eulers equation
Physical boundary conditions

Module II

MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIOUR OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Hyperbolic equations: Steady inviscid supersonic flow, unsteady inviscid flow,

Parabolic equations: Steady boundary layer flows,
Elliptic equations: steady subsonic inviscid flow, incompressible inviscid flow,
Supersonic blunt body problems, well posed problems

Module III

BASICS OF DISCRETIZATION

Finite differences: Difference equations,

Concept of explicit and implicit equations: Explicit and implicit approaches, Error and stability analysis,
CFD techniques: Finite volume techniques, Error and uncertainty

Module IV

GRID GENERATION

General transformation of the equations: Matrices and Jacobians, stretched (compressed) grids,
Boundary-Fitted Coordinates system: Elliptic grid generation, adoptive grid,
Modern development in grid generation: Modern development in finite volume grid generation, Unstructured
meshes

Module V

SIMPLE CFD TECHNIQUES

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Solution of model equations: Heat equation, wave equation, Laplace equation,

Solution techniques1: The Lax-Wendroff Technique, MacCormack sTechnique, Governing equations in
conservation form, space marching, The Relaxation Technique and its use with low speed inviscid flow, Aspect
of Numerical Dissipation and Dispersion; Artificial viscosity;
Solution techniques2: The Alternating Direction Implicit (ADI) Technique, The Pressure Correction
Technique;
Applications: Application to incompressible viscous flow, Pressure correction formula, the SIMPLE algorithm,
Boundary condition for the pressure correction method.

Module VI

APPLICATIONS

Quasi one-dimensional Nozzle Flow, Inviscid two-dimensional supersonic flow, Incompressible Couette flow,
Viscous supersonic flow over flat plate;
Application to commercial CFD package inviscid flow simulation, viscous flow/ boundary layer simulation.

TOTAL: 45
TEXT BOOK
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John D. Anderson, Jr., Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1995.

REFERENCES
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John C. Tannehill, Dale A. Anderson, Richard H. Pletcher, Computational fluid mechanics and Heat Transfer,
Special Indian Edition, Taylor Francis, 1997.
T. J. Chung, Computational fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, UK 2013.
S. V. Patankar, Numerical heat transfer and fluid flow, Hemisphere publishing Corp., Taylor & Francis group,
New York, 1980.
P. Roach, Fundamentals of computational fluid dynamics, Hermosa,1999.

OUTCOMES:
Students should be able to:

Understand the governing equations and boundary conditions of fluid flow problems.

Understand the basic discretization techniques and different solvers.

Apply the CFD techniques to simple flow problems.