cfd

1. Syllabus (CH4316)
• Philosophy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Review of
equations governing fluid flow and heat transfer, simplified flow
models such as incompressible, inviscid, potential and creeping flow
• Classification of partial differential equations, initial and boundary
conditions, review of applied numerical methods
• Finite difference method: introduction, discretization method,
consistency, error and stability analysis, fundamentals of fluid flow
modeling

2. • Finite difference applications in heat conduction and convection:
steady and transient heat conduction in rectangular and cylindrical
geometries, convective heat transfer
• Solution of viscous incompressible flows by stream function-vorticity
formulation Solution of Navier-Stokes equation for incompressible
flows using SIMPLE algorithm
• Finite Volume Method: Discretization methods, approximations of
surface integrals and volume integrals, interpolation and differential
practices, implementation of boundary conditions, application to the
engineering problems