INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS

Gretar Tryggvason

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Version 1.0. Spring 2009:

LECTURES

Videos of Lecture are Posted on MyWPI Immediately Following Lecture!
# Topic Date Work due

PART I: Introduction and Basic Concepts

1 Introduction, what is CFD, examples, computers, course administration, elementary numerical analysis. Slides Online Lecture (but no sound!) Jan. 21 .
2 Elementary numerical analysis, integration of ordinary and partial differential equations. Slides Online Lecture Jan. 26 .
. Introduction to MATLAB (Dr. Hera) Matlab Wiki Jan. 28 .
3 Numerical analysis. Finite difference solution of the Navier-Stokes equations in vorticity/streamfunction form. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 2 .
4 Finite volume methods. Examples. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 4 .
5 Review of fluid mechanics: the governing equations and "types" of flows. Slides Online Lecture Wiki: Fluids Equations Feb. 9 HW 1
Project 1
6 FLUENT hands-on session Wiki: Commercial Codes Feb. 11 .

PART II: Elements of Numerical Analysis

7 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, elementary numerical analysis. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 16 .
8 Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations-1. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 18 .
9 Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations-2. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 23 .
10 Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations-3. Slides Online Lecture Feb. 25 HW 2
11 Numerical Methods for Parabolic Equations. Slides Online Lecture March 2 .
12 Numerical Methods for Elliptic Equations-1. Slides Online Lecture Upwind code 2 March 4 Project 2.
. NO LECTURE-BREAK March 9 .
. NO LECTURE-BREAK March 11 .
13 Numerical Methods for Elliptic Equations-2. Slides Online Lecture March 16 .
14 The Advection-Diffusion Equation. Slides Online Lecture March 18 HW 3
15 Solving the Navier-Stokes equations in primitive variables, the MAC method. Code for PR4 Slides Online Lecture March 23 .
16 Solving the Navier-Stokes Equations. Slides Online Lecture March 25 .

PART III: Introduction to Advanced Topics

. Exam. Quiz1-06 Quiz1-07 March 30 .
17 Complex Domains, Body Fitted Coordinates. Slides April 1 Project 3
18 Body Fitted Coordinates, Grid Generation. Slides April 6 .
19 Introduction to Turbulence. Slides April 8 .
20 Multiphase Flow and Combustion. Slides April 13 HW 4
21 DNS of Multiphase Flows-I. Slides April 15 .
22 DNS of Multiphase Flows-II. Slides April 22 .
23 Other methods for CFD+Parallel Computers. Slides April 27 .
24 Summary and Overview. Slides April 29 .
. Final Exam. Quiz2-06 Quiz2-07 May 4 HW 5
Project 4