R23
MECH · 4-1
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
JNTUK R23 · MECH · semester 4-1 · syllabus
This JNTUK R23 professional elective is listed for Mechanical Engineering (MECH). It is listed in semester 4-1. It carries 3 credits. The published coverage runs across 5 units, from Conservation Principles through Finite Element Method.
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UNIT 01 — Conservation Principles
Introduction, conservation of mass, Newton’s second law of motion, expanded forms of Navier-stokes equations (Derivation), conservation of energy principle, special forms of the Navier-stokes equations. APPLIED NUMERICAL METHODS: Solution of a system of simultaneous linear algebraic equations, iterative schemes of matrix inversion, direct methods for matrix inversion, direct methods for banded matrices, TDMA – Algorithms.
UNIT 02 — Conduction And Convention
Steady flow, dimensionless form of momentum and energy equations, stokes equation, conservative body force fields, stream function -vorticity formulation. Finite difference applications in heat conduction and convention –heat conduction, steady heat conduction in a rectangular geometry, transient heat conduction, finite difference application in convective heat transfer, closure.
UNIT 03 — Explicit And Implicit Methods
Finite differences, discretization, consistency, stability, and fundamentals of fluid flow modelling: introduction, elementary finite difference quotients, implementation aspects of finite- difference equations, consistency, explicit and implicit methods.
UNIT 04 — Introduction To First Order Wave Equation
Stability of hyperbolic and elliptic equations, fundamentals of fluid flow modelling, conservative property, the upwind scheme. FINITE VOLUME METHOD: Approximation of surface integrals, volume integrals, interpolation and differentiation practices, upwind interpolation, linear interpolation and quadratic interpolation.
UNIT 05 — Finite Element Method
Introduction – Weighted Residual and Variational Formulations – Rayleigh-Ritz Method – Interpolation – One dimensional and Two dimensional regions – Error Control – Applications of FEM to One dimensional Problems (Steady and Transient) – Two dimensional problems