Numerical Methods in Fluid Dynamics detailed syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aero students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Aeronautical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aero 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Aero Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of numerical methods in fluid dynamics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MATHEMATICAL NATURE OF FLUID DYNAMIC EQUATIONS
Governing equations of fluid dynamics and modelling of fluid flow – Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches – Mathematical nature of fluid dynamic equations – Classification of partial differential equations – General behavior of different classes of fluid dynamic equations – Practical examples of fluid dynamic problems governed by different classes of partial differential equations – ill posed and well posed problems
Unit II
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS AND CHOICE OF NUMERICAL SCHEMES
Importance of boundary conditions in obtaining the numerical solution of fluid dynamic equations-Types of boundary conditions- Boundary conditions for momentum equations for viscous and inviscid flows – Boundary conditions for energy equation for different flow conditions – Practical examples – Symmetry and cyclic boundary conditions – Stability of numerical solution and the choice of numerical schemes for different classes of fluid dynamic equations
Unit III
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Unit IV
PANEL METHODS
A brief description of source, sink and vortex flows – Application of panel methods – Methodology involved in implementing panel methods – Source panel method and its implementation – Solution methods for solving a set of large number of algebraic equations and their applications for panel methods – Solution example of flow over a circular cylinder – Vortex panel method and its implementation – Vortex lattice method
Unit V
NUMERICAL METHODS FOR STEADY SUPERSONIC FLOWS
Two dimensional irrotational flow – Method of characteristics – Numerical methodology to obtain solution using method of characteristics for supersonic inviscid flows – Supersonic nozzle design using method of characteristics – Application of method of characteristics for axisymmetric irrotational flows – Description of Mc. Cormack’s Predictor-corrector technique – Shock capturing and shock fitting techniques
Course Outcomes:
- will be able to understand the importance of numerical methods in finding solutions to complex engineering flow problems
- will be able to develop interest in lifelong learning on numerical methods and apply the knowledge for the solution of aerospace related fluid dynamic problems
- will acquire basic knowledge to learn modern engineering tools such as CFD software tools to solve and analyse the flow fields over the airplanes
- will be able to apply skills to develop algorithms for the solutions of inviscid supersonic flow problems pertaining to aerospace field
- will be able to create new computational techniques in computational methods such as FVM using the imparted knowledge
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Chung T. J., “Computational Fluid Dynamics”, Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition, 2010.
- Hirsch C., “Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows” Volume-2, John Wiley and Sons, 1994.
- Joel H. Ferziger & Milovan Peric, “Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics” Springer; 3rd edition 2002.
- John F Wendt , “Computational Fluid Dynamics – An Introduction”, 3rd Edition, SpringerVerlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
- Versteeg H.K. and Malalsekera W. “An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, The Finite Volume Method”, PHI; 2nd edition 2007.
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