Grid Generation Techniques 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 grid generation techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASIC ASPECTS IN GRID GENERATION
Methodology of grid generation- classification of grid generation techniques – Structured, Unstructured and Hybrid grids and their characteristic features – Areas of application -Geometry related issues for grid generation – Grid or mesh topology – Conformal Mapping-Domain decomposition with multiblocking
Unit II
STRUCTURED GRID GENERATION
Algebraic methods for structured grid generation – Use of blending functions for grid generationUse of partial differential equations for structured grid generation – Elliptic schemes for structured grid generation – Implementation of boundary conditions for smooth grid generation – Variational methods – Applications – A brief introduction to hyperbolic schemes for grid generation
Unit III
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Unit IV
ADAPTIVE MESHING
Description of adaptive mesh refinement – Adaption control – Strategies for mesh adaptionSolution gradient based adaption – Discretization error and Recovery based adaption -r adaption, h adaption and p adaption methods – Elementary concepts in dynamic meshing and mesh motion – Role of adaptive meshing in solution accuracy and convergence
Unit V
GRID QUALITY AND QUALITY CONTROL
A brief description of metrics for grid quality – Aspect ratio – Orthogonality – Skewness – Warpage-Jacobian- Best practices for grid quality and grid control – mesh/grid quality aspects in surface meshing – Volume meshing and quality check – Grid quality aspects in boundary layer flows -Prismatic layers – Quality control in hybrid mesh transition – guideline for checking mesh quality and control
Course Outcomes:
- Will be able to acquire knowledge on the basic principles of grid generation and be able to apply preliminary grid selection tasks in aerospace applications
- Will be able to understand the multi-block grid generation procedures and be able to evaluate multi-block grid designs of computational domain in aerospace related problems
- Will be able to evaluate structured and unstructured grid designs and be able to take decisions on selection of suitable grid blocks for the computational domains in aerospace applications.
- Will be able to apply adaptive meshing methods for better management of computer resources and cost effective solutions in aerospace engineering
- Will be able to apply skills in ensuring the good quality of grid that is essential to get reasonably accurate numerical solutions for complex aerospace engineering problems
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