Course

Elective Streams General Electives

Lab Content 45 hours

1. Simulation of Li-ion battery module
2. Simulation of hydrogen fuel cell
3. Simulation of IC engine using Ansys Forte
4. Simulation of one way fluid structure interaction
5. Simulation of single stage axial compressor using sliding
6. Simulation of heat transfer in electronic printed circuit boards and

Unit 1

Introduction to CFD: Classification of PDEs Simplifications, Building Blocks of CFD, Mathematical description of fluid flow and heat transfer-Conservation equations for mass, momentum, energy and chemical species- Classification of partial differential equations.

Unit 2

Discretization techniques: Discretization techniques using finite difference and finite volume formulations. Steady and unsteady one-dimensional heat conduction, One dimensional steady convection and diffusion. Formulations for Convection-Diffusion problems, Upwinding, Explicit, Semi-implicit and Fully Implicit formulations for unsteady problems, Stability analysis. The concept of false diffusion, QUICK scheme, TVD schemes and flux limiter functions.

Unit 3

Modelling: Discretization of Navier Stokes Equations, primitive variable approach, SIMPLE Algorithm, SIMPLER Algorithm, Unstructured Grid Formulation, Introduction to Turbulence Modeling, spray and combustion modeling, Adaptive mesh refinement, Applications to practical problems using Open Foam/PyCFD and other commercial softwares.

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Course Objectives

1. To introduce the basic governing equations and understand the basic properties of
2. To familiarise different discretization techniques and solving methods for improving
3. To apply the knowledge while solving real time physical problems using simulation

Course Outcomes

CO-PO Mapping

Skills Acquired

Relate any physical problem in computational domain with right boundary conditions. Ability to analyze and interpret the results using CFD tools.

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Text Books / References

1. Moukalled, , Mangani, L., and Darwish, M. “The finite volume method in computational fluid dynamics. An Advanced Introduction with Open FOAM and Matlab”, 2021.
2. Versteeg, K., and Malalasekara, W, “An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics”, The Finite Volume Method, 2017
3. Patankar, V., “Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow”, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1980.
4. Anderson, A., Tannehill J.C., and Pletcher, R.H., “Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1984