MDM534 FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN THERMOFLUIDS
| Course Code: | 8760534 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Design and Manufacturing |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will understand the fundamentals of the fluid dynamics behind complex engineering problems.
At the end of this course, the student will learn basic concepts used for the discretization of the solution domain.
At the end of this course, the student will learn the finite element algorithms on which the CFD codes are based.
At the end of this course, the student will acquire a theoretical background for the effective use of commercial CFD codes.
At the end of this course, the student will learn that CFD cannot be professed adequately without continued reference to experimental validation.
At the end of this course, the student will learn how to model the simple thermofluid problems.
Course Content
Variational techniques,methods of weighted residuals,Ritz methods,Galerkins tecnique.Review of two-dimensional finite elements.Inviscid incompressible flows,inviscid compressible flows,incompressible viscous flows without inertia and incompressible viscous flows with inertia.Three-dimensional isoparametric finite elements.Three-dimensional unsteady Euler equations.
Course Learning Outcomes
Ability to identify the governing equations that are used in the solution of CFD problems.
Ability to formulate simple CFD problems.
Ability to use commercial mesh generation codes.
Ability to write simple mesh generation codes.
Ability to analyze the validity of generated meshes.
Ability to analyze merits and/or pitfalls of various mesh generation methods.
Ability to identify the characteristic of a problem and solve it with appropriate solution method.
Ability to analyze merits and/or pitfalls of various solution algorithms.
Ability to analyze computation errors for solution accuracy.
Ability to identify the mesh generation techniques used by commercial mesh generation codes.
Ability to identify the finite element algorithms used by commercial CFD codes.
Ability to use commercial CFD codes.