ME705 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS
| Course Code: | 5690705 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. CÜNEYT SERT |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Learn the basic algoritms used in solving incompressible flows.
Get hands on practice in coding these algorithms.
Course Content
General philosophy of domain discretization, equation discretization and algebraic systematic solution. Conservation equations for thermofluidic transport. Structured grid generation with algebraic and differential techniques. Principles of the finite volume method and pressure-correction schemes. Discretization of mass, momentum and energy conversation equations using pressure-based methods. Detailed programming of the SIMPLE algorithm. Implementation of RANS based turbulence modeling.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester the students will
- be able to perform finite volume discretization of the governing equations of incompressible flows in multi-dimensions on structured and unstructured meshes.
- learn the working principles of commonly used incompressible flow solution techniques such as the projections methods and the fractional step methods.
- be able to code these techniques to solve 2D problems on structured and unstructured meshes.