MECH485 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS USING FINITE VOLUME METHOD
| Course Code: | 3650485 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr ALİ ATASHBAR ORANG |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn to:
- Analyze complex engineering problems involving fluid dynamics,
- Formulate and apply discrete equations based on finite volume approach on a solution domain to solve basic fluid flow problems,
- Identify and operate existing CFD software utilizing finite volume method
- Recognize the need in experimental validation to aid CFD by analyzing strengths and weaknesses of methods used.
Course Content
Conservation laws and boundary conditions, finite volume method for diffusion problems, finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems, solution algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling in steady flows, solution of discretization equations, finite volume method for unsteady flows, implementation of boundary conditions.
Course Learning Outcomes
Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- Analyze complex engineering problems involving fluid dynamics,
- Formulate and apply discrete equations based on finite volume approach on a solution domain to solve basic fluid flow problems,
- Identify and operate existing CFD software utilizing finite volume method
- Recognize the need in experimental validation to aid CFD by analyzing strengths and weaknesses of methods used.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economic considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution