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Courses » Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics

ABOUT THE COURSE
 The course deals with the numerical solution of equations governing fluid flow and would be of interest to engineers and scientists—both aspiring and professional—with chemical/ mechanical/ civil/ aerospace engineering applications. In all these fields, one needs to deal extensively with fluid flow related phenomena and one needs to resolve flow-related features of the processes and equipment. Although the equations governing fluid flow have been formulated more than 150 years ago, it is only in recent years that these are being solved in the practical applications in which the flow occurs. The course deals with the basic techniques that enable the numerical solution of these equations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE
 UG/ PG students in chem/mech/civil/aerospace engg departments

 PRE-REQUISITES
 At least one course in fluid mechanics. In addition, at least one course in numerical techniques and one course in computer programming would be essential

INDUSTRIES THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THIS COURSE
 Automobile, Process, Power generation industries

2994 students have enrolled already!!

COURSE INSTRUCTOR




Dr. Sreenivas Jayanti studied mechanical engineering at IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India; nuclear engineering at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; fluid mechanics at INPG, Grenoble, France, and obtained his PhD from the department of chemical engineering at Imperial College, London, UK in 1990. After a post-doctoral fellowship at Imperial College, he joined IIT Madras as a visiting faculty in 1994. He is currently a professor in the department of chemical engineering at IIT Madras. His main research interests include computational fluid dynamics, combustion and fuel cells.



COURSE LAYOUT

 Week 1: Introduction : calculation of flow in a rectangular duct
Week 2: Calculation of fully developed flow in a triangular duct
Week 3: Derivation of equations governing fluid flow
Week 4: Equations for incompressible flow and boundary conditions
Week 5: Basic concepts of CFD: Finite difference approximations
Week 6: Basic concepts of CFD: Consistency, stability and convergence
Week 7: Solution of Navier Stokes for compressible flows
Week 8: Solution of Navier Stokes equations for incompressible flows
Week 9: Solution of linear algebraic equations: basic methods
Week 10: Solution of linear algebraic equations: advanced methods
Week 11: Basics of finite volume method including grid generation
Week 12: Turbulent flows and turbulence modelling

Certification Exam

The exam is optional. Exams will be on 24 April 2016 and 30 April 2016, mostly in an online mode

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000 needs to be paid.

Certificate

Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam.

It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.


SUGGESTED READING

Ferziger J.H. & Peric M. (1999) Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Springer, Berlin, Germany.
Hirsch C. (1988) Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA.
Patankar S.V. (1980) Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Hemisphere, Washington D.C., USA.
Versteeg H.K. & Malalsekera W. (1995) An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method, Longman Scientific & Technical, Harlow, Essex, UK.
Anderson J.D. (1995) Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications,McGraw-Hill, Inc.