Advance Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Advance Computational Fluid Dynamics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advance Computational Fluid Dynamics (subject code 3170109) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 7 divides the course into 5 units, covering 36 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3170109)Unit 1 Review of Basic Computational Fluid Dynamics
- - CFD and its application
- Governing flow equations
- incompressible and compressible flows
- Parabolic and Hyperbolic partial differential equations
- finite difference and finite volume method
- explicit and implicit methods
Unit 2 Grid Formulation
- Algebric methods
- Multi block structured grid generation
- Unstructured Grid generation : Delalunay triangulation
- Advancing front methods
- Bowyer Algorithm
- Adaptive grids
Unit 3 Implementation of Boundary Conditions
- Inlet and Outlet Boundary Condition
- Wall Boundary condition
- The constant pressure boundary condition
- symmetry boundary condition
- periodic or cyclic boundary condition
Unit 4 Turbulence Modeling
- - What is turbulence flow? Characteristics and important features of turbulent flow
- The effect of turbulent fluctuations on properties of mean flow
- Turbulent flow calculations
- Vorticity transport equation
- Statistical representation of turbulent flows: Homogeneous turbulence and isotropic turbulence
- General Properties of turbulent quantities
- Reynolds average Navier stokes (RANS) equation
- mixing length model
- Reynold stress equation models
- Closure problem in turbulence
- Necessity of turbulence modeling
- Eddy viscosity models
- Turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation
- The κ-ε model
- Advantages and disadvantages of κ-ε model, SST, RNG κ-ε model and κ-ω model
- Basics of Reynolds stress model (RSM)
- Large eddy Simulation (LES)
- Direct numerical simulation (DNS)
Unit 5 Some Aspects of Real life CFD analysis
- - How Does CFD code Work? Structure of Subject Code: 3170109 w.e.f