AEB700

CFD for Aerospace Applications

LTPC
3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVE
To provide students with a solid foundation in the field of CFD.
MODULE I GOVERNING EQUATIONS
(06)
The flow and its mathematical description; Conservation laws; Viscous stresses; Complete
system of the Navier-Stokes equations; Simplification of the Navier-Stokes equations.
MODULE II SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION
(09)
Finite difference method- Difference representation of partial differential equations, further
examples of methods of obtaining finite difference equations; Finite volume method two
dimensional and three dimensional control volumes; Cell centered and cell vertex discretization
methodologies; Central scheme with artificial dissipation; Upwind schemes flux vector
splitting schemes and flux difference splitting schemes; Total variation diminishing (TVD)
schemes and limiter functions; Pressure velocity coupling, SIMPLE, SIMPLER algorithms.
MODULE III TEMPORAL DISCRETIZATION
(08)
Explicit time-stepping schemes; multistage scheme Runge-Kutta method, Treatment of the
source term; Determination of the maximum time step. Implicit time-stepping schemes; Matrix
form of implicit operator, Evaluation of the flux Jacobian, ADI scheme, LU-SGS scheme,
Newton-Krylov method; Methodologies for unsteady flow Dual time stepping.
MODULE IV TURBULENCE MODELING & BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
(09)
Basic equations of turbulence; Reynolds averaging, Favre averaging, Reynolds Averaged
Navier-Stokes equation; Eddy viscosity hypothesis, Nonlinear eddy viscosity, Reynolds stress
transport equation.
Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions; Concepts of dummy cells, Solid wall, Farfield,
Inlet and outlet boundary conditions, Symmetry plane, Coordinate cut, Periodic boundaries and
interface between grid blocks.
MODULE V ANALYSIS OF NUMERICAL SCHEMES
(06)
Concepts of consistency, accuracy and stability; Von Neumann stability analysis; Explicit time
stepping, Implicit time stepping and derivation of CFL condition.
MODULE VI GRID GENERATION
(07)
Principles of grid generation, structured grid, C, H and O topologies, Algebraic grid generation
and elliptic grid generation; Adaptive grids; Introduction to unstructured grid generation
Delaunay triangulation.
Total Hours: 45

REFERENCES:
J. Blazek, Computational Fluid Dynamics: Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition,
Elsevier, 2006.
T.J. Chung, Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press,
2010.
C. Hirsch, Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows The Fundamentals
of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier
Group, 2007.
John D. Anderson Jr., Computational Fluid Dynamics, 6th Edition, McGraw Hill, 1995.
John C. Tannehill, Dale A. Anderson, Richard H. Pletcher, Computational Fluid
Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, 1997
S.V. Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, McGraw-Hill, 1980.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to
Understand different discretization techniques and boundary conditions.
Implement the appropriate technique suitable for their work.