Department of Chemical Engineering

Course Outline

ChE490/690 Computational Fluid Dynamics with Heat and Mass Transfer

Spring 2004

Lecturer:

Professor Srdjan Nesic

room 181, Stocker Center
tel. 593 9945
fax. 593 9949
email: nesic@ohio.edu

Subject Objectives:

The primary aim of this subject is to raise the level of student understanding in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as it relates to engineering. This subject brings together the knowledge gained in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer and numerical methods in order to develop computational techniques for analysis of complex processes. This will be achieved through lectures which will cover selected topics as listed below.

Prerequisites:

none, however having taken some of the following courses or their equivalents makes for a good foundation: ChE 305, ChE 345, ChE 346, ChE347, MATH 340

Lecture times:

TBA

Syllabus:

Conservation equations of fluid motion and heat and mass transfer
Finite volume method for conduction/diffusion
Finite volume method for convection-diffusion
Finite volume method for unsteady flow
Boundary conditions
Solution of discretized equations
Introduction to turbulence and its modeling

Downloadables:

Differerential Conservation Equations - Part 1
Differerential Conservation Equations - Part 2
Differerential Conservation Equations - Part 3
CFD Notes
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Part 7

Assignments

There will be three assignments which are designed to reinforce the understanding of the material presented during the lectures and to prepare the students for the work on the project.

Assignment 1 - One-dimensional conduction/diffusion project

Assignment 2 - Two-dimensional conduction/ diffusion project

Assignment 3 - Two-dimensional convection-diffusion project

Textbook:

Other excellent texts in this field:

S. Patankar, "Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow", Taylor and Francis, 1980.

J. D. Anderson, "Computational Fluid Dynamics", McGraw Hill, 1995.

J. H. Ferziger and M. Peric, "Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics", Springer 1996.

Assessment:

The criterion based method of assessment will be used (no normalizing) as follows:

60% - assignments (3 assignments, each worth 20% of the final mark)
40% - final, closed-book, 2-hour examination at end of semester.

Attendance policy:

Attendance to all sessions is required. No enforcement policy will be in effect, however students are responsible for all the material covered in class.

Academic misconduct:

All homework submissions will be individual work of each student. No unauthorized collaboration of any kind is permitted during preparation of the submissions or during the exam. All suspected cases will be treated according to University Policy as stated in the Catalog and the Student Handbook.