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RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING LESSON PLAN Sub Code & Name AE 2402 - COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS : Aeronautical Engineering : Mr. Surendra Bogadi
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Basic fluid properties - Basic governing equation for fluid dynamics Mathematical properties of Elliptic, Parabolic and Hyperbolic equations Introduction to discretiztion of PDE Explicit finite difference methods of subsonic, supersonic & viscous flows. Source panel method, Vortex panel method Applications - Lifting flows over arbitrary bodies GRID GENERATION Structured grids. Types and transformations Generation of structured grids. Unstructured grids. Delany triangulation. DISCRETIZATION Introduction to discretiztion of PDE Boundary layer Equations and methods of solution Explicit and implicit methods - Applications Concept of numerical dissipation --Stability criteria Upwind discretization scheme - Further advantages

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FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES Finite Element Techniques in CFD - Overview Strong and Weak Formulations of a Boundary Value Problem Implementation of the FEM - The Solution Procedure FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUES Finite Volume Techniques - Cell Centered Formulation Lax - Vendoroff Time Stepping - Runge - Kutta Time Stepping - Multi stage Time Stepping FDM -like Finite Volume Techniques Central and Up-wind Type Discretizations - Treatment of Derivatives. Flux splitting schemes. Pressure correction solvers SIMPLE, PESO Vorticity transport formulation 2 3 2 2 3 2 PP BB BB BB BB BB 2 3 1 BB BB PP

1. Fletcher, C.A.J., Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Vols. I and II, Springer - Verlag, Berlin, 1988. REFERENCES 1. John F. Wendt (Editor), Computational Fluid Dynamics - An Introduction, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1992 2. Charles Hirsch, Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, Vols. I and II. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988 3. Klaus A Hoffmann and Steve T. Chiang. Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers, Vols. I & II Engineering Education System, P.O. Box 20078, W. Wichita, K.S., 67208 - 1078 USA, 1993. 4. Anderson, Jr.D., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw-Hill, 2000.