(Course taught as part of the practical classes for AeroStream students.)
Lecturer: Asst. Prof. Sudip Bhattarai (Aerospace Science and Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
Lecture Duration: 12 hrs (3 hrs per week)
Time: Sunday, March 20th, 1 pm – 4 pm.
Venue: D-Hall, Block-D, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Central Campus, IOE.
Objectives:
To familiarise students to numerical techniques for solving basic conduction and diffusion equations using finite volume method, meshing techniques in ICEM and the solver Fluent, and introduce them to the open-source CFD tool OpenFOAM.
Pre-requisites:
Basic Aero-thermodynamics; Numerical methods; Basic programming skills in C/C++.
Contents:
Lecture Day-1: Finite Volume Method treatment of Navier-Stokes equations; Programming basic conduction and diffusion equations in MATLAB; solution of partial differential equations in MATLAB PDE Toolbox.
Lecture Day-2: Meshing in (ANSYS) ICEM and solution of basic flow examples in Fluent.
Lecure Day-3 & 4: Introduction to OpenFOAM; Running test cases; Solvers and solver setup; Programming and compiling.
Contact:
sudip@ioe.edu.np; +977-9860026391; Office 205-B, Block-D, IOE Central Campus (Pulchowk)