Computational Fluid Mechanics

3 Units

This course covers the fundamentals of numerical algorithms for modeling dynamics of fluid flow computationally. Includes various approaches to discretize time and space on structured and unstructured grids with a variety of boundary conditions. Involves programming of basic CFD codes in MATLAB to test example problems in fluid mechanics with different discretization schemes. Topics include finite difference, finite element, and spectral techniques for numerical solutions of partial differential equations. Prereq: Graduate student standing.