Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics

3 units

Scope and impact of computational fluid dynamics. Governing equations of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Three-dimensional grid-generation methods based on differential systems. Numerical methods for Euler and compressible Navier-Stokes equation. Numerical methods for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Computation of transonic inviscid and viscous flow past airfoils and wings. Analogy between the equations of computational fluid dynamics, computational electromagnetics, computational aeroacoustics, and other equations of computational physics. Non-aerospace applications - Bio-fluid mechanics, fluid mechanics of buildings, wind and water turbines, and other energy and environment applications.