Course detail

Introduction to CFD

FSI-MP0Acad. year: 2011/2012

Students will be acquainted with the CFD environment (geometry set up, computational mesh creation, solution evaluation) and will learn basic manipulation with the most widely used CFD code Fluent with preprocessor Gambit.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Rudolf, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to create and evaluate simple CFD models and gain basic skills for consequential subject Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Prerequisites

Fluid Mechanics, basics of Windows operating system

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course-unit credit is received if there is an active participation and a written semestral project is evaluated at least with grade E.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basics of the work with Fluent and Gambit software.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance is required, 2 absences are tolerated.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Fluent 6.3.26 User's Guide. Lebanon USA. 2007
Gambit User's Guide. Lebanon USA. 2007

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme M2I-P Master's

    branch M-FLI , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective (voluntary)
    branch M-FLI , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective (voluntary)

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Roman Klas, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Pavel Rudolf, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Motivation, filosophy of the work with CFD software
2. Basic entity modeling in Gambit
3. Computational mesh: types and their creation
4. Modeling of simple 2D task in GAMBIT
5. Virtual geometry, geometry import from CAD software
6. Philosophy of the work in Fluent software
7. Manipulation with computational mesh, physical model definition
8. Starting the computational task, monitoring the solution
9. Postprocessing: graphical output
10. Postprocessing: data output
11. Modeling selected problem
12. Modeling selected problem
13. Modeling selected problem