Course
UndergraduateSemester
ElectivesSubject Code
AE468Subject Title
Computational Fluid DynamicsSyllabus
Mathematical models for fluid dynamics – classification of partial differential equations – discretization methods – finite difference formulation – numerical solution of elliptic equations – linear system of algebraic equations – numerical solution of parabolic equations – stability analysis – numerical solution of hyperbolic equations – finite volume method – Burgers equation – time integration schemes – incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and their solution algorithms.
Text Books
Hirsch, C., Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows: The Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. I, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann (2007).
References
1. Tannehill, J. C., Anderson, D. A., and Pletcher, R. H., Computational Fluid Mechanics and
Heat Transfer, 2nd ed., Taylor & Francis (1997).
2. Hoffmann, K. A. and Chiang, S. T., Computational Fluid Dynamics for Engineers, 4th ed.,
Engineering Education Systems (2000).
3. Anderson, J. D., Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications, McGraw Hill
(1995).
4. Patankar, S. V., Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Hemisphere (1980).
5. Ferziger, J. H. and Perić, M., Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 3rd ed., Springer
(2002).