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MECH485 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS USING FINITE VOLUME METHOD

Course Code: 3650485
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. ERAY UZGÖREN
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Conservation laws and boundary conditions, finite volume method for diffusion problems, finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems, solution algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling in steady flows, solution of discretization equations, finite volume method for unsteady flows, implementation of boundary conditions.