Academic Catalog

AEE717 COMPUTER SIMULATION USING PARTICLES

Course Code: 5720717
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Molecular Dynamics (MD) method. high-order predictor-corrector schemes. Verlet integration schemes. Particle-in-Cell (PIC) Method. numerical simulation of plasma flows. Vlasov`s equation. particle-mesh methods. discrete Fourier transforms. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method. numerical simulation of rarefied and micro-nano scale gas flows. Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM). simplified Boltzmann equation. discrete velocity models.