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ME705 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOWS

Course Code: 5690705
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. CÜNEYT SERT
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

General philosophy of domain discretization, equation discretization and algebraic systematic solution. Conservation equations for thermofluidic transport. Structured grid generation with algebraic and differential techniques. Principles of the finite volume method and pressure-correction schemes. Discretization of mass, momentum and energy conversation equations using pressure-based methods. Detailed programming of the SIMPLE algorithm. Implementation of RANS based turbulence modeling.