ANSYS Fluent is a powerful computational fluid dynamics software package used to model flow, turbulence, heat transfer, and reactions for industrial applications. Fluent also offers highly scalable, high-performance computing (HPC) to help solve complex, large-model computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations quickly and cost-effectively.
Course Syllabus:
Introduction to CFD:
The principles of CFD and governing equations will be covered in details.
ANSYS Workbench interface (GUI):
Starting up a project on ANSYS workbench.
CAD modelling & CAD clean-up:
Introduction to Design Modeller (DM). Creating components in DM. Importing geometry from other CAD tools and cleaning up geometry.
Mesh:
Generation and refinement of mesh. Grid independence study.
Fluent Interface (GUI):
Navigate through Fluent GUI.
Boundary conditions:
Types of boundary conditions and their fidelity.
Incompressible flow:
Solving problems using the incompressible nature of liquids and flowing gases.
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Internal flow - Flow through pipes.
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External flow - Flow over a flat plate.
Turbulent mixing:
Importance of turbulence modelling.
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Mixing of two flowing liquids.
Heat Transfer:
Analysing heat transfer problems.
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Forced convection in pipe flow.
Compressible flow:
Introduction to compressible flow.
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Flow through a nozzle.
Unsteady flow:
Problems that come under the category of unsteady flow.
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Flow past a cylinder.
Post Processing (covered along with all analysis):
Verification and validation of results.
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