Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives By the end of the course students should be able to do the following: recognise the problems where computational fluid dynamics is the appropriate solution; formulate the governing equations in the appropriate form for a particular problem; analyse the numerical properties of finite difference schemes; apply the appropriate finite difference method to solve a time-dependent problem in fluid mechanics.
Synopsis An introduction to the techniques and applications of computational fluid mechanics. Development of the equations governing fluid flow; characterisation of partial differential equations; finite difference solution of the governing equations; grid generation; time-stepping; matrix solution methods; full implementation of techniques developed to solve a time-dependent flow problem.
Assessment Examination: 70% + Assignment: 30%