Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Content
  • Introduction and Motivation, Fundamental Equations and Dimensionless Numbers
  • Turblence and Modelling (DNS, LES, RANS);
  • Numerical Solution of the Navier Stokes Equations:
    Discretization and Solution Approaches (FDM, FVM), boundary and initial conditions, stability, mistakes in numerics and modelling
  • Set-up of a numerical simulation: pre- and postprocessing, validation, result evaluation, discussion of results
  • Introduction to open-source toolbox OpenFOAM:
    set-up of simulation, generation of numerical grid with different tools, data evaluation within OpenFOAM and with python;
  • Introduction to a research oriented toolbox for turbulent flows (DNS based o Incompact3d): set-up of simulation, statistical evaluation and analysis with MATLAB und python;
  • visualisization of simulation results in ParaView

This course includes a lecture and a computer course.

Language of instructionGerman
Bibliography

Wird in der Vorlesung bekannt gegeben.

Organisational issues

Die Kenntnis der Vorlesungsinhalte "Kontinuumsmechanik der Festkörper und Fluide" sowie "Mathematische Methoden der Kontinuumsmechanik" wird vorausgesetzt.