MAE 4230 - Intermediate Fluid Dynamics

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: MAE 3230 (Introductory Fluid Mechanics) or CEE 3310/BEE 3310, CHEME 3230 or permission of instructor. Co-meets with MAE 5230. Fulfills Senior Design requirement if M.E. seniors enroll in corresponding section of MAE 4291.

Staff.

Builds on the foundation of MAE 3230. Emphasis is placed on both the fundamental principles and numerical calculation of real flows using a computational fluid dynamics package. Topics covered include inviscid and viscous flows at different regimes of Reynolds number. The examples will be related to engineering and environmental applications.

Outcome 1: Students will understand the derivation and physical meaning of the conservation equations.

Outcome 2: Be able to derive analytical solutions to simplified problems.

Outcome 3: Understand the underlying models in ANSYS/FLUENT.

Outcome 4: Be able to apply ANSYS/FLUENT to solve a range of problems.

Outcome 5: Understand numerical errors and the limitations of CFD.