Calculation Engineer Thermal Systems

Questions: Calculation Engineer Thermal Systems

1. How would you conduct the shape optimization of a cooling air duct with one inlet and multiple outlets (similar to a exhaust gas
manifold)? Make reasonable assumptions about the type of objective and constraint. How would you set up a automated
optimization pipeline?
2. What are the benefits and deficiencies of using constant turbulent Prandtl number in a complex conjugate heat transfer
simulation? Describe three other methods to model the turbulent heat flux and explain why they may be a better alternative. List
the papers on which you rely your argumentation.
3. How would you model the exhaust of hot burning gas from a battery cell? Take a standard cylindrical cell as a reference and
consider different material layers for this cell. Make reasonable assumptions about size and position of a potential crack and the
amount and temperature of the gas. Which spatial and temporal discretization scheme would you apply?
4. Which turbulence modeling approach would you use for the aero-thermal simulation of a turbine guide vane with internal cooling
channels (similar to the NASA C3X vane). Suppose you are mainly interested in integral values, i.e., cooling efficiency. Which
specific turbulence model would you use? Please justify your choice.

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