CLL: 768 Quiz-1, IITD

2nd Semester 2021-22

20 Marks, 20 minutes
All the explanations asked for should be within a sentence or two.
Name your answer scripts with your enrolment number like 2019CH7191234.pdf

Q1. The two main purpose of discretization are:

A. To set up the problem and visualize the flow.
B. To solve the problem and visualize flow.
C. To break down flow geometry into smaller domains and covert the partial differential equation in to
linear algebraic equations.
D. None of the above. (0.5 Marks)

Q2. What do you think how the equations in CFD are solved?
A. Sequentially through iterative solvers like Gauss Seidel/Jacobi method
B. Simultaneously through methods like Gauss Elimination?
C. A combination of both?
D. None of the above?
E. ------Explain you answer. (1 Marks)

Q3. Give 4 ways in which errors can creep in –in CFD simulations. (2 Marks)
Q4. Can a fluid particle accelerate in a fluid flow under steady state? Explain with an example if so.
(1.5 Marks)

Q5. The velocity field of a flow is given by:

V =3tx i−2ty j−tz k
A. Is the flow field steady or unsteady?
B. Does the fluid-flow exhibit compressible/incompressible behavior?
C. Find the acceleration at 3s and at the position (1,-1,1)
------Explain you answers. (0.5 +1.5+3=5 Marks)

Q6.

The continuity equation obtained from the above flow model is:
∂ρ
+ ∇ . ( ρV )=0
∂t
-Do you agree? Explain you answers. (1.0 Marks)

Q7.

(i) For an infinitesimal CV moving in space mass or volume is constant?

(ii) Describe the flow model that gives rise to
A. Differential Equations
B. Integral Equations
C. Conservative Equations
D. Non-conservative Equations
(iii) Which type of flow models display substantial derivatives in their equations and why?
(3 Marks)

Q8. Connect divergence of velocity being zero with incompressibility condition and describe the physical
meaning. (1 Mark)
Q9. If  is a stream function defined as:
Show that for steady flows lines of constant  are lines across which there is no mass flow.
(5 Marks)