Department of Aerospace Engineering Iowa State University COURSE OUTLINE

AerE/ME 546/446 Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics

Fall 2011 Instructor: Textbook: Professor Z.J. Wang, Room 2249 Howe Hall, 294-1614, zjw@iastate.edu Tannehill, J.C., Anderson, D.A., and Pletcher, R.H., Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis Book Company, Washington, DC, 1997. Anderson J.D., Computational Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1995. Hirsch C., Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows; 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007

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Course Learning Objectives: By completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand basic terminology used by computational engineering professionals. Understand mathematical nature of various forms of the partial differential equations and their implications on numerical solution strategies. Understand discretization methods Apply solution techniques to model equations. Apply principles of numerical stability, consistency and accuracy. Formulate, program, process, and postprocess simple two dimensional problems.

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Topic Course Info and Introduction to CFD Review of ODE Continued Continued Governing Equations for Fluid Dynamics Continued Labor Day, No Class Classicification of PDEs Continued Model Equations Intro to Finite Difference and Finite Volume Finite Difference Continued Consistency, Stability and Convergence Stability Analysis and Error Analysis Continued Continued Continued Wave Equation Continued

Assignments HW #1

Article 1.1 - 1.3

HW1 Due and HW2

2.1-2.3

Proj 1

3.1 3.2-3.4

HW2 Due and HW3

3.6

4.1

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Continued Midterm Eaxm 1D Euler Equations Continued Continued Elliptic Equations Continued Continued Introduction to Grid Generation Continued Continued Algebraic Approach Continued Elliptic Approach Continued Continued 2D Euler Equations Continued Continued Thanksgiving break Thanksgiving break Thanksgiving break Continued Continued Parabolic Equations Continued Continued Summary No Final Exam

HW3 Due Proj 2 Proj 1 Due 5.5

4.3

10.1 Proj 2 Due and Proj 3 10.2 10.3

Proj 3 Due and Proj 4

4.2

Proj 4 Due