ME 58:143 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID & THERMAL ENGINEERING

Course Description:

Governing equation and models of fluid flow and heat transfer; basic numerical techniques for solution; estimation of accuracy and stability of the numerical approximations; boundary conditions; grid generation; structure and performance of commercial software for applications in analysis and design of thermo-fluid systems

Course Objectives:

  1. The student will have an understanding of fundamental governing equations of computational fluid flow and heat transfer.
  2. The student will learn about basic computational techniques for the solution of fluid flow and heat transfer.
  3. The student will become familiar with commonly used commercial software packages for computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
  4. The student will utilize a computer software tool (FLUENT©) to learn about design aspects of fluid and thermal engineering.

Past Final Projects:

Year 05

  • Airflow in a Polluted vs. non-Polluted Human Airway: Georgette Stern and Terri Hansen

  • Fluid Flow Around Modern Rifle Round Vs Musket Ball: Will Hornung and Dane Trotzig

  • AIAA Airfoil Design: Anthony Dix and Paul Deegan

  • Benefits of Drafting: Dan Kinne

  • Spider Rover for the Mars Environment: Carrie Wilson and Adam Roche

  • Simulation of Flow around Cyclists using Fluent: Joe Daraio and Talia Tokyay

  • Simulation of Traveling Grater Furnace and Particle Deposition: Kazeem Olanrewaju and Bihua Wei

  • Simulations of Reacting/Non-Reacting Flows on A Low-Swirl Burner: Hui Gao and Yun Huang

Year 04 (not offered)

Year 03

  • Topographic Effect on Wind Turbine Positioning: Y. Morales-Chavez, S. K. Ooi, and A. Yorozuya

  • Three Dimensional Fow Simulation before and after Endovascular Coil Embolization of a Terminal Cerebral Aneurysm: D. Ely, C. Fitzgerald, and B. Koppenhaver

  • CFD Simulation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: J. Kratzberg and C. Gassman

  • CFD Smulation of Dust Particle Flow during Tuck Pointing: A. Harwood and S. Dillard

  • Simulation of Flow in a Bed of Bivalve Mollusks: A. McCoy, N. Young, and C. Walters

  • CFD Simulation of Flow Structure around a Bridge Pier: G. Kirkil, C. Polatel, and C. Turan

  • Drag Force Analysis of Hummer H1 with Mounted GPS Antenna in Different Positions: Z. Hou, R. Korkut, and E. C. Ozdemir

  • Airflow Simulation for Hydrogen Sulfide Gas in a Grit Building Environment: J. A. Lee

Year 02

  • Heavy Vehicle Aerodynamics: Tractor Roof Top Deflectors: D. Ceynar, K. D. Karnstedt, and G. Zhou

  • A Study of the Aerodynamics of Truck-Car Interaction: S. Vigmostad and H. Kim

  • Study of Drag Force on a Heavy Duty Truck : S. Kabilan and M. Md. Haque

Year 01

  • Analysis of the drag force distribution on the surface of the car: I. Kurtogle, Y. Miao, and Y. Zhang

  • Effects of Turbulent Modeling on Sedan Drag: L. Breeher, J. Garvin, and B. Jeffrey

  • Investigation of Drag on a Sedan Using Fluent: J. Shao, J. Gao, and B. Ma

  • Drag Force Analysis with Two-Car Configuration: M. Gan, R. Venturumilli, and B. Ryan

  • Drag Force on an Chevrolet S-10 Pickup Truck: B. Diebold, A. Link, and G. McAlister

Year 00

  • Heating and Ventilation of a Residential Room: J. Hu and D. Abraham

  • Simulation of Ventilated Indoor Environment: Y. Sun and H. Zhang

  • Air Flow Study of a Ventilation System for Swine Confinement:  Z. Lin and L. Zhang

  • Computational Study of Raised Floor  Air conditioning system: L. Mao, Z. Xiong, and X. Yu