Area: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
Prerequisite(s): | 302246 (v.2) ChE 221 Fluid Mechanics or any previous version
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| Conservation equations for mass, momentum and heat. A comparison of various numerical techniques for Computational Fluid Dynamics (introduction to finite difference and finite element methods). Solution to discretized algebraic equations. Finite volume method for diffusion problems. Finite volume method for convection and diffusion problems - pressure velocity coupling. Construction of geometry and discretization (using Gambit - FLUENT's manuals). Commercial CFD solvers. Turbulence modeling. Implementation of boundary conditions. Introduction to multiphase flow. Customising a commercial CFD solver. Unsteady state simulations. |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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