305957 (v.1) ChE 377 Computational Fluid Dynamics

Area:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

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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

Syllabus:

Conservation equations for mass, momentum and heat. A comparison of various numerical techniques for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - introduction to finite difference and finite element methods. Solution to discretised algebraic equations. Finite volume method for diffusion problems. Finite volume method for convection and diffusion problems - pressure velocity coupling. Construction of geometry and discretisation using Gambit - FLUENT's manuals. Commercial CFD solvers. Turbulence modelling. Implementation of boundary conditions. Introduction to multiphase flow. Customising a commercial CFD solver. Unsteady state simulations.

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Field of Education:

030301 Chemical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y

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Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
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Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External