ME 412
ME 412 - Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs
Spring 2024
Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | CSE412 | F2 | 61262 | LCD | 2 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | CSE412 | F3 | 61337 | LCD | 3 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | Kyle Smith Colby Warden |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | CSE412 | F4 | 61340 | LCD | 4 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | Kyle Smith Colby Warden |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | ME412 | F2 | 61260 | LCD | 2 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | ME412 | F3 | 37444 | LCD | 3 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | Kyle Smith Colby Warden |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | ME412 | F4 | 37447 | LCD | 4 | 1300 - 1350 | M W F | 403B2 Engineering Hall | Kyle Smith Colby Warden |
Numerical Thermo-Fluid Mechs | ME412 | ONL | 57836 | ONL | 4 | - | Kyle Smith Colby Warden |
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Detailed Course Description
Numerical techniques for the solution of the equations governing conduction and convective heat transfer in steady and unsteady fluid flows: finite-difference and finite-volume techniques, basic algorithms and applications to real-world fluid-flow and heat-transfer problems. Prerequisite: ME 310 and ME 320; or equivalents; or consent of instructor. 3 undergraduate hours or 3 or 4 graduate hours. For graduate hour credit, graduate students are required to complete an additional project.
TOPICS:
1. Introduction, role of numerical solutions
2. Preliminary topics (error, stability, and convergence)
3. One-dimensional steady heat conduction
4. One-dimensional unsteady heat conduction
5. Steady 2D heat conduction; iterative and direct methods
6. 2D unsteady heat conduction
7. Heat conduction in complex geometries
8. Fully-developed flow in complex ducts
9. 1D and 2D linear convection equation
10. Nonlinear convection equation
11. Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations
12. 2D unsteady fluid flows
13. 2D steady flows
14. 3D Duct flows
15. Concluding remarks, recent advances
ME: MechSE or technical elective.
EM: Possible secondary field, with approval.
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