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Foundation Make daily schedule each week at the start of the week
RESUME and Week 1.  Done
Personal
Week 2. ALMOST DONE
Statement
Learn ANSYS 13
Fellowships
Do 2D and 3D models (fluid or structure)
Ford
Foundation Simple first, complex later
HOUSING
Cornell and Book Tutorials
Animation Tutorials inside of Ansys
Interests
If unable, learn TecPlot
Fitness
If unable, learn Paraview
LEGO
ROBOTICS https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+Learning+Mod
MOTIVATION Mike-Bring in Lab reports + ANSYS 13 Book
NEWS Chase-Bring in intermediate fluids notes and book
Useful Butterfly made in SOLIDWORKS is here!
websites Week 3.
Internships in Start Butterfly Models
Industry Steady scale models
Outreach-STEAM Unsteady Scale Models
MAVs UDF for variable boundary conditions
Positions Held UDF for varying the velocity in FLUENT
RELIGION Bottom plate with scales are moving
Research Top plate moving for comparison
Past Research Dynamic Meshing
A. Spring John’s 2D external flow model
2013 Start Supersonic Fuel Injector Models
Research
Fall 2012 Week 4.
Research
More butterfly models
Fall 2013,
Develop…
3D Steady and Unsteady Couette Flow w/ Cavities
of a Results Briefing
Biomime… More supersonic fuel injector models
Inspired Week 5.
Bumbleb…
Flapping
Wing
Week 6.
Micro Air
Vehicle Week 7.

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Drone
Force and 3D simulation- Butterfly
Moment
Charact…
of
Week 8.
Flapping 3D simulation- Butterfly
Wings for
Micro Air Week 9.
Vehicle 3D simulation- Butterfly
Applicat…
Modeling,
Analysis,
Control Week 10
and Compile all results
Design of
Micro Air
Vehicles
and Nano
WEEK 2 DAILY SCHEDULE:
Air
Vehicles Learning FLUENT
Numerical https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+Learning+Modules
Recipes
professor
of the
year Tuesday:
Publicati…
REU NSF 8AM: Begin first Tutorial from Cornell:
at UA
REU NSF 1) Flat Plate Boundary Layer
FURI/WA…
SUMMER https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+-
RESEARCH +Flat+Plate+Boundary+Layer+-+Problem+Specification
2012
3D
Adia…
Key Points to take away:
Com…
(Laye… Geometry-surface from sketch
Rem…
and Meshing-edge sizing
Spring
Smo…
What is a Bias Factor? The ratio of the longest division and the shortest
3D
division
Flapp… Fluent- 64 bits for double precision and 32 bits for single-precision  The
Wing downside of using double precision is that it requires more memory.
Simu… Fluent- Plotting from Blasius direct theoretical solution
ANSYS When Plotting make sure to rename whatever plot ending in “.xy” as
FLUE… you plot in the XY PLOT section
Tutor…
c++
CON…
LAW
FOR
FWMAV
Deriv…
EOM 2) Steady and Unsteady Flow past a cylinder
for
Flapp…
Micro
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+12.1+-
Air +Steady+Flow+Past+a+Cylinder+-+Problem+Specification ;  
Vehicle
Flapp… Key Points to take away:

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Flight
Matlab geometry- create surface from sketch.
Butte… 2D model
Flapp…
simul…
Boolean operation (subtration-create)-outer surface body as target body
Nom…
inner surface body as tool body
(NX) Sketching line on y-axis of both circles and trim away outer and inner
Setup part to creat two lines
Nonli… concept--> line from sketch to create the line body
Aircraft tools--> projection for surface body as target and two lines as the edge
Simu… Mesh-18432 elements
in
MAT…
192 circumferential divisions;96 radial divisions
Refer…
Mapface meshing/ Biasing to increase number of elements close to
SIMU…
cylinder
CON… Radial edge sizing; type=number of divisions=96
DESIGN Behavior=hard; Bias type=___ __ _ Bias factor= 460
Store Create named selections: farfield 1, farfield 2, cylinderwall and in fluent
Sepa… it creates the interiors themselves.
from a Fluent:
3D
Delta
cylinderwall=type=wall
WIng farfield= type=velocity inlet=1m/s
To Dos farfiled2=pressure outlet
USEING interior surfacebody; surface body
the Reference value=density=1kg/m^3
EOM viscosity=0.05kg/m*s
for momentum=second order upwind scheme
FWMAV
Residuals--> xvelocity=1e-6;  yvelocity=1e-6 (for absoulte criterion)
WAESO
SUM…
Monitors=Drag=EDIT=print to console and plot
2012 solution initialization=1m/s (x-direction)
Throttle number of iterations= 2,000
data solution converged after 1647 iterations.
Spring
2014,Devel… https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+12.1+-
of a +Unsteady+Flow+Past+a+Cylinder+-+Problem+Specification
Biomimetic…
Inspired
Bumblebee Same geometry and mesh as steady state flow past a cylinder
Flapping FLUENT
Wing Micro solution-monitors-lift-ck print to console and write
Air Vehicle soln initialization-adapt-region- xmin=0.5m, xmax=32m, ymin=0,
Drone
ymax=032m
Societies
click mark then click close
AIAA
soln-soln initialization-set compute from the farfield1-click initiate
SHPE de ASU
patch-value-0.2 highlight the zone to patch, hexahedron, and yvelocity
ADVANCE SOLUTION IN TIME
soln-run calculation-time step size=0.2sec
number of time steps=200 click to calculate. Now, have a bottle of
Mountain Due
Continue time stepping until you get sinusoidal variation in the lift
coefficient

3) Flow over a wing

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588days since
SHPE de ASU FE 4) Forced and Steady Convection
Prep

505
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+-
+Forced+Convection+-+Problem+Specification ;
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/ANSYS+WB+-
+2D+Steady+Convection+-+Problem+Specification
days since
Graduate School
5) Compressible flow in a nozzle and Supersonic flow past a wedge (Chase-
solving in C++)
0
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+-
+Compressible+Flow+in+a+Nozzle-+Problem+Specification ;
Navigation https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+-
+Supersonic+Flow+Over+a+Wedge+-+Problem+Specification

Wednesday

Finish Cornell tutorials

Book tutorials-Chase fill in the rest tonight

Ansys Workbench 13
Section 2.2 & 3.1 - Triangular Plate (2D Example)
Section 4.2 & 5.2 - Cylinder Cover (3D Example) (edit and finish)
Section 4.1 & 6.2 - Beam Bracket (surface model, optional)
Section 7.3 - Two Story Building (mixed line and surface model, optional)
Section 8.2 - Triangular Plate (2D Design Optimization)
Section 9.2 - Cylinder Cover (Mesh Control and Optimization)

CFD Book Learning-Mike

Computational Fluid Dynamics Fourth Edition Volume 1.

Klaus A. Hoffmann
Steve T. Chiang

Chapter seven: Scalar Representaion of the Navier-Stokes

Equations..........................272
7.3 Equations of Fluid Motion
7.4 Numerical Algorithms
….............................................................................................276
7.4.1 FTCS
Explicit..............................................................................................276
7.4.2 FTBCS
Explicit............................................................................................277
7.4.3 DuFort-Frankel
Explicit.................................................................................277
7.4.4 MacCormack
Explicit...................................................................................277

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7.4.2 FTBCS
Explicit............................................................................................277
7.4.2 FTBCS
Explicit............................................................................................277

7.5 Applications: Nonlinear

problem.................................................................................280
7.7
Problems....................................................................................................................295

Chapter Eight:

Incompressible Navier-Stokes
Equations.......................................................................302
8.6 Boundary
Conditions.................................................................................................322

8.8 Numerical Algorithms: Vorticity-Stream Function

Formulation....................................337

8.9 Boundary
Conditions.................................................................................................343

8.12
Problems................................................................................................................357

Chapter nine:
Grid Generation-Structured
Grids........................................................................................358
9.3 Metrics and the Jacobian of
Transformation.................................................................363
9.6 Practical Differential Equations
Techniques...................................................................383
9.11
Problems....................................................................................................................420

Appendices

Appendix  A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F

Chapter one:
Classification of Partial Differential
Equations..............................................................3
1.13
Problems...............................................................................................................25

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Obtain cheap speakers for the computer lab!!

Thursday

Finish Any remaining Tutorials

Liquid Fuel Combustion Tutorial 9.

UDF in FLUENT

http://my.fit.edu/itresources/manuals/fluent6.3/help/html/udf/node42.htm

http://www.engr.uconn.edu/~ewebhk/buttons/flfem/fluent5/training/train89.pdf

http://www.ara.bme.hu/oktatas/tantargy/NEPTUN/BMEGEATMW02/2010-
2011-I/10b_ANSYS_UDF_Intro.pdf

Batch Mode in FLUENT- use C++ to write/compile the files

-Look at the pdfs I gave you.  One of them is on BATCH mode for an
earlier version of FLUENT.  Shouldn’t be too different with ANSYS.  Read
in a journal file with commands given in a precise order for your
particular model.  Sit back, drink a cup of coffee.

Bash in Linux- execute the Batch commnads

Seminar Lunch - Research Plan Presentations - Lab tours - FREE FOOD

Friday
Anything remaining from Thursday

Useful FLUENT Wiki link

http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Fluent_FAQ

Solidworks Tutorials
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/resources/solidworks-tutorials.htm

WEEK 3 DAILY SCHEDULE:

Start Butterfly Simulations

Monday

John can you show Michael how to run BASh script in linux and Batch mode
for FLUENT

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look at the stuff in the email

Tuesday
UDF’s
Sinusoidal Wall Temperature
Temperature Dependent Viscosity

GRE PREP
PDEs

Dynamic Meshing
2D and 3D Adiabatic Compression (3 Tutorials)

GRE PREP
PDEs

Wednesday
Dynamic Meshing and UDF’s
Using UDF’s to control the dynamic mesh of an oscillating membrane
http://www.stanford.edu/class/me469b/handouts/programming.pdf  useful UDF
link
GRE PREP
PDEs

Thursday
Chase - Construct shark skin model, modify butterfly scale model
Michael - be able to compile and run UDF codes

GRE PREP
PDEs

Friday
Anything left over from Thursday
Begin looking at Rotating Machinery, Multi-phase Flow, Reacting Flow,
GRE PREP
PDEs

Training : FLUENT :
Intermediate/Advanced : Tutorials
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Tutorials with a Focus on Reacting Flow Applications

Coal Combustion with Eddy Break Up (EBU) Model

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PDF File| Solution files

Modeling Liquid Reactions in a CIJR using the Unsteady
Laminar Flamelet Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Simulation of a Piloted Jet Flame using Unsteady Laminar
Flamelet Model
PDF File | Solution Files
2D Simulation of a 300 KW BERL Combustor Using the
Magnussen Model
PDF File| Solution files
Premixed Flow in a Conical Chamber using the Finite-Rate
Chemistry Model
PDF File| Solution files
PDF Transport Simulation of a Piloted Jet Diffusion Flame
PDF File | Solution Files
Liquid Fuel Combustion
PDF File | Solution Files
3D Simulation of 300 kW BERL Combustor Using the
Laminar Flamelet Model
PDF File | Solution Files
NOx Modeling with the SNCR Model Using Urea Injection
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Liquid Reactions in a CIJR using the Unsteady
Laminar Flamelet Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Simulation of a Piloted Jet Flame using Unsteady Laminar
Flamelet Model
PDF File | Solution Files
EDC Simulation of a Piloted Jet Diffusion Flame
PDF File | Solution Files
Premixed Combustion in a Conical Chamber using the
Zimont Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Surface Reaction in a Single Circular Channel
PDF File | Solution Files
Multiple Char Reactions
PDF File | Solution Files
Partially Premixed Combustion in a Coaxial Combustor
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Evaporation of Liquid Droplets in a Circular
Channel
PDF File | Solution Files

Tutorials with a Focus on Multiphase Flow Applications

Heat and Mass Transfer with the Mixture Model

PDF File | Solution files
Hydrodynamics of Bubble Column Reactors
PDF File | Solution Files
Horizontal Film Boiling
PDF File | Solution Files
Dam-Break Simulation Using FLUENT's Volume of Fluid

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Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Using FLUENT's Erosion Model to Investigate Erosion in a
90 degree Elbow Bend
PDF File | Solution Files
Using the Eulerian Multiphase Model with Species Transport
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Flow and Heat Transfer in Packed Bed Reactor
PDF File | Solution files
Modeling Rapid Condensation of Steam in a 2D Laval
Nozzle
PDF File | Solution files
Solving a 2D Box Falling into Water
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Uniform Fluidization in 2D Fluidized Bed
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Bubble Breakup and Coalescence in a Bubble
Column Reactor
PDF File | Solution Files
Spin Coating of a Rotating Circular Glass Substrate
PDF File | Solution Files
Fuel Tank Sloshing
PDF File | Solution Files
Continuous Steel Casting of a Round Billet
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling the Effect of Sedimentation Concentration in a
Secondary Clarifier using a UDF
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling Nucleate Boiling using FLUENT
PDF File | Solution Files

Tutorials with a Focus on Dynamic Mesh Applications

2D Adiabatic Compression (Remeshing and Spring

Smoothing)
PDF File | Solution Files
2D Adiabatic Compression (Layering)
PDF File | Solution Files
3D Adiabatic Compression (Layering, Remeshing, and
Spring Smoothing)
PDF File | Solution Files
Solving a 2D Box Falling into Water
PDF File | Solution Files
Simulating a 2D Check Valve using FLUENT's Dynamic Mesh
Model and Spring Smoothing
PDF File | Solution Files
Submarine Docking Simulation Using MDM Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Using a UDF to Control the Dynamic Mesh of a Flexible
Oscillating Membrane
PDF File | Solution Files

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Solving a 2D Vibromixer Problem Using the Dynamic Mesh

Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Store Separation from a 3D Delta Wing
PDF File | Solution Files
Projectile Moving Inside a Barrel
PDF File | Solution Files

Tutorials with a Focus on User Defined Functions

Calculation of Flow Uniformity

PDF File | Solution Files
Position Dependent Porous Media
PDF File | Solution Files
Temperature Dependent Viscosity
PDF File | Solution Files
Using a UDF to Control the Dynamic Mesh of a Flexible
Oscillating Membrane
PDF File | Solution Files
Sinusoidal Wall Temperature Variation
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling the Effect of Sedimentation Concentration in a
Secondary Clarifier using a UDF
PDF File | Solution Files

http://www.stanford.edu/class/me469b/handouts/programming.pdf   useful link

for UDF’s

Tutorials with a Focus on Heat Transfer Applications

Using Solar Load Model for Indoor Ventilation

PDF File | Solution Files
Solving a Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem with FLUENT
PDF File | Solution Files

Tutorials with a Focus on Fuel Cell Applications

SOFC Model
PDF File | Solution Files
Modeling a Single-Channel, Counter-Flow Polymer
Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell
PDF File | Solution Files

Tutorials with a Focus on Rotating Machinery Applications

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Solving Transonic Flow over a Turbine Blade with Turbo-

Specific Non-Reflecting Boundary Conditions (NRBCs)
PDF File | Solution Files
Vane Pump Modeling in FLUENT
PDF File | Solution Files

CFD FLUENT Research Tutorial on transient Couette flow over a

grooved surface

Do the prescribed tutorials mentioned above.  Even the structures based

tutorials.  It is very important for the user to be proficient with the geometry
modeler and meshing program in Ansys.  These two programs are used for
building the model and the mesh used in the analysis, and there is no room
for error.  

Spend at least two to three days, if not a full week, on learning the Ansys 13
program and finishing all of the tutorials.  Afterwards, begin research project.

Introduction:

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In the edevauer of creating a 3D simulation of the butterfly in the CFD solver

FLUENT much was learned such as the following: Flate plate boundary layer,
simulations, Steady flow past a cylinder simulations,

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