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This document provides an overview of the MAE 560/460 Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics course for Fall 2021. The course will use Ansys Fluent software to complete projects solving incompressible and compressible fluid flow problems. Lectures will cover fluid mechanics, numerical methods, and turbulence modeling, while projects will include heat transfer, external flows, compressible flows, microfluidics, and multiphase flows. Students will have access to the Ansys Fluent student version and the GWC computing lab for projects. Grading will be based primarily on projects, with a final exam accounting for 10% of the grade.

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Acfd 2021 Firstday

This document provides an overview of the MAE 560/460 Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics course for Fall 2021. The course will use Ansys Fluent software to complete projects solving incompressible and compressible fluid flow problems. Lectures will cover fluid mechanics, numerical methods, and turbulence modeling, while projects will include heat transfer, external flows, compressible flows, microfluidics, and multiphase flows. Students will have access to the Ansys Fluent student version and the GWC computing lab for projects. Grading will be based primarily on projects, with a final exam accounting for 10% of the grade.

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MAE 560/460 Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics

Fall 2021 Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-2:45 PM, Classroom: DISCVRY 150

Instructor: Huei-Ping Huang ([email protected]), ERC 359


Office hours: Monday 3-5 PM, Tuesday 3-5 PM, or by appointment

Course website http://www.public.asu.edu/~hhuang38/ACFD2021.html


Topics to cover

• Techniques for solving incompressible and compressible flow equations using


commercial/industrial solvers (We will use Ansys-Fluent as the principal tool)

• Computer-aided analysis of fluid systems

• Applications to thermofluid system engineering

No required textbook. Instructor will provide tutorials and lecture notes as needed.

Attendance is mandatory.
Planned activities

We will run two threads concurrently through the semester:

Lecture thread fills the background knowledge on fluid mechanics and numerical
methods.

Project thread focuses on the execution and analysis of specific projects using
Ansys-Fluent.

Ansys provides student version of their software for free, with


some restrictions (limit of number of nodes, etc.). The student version
of Ansys-Fluent is good enough for all projects in this class.

Ansys-Fluent is available on the computers in GWC 481/483


computing lab. You will have access to the lab. (Detail forthcoming.)
Plan for the semester

I. Lectures
1. Survey of basic fluid mechanics and thermodynamics as preparation for the projects
(4 weeks)
2. Survey of numerical methods for deepening the understanding of the functionality
of Ansys-Fluent or similar industrial software (6 weeks)
3. Discussion on more advanced topics in CFD (e.g., turbulence modeling) (3 weeks)

II. Projects
1. Tutorials for Ansys-Fluent (2 weeks)
2. Main projects (12 weeks)
At least four of the following projects (3 weeks each) will be chosen for this semester.
The list is tentative and the detail of the individual project is subject to further
adjustments.
Project 1: Fluid system with heat transfer
Project 2: External flow (calculation of drag and lift; Reynolds number dependence)
Project 3: Compressible flow system
Project 4: Low Reynolds number flow; Microfluidics
Project 5: Moving boundary and moving grid
Project 6: Flow with an interface (two-phase or multi-phase)
Grade: Projects & homework - regular tasks ~ 90%
Final exam (in-class test) 10%

Specific rules concerning collaboration on projects/homework will be


released along with the release of each assignment.

The required work for the projects will be different for participants of
MAE560 and MAE460. Details will be given in the individual assignments.

Please make sure that you are familiar with ASU policies on
academic integrity: https://provost.asu.edu/academicintegrity
Some examples of computational fluid dynamics using
commercial CFD solvers

Many commercial/industrial CFD solvers are available on the market.


This class will use almost exclusively Ansys-Fluent but might include
A quick exercise of a quick survey on other CFD solvers (Comsol, AcuSolve,
Abacus, Autodesk Flow Design, etc.)
Example 1 External flow - using Autodesk Flow Design

Assessment of rooftop wind power potential


Simulation for Downtown Phoenix
[Research project, 2015, X. Ying (Huang group)]

• 3-D geometric data from Google Earth


• Keep 23 tallest buildings for flow simulation
Using Autodesk Flow Design - Model setup
Simulated wind speed (simplified version with fewer buildings)
Detail around the building - wind speed
Example 2 Internal flow - using Ansys-Fluent
Simulated temperature & velocity

[Applied CFD course project, Fall 2015, A. Aguinaga (Instructor: HP Huang)]


Stream lines

[Applied CFD course project, Fall 2015, A. Aguinaga (Instructor: HP Huang)]


Example 3 Two-phase flow in an open domain
- using Ansys-Fluent (VOF method)

Leak of methane from an underground reservior into open air


Low wind condition (U = 0.25 m/s)

blue: methane, red = air, yellow/green = mixture

[Applied CFD course project, Fall 2015, Z. Damania (Instructor: HP Huang)]


High wind condition (U = 0.5 m/s)

[Applied CFD course project, Fall 2015, Z. Damania (Instructor: HP Huang)]


Example 4 Comparison of numerical simulation with lab experiment

Currents and waves in a rotating water tank


(which emulate large-scale environmental flows)

(Huang Lab)
Simulate the system using Ansys-Fluent

Geometry & mesh

(N. Kulkarni , 2012, Applied Project)


The simulation

Streamlines (top view)

Case A: rotation rate = 0.942 rad/s, radial ΔT = 30K


Case B: rotation rate = 0.942 rad/s, radial ΔT = 15K

(N. Kulkarni, 2012, Applied Project)


Temperature: vertical cross section

Case A: rotation rate = 0.942 rad/s, radial ΔT = 30K

(N. Kulkarni, 2012, Applied Project)


Why numerical simulation ?

● Easy and cheap to modify the apparatus

● Produces full 3-D fields (for velocity, temperature, etc.)


which are otherwise hard to measure in the lab

● Easy to adjust the external parameters (e.g., rotation rate


of the water tank) for multiple experiments

and more ...

Caution: Computer model ≠ Reality

● Finite resolution
● Inaccuracies in numerical schemes
● Incomplete representation of physical processes
etc.
Facilities & software

Ansys-Fluent will be the main tool for all projects

•Use your own computer (desktop, laptop)

•GWC 481/483 Computing Lab


Ansys + more are available on the computers

•Student version of Ansys can be downloaded from company


website
Has limits on # of nodes and # of modules to open at once,
but will be sufficient for the class projects

•While Ansys-Fluent has its own post-processing tools,


the output of simulation can also be analyzed with external
software (e.g., Matlab)

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