What Is CFD: - Conservation of Mass, Momentum, Energy, Species
What Is CFD: - Conservation of Mass, Momentum, Energy, Species
• CFD is the science of predicting fluid flow, heat and mass transfer,
chemical reactions and related phenomenon by solving numerically
the set of governing mathematical equations
• Conservation of mass, momentum, energy, species….
• The results of CFD analysis are relevant in:
• conceptual studies of new designs
• detailed product development
• troubleshooting
• redesign
• CFD analysis complements testing and experimentation
• Reduces the total effort required in the experiment design
and data acquisition
FLUENT 6.3
Applications
• External/Internal automotive flows and
in-cylinder flows
• High speed aerodynamics
• Rocket Flows
• Turbo machinery
• Reactor Vessels
Surface pressure distribution in an
• Cyclones automotive engine cooling jacket
• Mixing Tanks
• Flow-induced noise prediction
Pre-processor: GAMBIT
• A single integrated pre-processor for
CFD analysis
• Geometry creation
• Mesh generation
• Mesh quality examination
• Boundary zone assignment
Introduction to CFD Analysis
How Does CFD work ?
• FLUENT solvers are based on the finite volume method
• Domain is discretized into a finite set of controls volumes
• General conservation (transport) equation for mass,
momentum, energy, etc: Continuous Domain
t V
dV V .dA .dA S dV
A A V
Unsteady convection diffusion Generation
Continuity 1
x-mom. u
y-mom. v
Energy h
CFD Modeling Overview
• Material Properties
• Boundary Conditions
• Post- Processing
• Initial Conditions
CFD Analysis: Basic Steps
• What results are you looking for, and how will they be used
• What are your modeling options?
• What physical models will need to be included in your
analysis
• What simplifying assumptions do you have to make?
• What simplifying assumptions do can you make?
• Do you require a unique modeling capability?
• UDF’s
Hex Mesh
• Tools for hybrid mesh
generation are available in
GAMBIT and TGrid.
Hybrid mesh for an IC Engine
Non-Conformal Mesh Example