THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT AUSTIN
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES
ENGINEERING
CE380T - Computational Environmental
Fluid Mechanics
(http://cavity.ce.utexas.edu/kinnas/COURSES/cfd.html)
The syllabus for Spring 2009
Prerequisites: CE380S (Environmental Fluid
Mechanics) or equivalent graduate course in fluid mechanics, knowledge
of any programming language (Fortran, C, Matlab, etc.). NOTE: Students who
had several fluid mechanics courses in their undergraduate programs and did
well, might also be eligible to take this course (please check with the
instructor).
Objectives: Learn the basics of computational
methods and their application to fluid mechanics problems in Civil and
Environmental Engineering.
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Why should I take this course? The field
of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has matured so much in the last 15
years that its use has become common place in the industry and academia.
The availability of cheap powerful personal computers (that can do what
supercomputers could do a decade ago) has rendered CFD an indispensable
tool for the design of (internal or external) complex flow devices. CFD
has cut down the number of required expensive and time-consuming experiments
(which often suffer from scaling and/or confined flow effects) drastically.
The course will be addressing Civil and Environmental Engineering APPLICATIONS,
through examples in class, homework assignments, and term projects. NOTE: The
term project can be a part of a student's thesis or dissertation.
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Why do I need this course, given that there are
so many
commercial CFD software available? Actually, this course not only
will teach you
the basics behind any commercial software, i.e. the brains inside
the blackbox,
but, most importantly, will provide you
with valuable expertise on how to avoid
"pitfalls", which can often lead to erroneous answers.
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Who should take it? Graduate
EWRE or Civil Engineering students who need expertise on computational
fluid mechanics in their research, thesis, and future professional careers
as Civil and Environmental Engineers.
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What will the course include?
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Review of fluid mechanics equations
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Review of basic numerical methods (e.g., matrix inversion,
finite difference methods as applied to ordinary or partial differential
equations, etc.)
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Finite volume methods; theory and applications (e.g.
Euler, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes, and advection-diffusion equations)
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How will the grading be done? Homework:
40%, Term Project: 30%, One test: 30%, No final
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Would the students have access to commercial CFD software? Yes, FLUENT, to be used in their term projects
HANDOUTS AND HOMEWORK: (password protected)