12885 - Computational Fluid Dynamics Modulübersicht

Module Number: 12885 - module is no longer offered from SS 2024
Module Title:Computational Fluid Dynamics
  Computational Fluid Dynamics
Department: Faculty 3 - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Energy Systems
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egbers, Christoph
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Numerical simulation of fluid flow phenomena (CFD) occurring in nature and techniques (dynamics and vortex formation in flows of incompressible and compressible fluids, turbulence modeling, multiphase flows).
Within the lecture the students will learn the implementation of fluid mechanics governing equations and characteristic parameters into CFD-programs and also the handling with the open source CFD code “OpenFOAM“.
The students learn to simulate fluid dynamical processes and can engross their knowledge of complex fluid mechanical problems. They can use thereby their skills in fluid mechanics and numerical mathematics.
Contents:Practical contents on simulation of complex fluid mechanical flows will be impart within the lecture, which can be completed by self study. Within the laboratory course the students learn to simulate, to analyze and to interpret flow problems by means of application oriented examples.
What is a CFD-code; Overview and structure of the open-source code “OpenFOAM“; Accomplishment of numerical simulations with “OpenFOAM“; Governing equations of incompressible and compressible fluids, turbulence modelling, multiphase flows and their implementation in “OpenFOAM“; numerical discretization methods in “OpenFOAM“;Post-processing with the visualization tool “ParaView“.
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Exercise / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Lecture Notes
  • Online-Tutorials
  • F. Moukalled, The finite volume Methode in Computational fluid Dynamics, Springer, 2016
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Written paper, approx. 20 pages (70%)
  • Presentation of results, approx. 15 min. with subsequent discussion (30%)
The module is passed if 50% of the parts have completed successfully.
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:No lectures take place from winter semester 2023/24 on.
Module Components:
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (Lecture)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (Exercise)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (Examination)
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment
Follow-up Module/s: Phase-out module since: 26.07.2023