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Introduction to CFD
Chapter 1
Introduction to CFD
What is CFD and its history?
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Application of CFD (WHERE?)
CFD can be used in many applications involving flow and heat
transfer. Some of the applications include:
Engineering
Environment
Architecture and building science
Biomedical
Other phenomena or features
1. Engineering
Automotive
Aerospace
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How does CFD make predictions?
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Are CFD prediction results reliable?
b) validation.
a. Inherent probability
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Moreover, uncertainty about which model is best for given
circumstances increases when any of the following phenomena make
their appearance:
low-Reynolds number effects;
body forces (eg buoyancy, or strong swirl);
kinetic-heating and compressibility effects;
chemical reaction;
free surfaces (eg between air and water);
multi-phase phenomena, involving the intermingling of droplets,
bubbles and solid particles.
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b. Validation
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Basic ingredients of CFD
Mini-computers
Ok Good Good No
Mini-
Good Good Good Ok
supercomputers
No Ok Good Good
Supercomputers
(Expensive)
Commercial Software Packages Used For CFD
a pre-processor
a solver
a post-processor
a pre-processor
a solver
a post-processor
All the tasks that take place before the numerical solution
process is started are called pre-processing. This includes the
first three phases of the analysis process namely, thinking,
mesh generation and flow specification.
This program must be given all the relevant data that has been
defined by the pre-processor. To transfer the data between the
programs, the pre-processor writes out data files that the
solver program can read.