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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
ME415: Computational Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer
Assignment # 3: Unsteady Computational Heat Advection and Convection for Cartesian Geometry on a
Uniform Grid: Physics based Approach
Instructor: Prof. Atul Sharma,
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
Due Date: 17/02/15
ONLINE SUBMISSION THROUGH MOODLE ONLY (No late submission allowe d): Create a
single zipped file consisting on (a) filled- in answer sheet of this doc file converted into a pdf file and
(b) all the computer programs. The name of the zipped file should be rollnumber_A1
Note: Both problem and answer sheet are provided below. SCILAB or MATLAB should be used for programming as
well as generating graphical results.

1. 2D Computational Heat Advection (CHA):

Consider a 2D Cartesian (x,y) computational domain of size L=1m and H=1 m, for CHA of a fluid (=1000
kg/m3 and cp =4180 W/m.K) moving with a uniform velocity u=v=1 m/s and an initial temperature of 500 C. The
left and top boundary of the domain is subjected to 1000 C; and the bottom and right boundary to 00 C
Using the physics based FVM as well as solution methodology, develop a computer program
A3_1_2DAdvection for the above problem, run the code for three different advection schemes: (a) FOU, (b)
SOU and (c) QUICK. Take the maximum number of grid points in x-and y-direction as imax=jmax=32 and
convergence criteria as 0.000001.
Report the results as
a) Plot and discuss the steady state temperature contours for the different advection schemes (3
figures).
b) Plot and discuss the temperature profile at the vertical centerline(x=0.5), T(y), for the different
advection schemes (3 figures).

2. 2D Computational Heat Convection (CHC):

Consider a 2D Cartesian computational x-y domain of size L=6 unit and H=1 unit, for CHC with a prescribed
velocity field. This corresponds to a slug flow (u=1, v=0) of a fluid in a channel; subjected to a non-dimensional
temperature of 1 at the inlet and 0 at the walls. At the outlet, fully developed Neumann BC is used. The initial
condition for non-dimensional temperature of the fluid is 0.
Using the physics based FVM as well as solution methodology, develop a computer program
A3_2_2DConvection for the above problem, run the code for two different advection schemes: (a) FOU and
(b) QUICK; at Re=10 and Pr=1 (you can take any value of thermo-physical properties to obtain the given Re
and Pr). Take the maximum number of grid points in x-and y-direction as imax=62 and jmax=22, respectively;
and convergence criteria as 0.000001.
Report the results as
a) Plot and discuss the steady state temperature contours for the different advection schemes (2
figures).
b) Plot and discuss the temperature profile, T(y), at different axial locations (x/L=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and
1), for the different advection schemes (2 figures).

BEST OF LUCK
Keep Playing with the Codes in Future also.

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Answer Sheet
Problem # 1: 2D Computational Heat Advection (CHA):
a) Plot and discuss the steady state temperature contours for the different advection schemes (3 figures).
b) Plot and discuss the temperature profile at the vertical centerline(x=0.5), T(y), for the different advection
schemes (3 figures).

(a1)

(b1)

(a2)

(b2)

(a3)

(b3)

Fig. 3.1: Steady state temperature contours using the (a1) FOU scheme (a2) SOU scheme (a3) QUICK
scheme. Temperature variation along the vertical centerline using the (b1) FOU scheme (b2)
The plotsSOU
shown
are Temperature
y for x=0.5.
scheme
(b3) QUICKvsscheme
Fou scheme is the most deviating from the analytical solution, whereas quick and sou are closer
approximations to the analytical solution. Quick and sou schemes nevertheless do not show a
continous increasing trend like fou scheme. According to the analytical solution there is a abrupt
change in temperature at the diagonal of the plate.

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Problem # 2: 2D Computational Heat Convection (CHC):

a) Plot and discuss the steady state temperature contours for the different advection schemes (2
figures).
b) Plot and discuss the temperature profile, T(y), at different axial locations (x/L=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and
1), for the different advection schemes (2 figures).

(a1)

(b1)

(a2)

(b2)

Fig. 3.2: Steady state temperature contours using the (a1) FOU scheme and (a2) QUICK scheme.
Temperature variation at different axial locations using the (b1) FOU scheme and (b2) QUICK
scheme.
Assuming Tinlet=100C and Twall=0. Ycoordinate vs temperature.
Legend used in graphs b1&b2: x/L=0.2(+), 0.4(o), 0.6(*), 0.8(.), 1(x)
The fou scheme gives higher values of steady state temperature for a given point compared to the quick
scheme. The steady state temperature contour shows that the temperature keeps getting closer to the wall
temperature along the length.