THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

MECH9620 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS COURSE OUTLINE SESSION 1 2011

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CONTENTS

Page 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. STAFF CONTACT DETAILS COURSE DETAILS RATIONALE FOR INCLUSION OF CONTENT AND TEACHING APPROACH TEACHING STRATEGIES ASSESSMENT ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM COURSE SCHEDULE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT 3 3 5 6 6 8 9 9 10 10

10. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

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MECH9620 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS COURSE OUTLINE

1. STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

Course Lecturers A/Prof. Tracie Barber* Room ME112 Tel: (02) 9385 4081 Fax: (02) 9663 1222 Email: t.barber@unsw.edu.au Dr Victoria Timchenko Room ME109A Tel: (02) 9385 4148 Fax: (02) 9663 1222 Email: V.Timchenko@unsw.edu.au *Course convenor

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COURSE DETAILS

Units of credit This is a 6 unit-of-credit (UoC) course, and involves 6 hours per week (h/w) of face-toface contact. The UNSW website states The normal workload expectations of a student are approximately 25 hours per semester for each UoC, including class contact hours, other learning activities, preparation and time spent on all assessable work. For a standard 24 UoC in the session, this means 600 hours, spread over an effective 15 weeks of the session (thirteen weeks plus stuvac plus one effective exam week), or 40 hours per week, for an average student aiming for a credit grade Various factors, such as your own ability, your target grade, etc., will influence the time needed in your case. Some students spend much more than 40 h/w, but you should aim for not less than 40 h/w on coursework for 24 UoC. This means that you should aim to spend not less than about 10 h/w on this course. This should be spent in making sure that you understand the lecture material, completing the set assignments, further reading about the course material, and revising and learning for the examination. There is no parallel teaching in this course.

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Summary of the course This course introduces the student to the terminology, principles and methods of CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics. CFD can be used in many areas of engineering, including aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, air-conditioning and minerals processing and you will find relevance to many other courses you are currently taking. Aims of the course The aims of the course are to: Familiarise you with the terminology associated with CFD. Familiarise you with a commercial CFD code, ANSYS CFX. Familiarise you with incompressible flow. Familiarise you with primitive equations, stream function, vorticity equations. Familiarise you with stability analysis. Familiarise you with explicit, implicit methods, discretization schemes and solution methods. Familiarise you with solving the primitive equations. Familiarise you with writing your own CFD code.

This course builds on knowledge you have gained in other courses such as Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Numerical methods.

Student learning outcomes At the conclusion of this course, it is expected that you will be able to: Be familiar with the terminology associated with CFD Be familiar with a commercial CFD code, ANSYS CFX. Be familiar with incompressible flow. Be familiar with primitive equations, stream function, vorticity equations. Be familiar with stability analysis. Be familiar with explicit, implicit methods, discretization schemes and SOR methods. Be familiar with solving the primitive equations. Be familiar with writing your own CFD code.

Graduate attributes UNSWs graduate attributes are shown at www.secretariat.unsw.edu.au/acboard/approved_policy/graduate_attributes.pdf: The University of New South Wales will provide an environment that fosters in our students:

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the skills involved in scholarly enquiry; an in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its interdisciplinary context; the capacity for analytical and critical thinking and for creative problem solving; the ability to engage in independent and reflective learning; information literacy the skills to locate, evaluate and use relevant information; the capacity for enterprise, initiative and creativity; an appreciation of, and respect for, diversity; a capacity to contribute to, and work within, the international community; the skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work; an appreciation of, and a responsiveness to, change; a respect for ethical practice and social responsibility; and the skills of effective communication.

A statement of broad graduate attributes has meaning when expressed in the context of the discipline. Thus, the Faculties are responsible for expressing these University Graduate Attributes in the context of the professional area, discipline and program level, and for their explicit development and assessment within the curricula. The graduate attributes contextualised for engineering are shown at http://learningandteaching.unsw.edu.au/content/userDocs/GradAttrEng.pdf Students will be supported in developing the above attributes through: (i) the design of academic programs (ii) course planning and documentation (iii) assessment strategies (iv) learning and teaching strategies. In this course, you will be encouraged to develop Graduate Attributes 2, 3, 5 and 12 by undertaking the selected activities and knowledge content. These attributes will be assessed within the prescribed assessment tasks, as shown in the assessment table on Page 6.

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RATIONALE FOR INCLUSION OF CONTENT AND TEACHING APPROACH

This course is included to give you the skills to conduct CFD analyses of engineering problems and to understand CFD theory and methodology. The content reflects the experience of the lecturers in both their industrial and resaerch experience with CFD, and practical examples drawn from that experience are used throughout the lectures and tutorials. Effective learning is supported when you are actively engaged in the learning process and by a climate of enquiry, and these are both an integral part of the lectures and tutorials.

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You become more engaged in the learning process if you can see the relevance of your studies to professional, disciplinary and/or personal contexts, and the relevance is shown in the lectures and assignments by way of examples drawn from industry. Dialogue is encouraged between you, others in the class and the lecturers. Diversity of experiences is acknowledged, as some students in each class have prior CFD experience. Your experiences are drawn on to illustrate various aspects, and this helps to increase motivation and engagement. It is expected that minor assignments will be marked and handed back in the week following submission. You will have feedback and discussion while fresh in your mind to improve the learning experience. The major assignment may take two weeks to mark.

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TEACHING STRATEGIES

Lectures in the course are designed to cover the terminology and core concepts and theories in CFD. They do not simply reiterate the texts, but build on the lecture topics using examples taken directly from industry to show how the theory is applied in practice and the details of when, where and how it should be applied. Tutorials are designed to provide you with feedback and discussion on the assignments, and to investigate problem areas in greater depth to ensure that you understand the application and can avoid making the same mistake again.

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ASSESSMENT

Details of each assessment component, the marks assigned to it, the criteria by which marks will be assigned, and the dates of submission There will be a three-hour examination at the end of the session.

Assignment 1 Tutorials Examination Total

35% 15% 50% 100%

Presentation A standard specification is available from the School office to aid presentation of your assignments (in all courses). All submissions should have a standard School cover sheet. All submissions are expected to be neat, and clearly set out. All calculations should be shown as, in the event of incorrect answers, marks are awarded for method and understanding. The preferred set-out of any numerical calculation is similar to the following:

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PE = RTv = 203.720.58 = 4192 kW Submission

(Equation in symbols) (Numbers substituted) (Answer with units)

The required submission dates are given on the assignment sheets itself. Late submissions attract a penalty of ten percent per day, unless prior dispensation has been given; i.e. see the lecturer before the due date to avoid penalty. It is always worth submitting as, in the event of difficulty making the final grade, any late penalties may be removed. Criteria The following criteria will be used to grade assignments: For report-style assignments the following criteria will be used: Identification of key facts and the integration of those facts in a logical development. Clarity of communicationthis includes development of a clear and orderly structure and the highlighting of core arguments. Sentences in clear and plain Englishthis includes correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Correct referencing in accordance with the prescribed citation and style guide. All other assignments involve numerical calculations, for which the following criteria will be used: Accuracy of numerical answers. Use of diagrams, where appropriate, to support or illustrate the calculations. Use of graphs, were appropriate, to support or illustrate the calculations. Use of tables, where appropriate, to support or shorten the calculations. Neatness. Examination There will be a three-hour examinations at the end of the session. You will need to provide your own calculator, of a make and model approved by UNSW, for the examination. The list of approved calculators is shown at https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/assessment/examinations/Calculator.html It is your responsibility to ensure that your calculator is of an approved make and model, and to obtain an Approved sticker for it from the School Office or the Engineering Student Centre prior to the examination. Calculators not bearing an Approved sticker will not be allowed into the examination room.

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Special Consideration and Supplementary Assessment For details of applying for special consideration and conditions for the award of supplementary assessment, see Administrative Matters for All Courses, available from the School website.

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ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as ones own.* Examples include:

direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying material, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another persons assignment without appropriate acknowledgement; paraphrasing another persons work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form and/or progression of ideas of the original; piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole; presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor; and claiming credit for a proportion a work contributed to a group assessment item that is greater than that actually contributed.

For the purposes of this policy, submitting an assessment item that has already been submitted for academic credit elsewhere may be considered plagiarism. Knowingly permitting your work to be copied by another student may also be considered to be plagiarism. Note that an assessment item produced in oral, not written, form, or involving live presentation, may similarly contain plagiarised material. The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic discipline does not amount to plagiarism. The Learning Centre website is main repository for resources for staff and students on plagiarism and academic honesty. These resources can be located via: www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism The Learning Centre also provides substantial educational written materials, workshops, and tutorials to aid students, for example, in:

correct referencing practices; paraphrasing, summarising, essay writing, and time management;

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appropriate use of, and attribution for, a range of materials including text, images, formulae and concepts.

Individual assistance is available on request from The Learning Centre. Students are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for research, drafting, and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment items. * Based on that proposed to the University of Newcastle by the St James Ethics Centre.
University of Newcastle Adapted with kind permission from the University of Melbourne. Used with kind permission from the

Further information on School policy and procedures in the event of plagiarism is presented in a School handout, Administrative Matters for All Courses, available from the School website.

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COURSE SCHEDULE

The lectures and tutorials in this course are given as follows: Week 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Topic Introduction to CFD/HT and ANSYS CFX Review of Vector Analysis, Vector Calculus and Tensor Analysis Forces on an element, momentum and the Navier-Stokes Equations Forces on an element, momentum and the Navier-Stokes Equations Turbulence modelling Turbulence modelling Solution procedures: discretization, finite volume, solvers Solution procedures: discretization, finite volume, solvers Stability analysis Validation and Verification Guest lecturer Revision

The schedule shown may be subject to change at short notice.

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RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

SUGGESTED TEXTS (either): 1. H.K. Versteeg and W. Malalasekera, An introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics. The Finite Volume Method, 2nd Edition 2. Jiyuan Tu, Guan Heng Yeoh, and Chaoqun Liu, Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Practical Approach.

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REFERENCES: 1. J.D. Anderson, Computational Fluid Dynamics. 2. P.J. Roache, Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics. 3. P.J. Roache, Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering. 4. J.C. Tannehill, D.A. Anderson and R.H. Pletcher, Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. 5. S.V. Patankar, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. 6. D.C. Wilcox, Turbulence modelling for CFD. Recommended Internet sites www.ansys.com www.cfd-online.com

Additional materials provided in UNSW Blackboard Learn This course has a website on UNSW Blackboard Learn which includes: copies of assignments (as they are issued, in case you missed the hand-out in class); tutorial problems; a discussion forum. The discussion forum is intended for you to use with other enrolled students. The course convenor will occasionally look at the forum, monitor the language used and take note of any frequently-asked questions, but will not respond to questions on the forum. If you want help from the convenor then direct contact is preferred.

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COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Feedback on the course is gathered periodically using various means, including the Course and Teaching Evaluation and Improvement (CATEI) process, informal discussion in the final tutorial class for the course, and the Schools Student/Staff meetings. Your feedback is taken seriously, and continual improvements are made to the course based, in part, on such feedback. In this course, recent improvements resulting from student feedback include a reduction in the amount of code-writing required and also the introduction of a major assignment with the topic of the student's choice.

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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Information about each of the following matters is presented in a School handout, Administrative Matters for All Courses, available from the School website.

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It is essential that you obtain a copy, read it carefully and become familiar with the information, as it applies to this course and to each of the other courses in which you are enrolled. Expectations of students (including attendance at lectures and tutorials/laboratory classes/seminars; and computer use, for example, in the use of email and online discussion forums) Procedures for submission of assignments and the Schools policy concerning late submission Information on relevant Occupational Health and Safety policies and expectations: www.ohs.unsw.edu.au Examination procedures and advice concerning illness or misadventure Equity and disability Students who have a disability that requires some adjustment in their teaching or learning environment are encouraged to discuss their study needs with the course convenor prior to, or at the commencement of, their course, or with the Equity Officer (Disability) in the Student Equity and Disabilities Unit (SEADU) by phone on 9385 4734, email seadu@unsw.edu.au or via the website www.studentequity.unsw.edu.au The office is located on the Ground Floor of the Goodsell building (F20). Issues to be discussed may include access to materials, signers or note-takers, the provision of services and additional exam and assessment arrangements. Early notification is essential to enable any necessary adjustments to be made. T. Barber 17 February 2011