Energy Engineering

General introduction to the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Introduction to turbulent flows. Reynolds averaged equations. Mean and turbulent kinetic energy equations. Production and dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy. the scales of turbulent motions. Energy cascade. The closure problem and turbulence modelling: algebraic models, k-epsilon model. Basic discretization techniques: finite differences and finite volumes. Stability and consistency of numerical schemes. Schemes for the parabolic and hyperbolic equations. Evaluation of the numerical fluxes, flux-limited schemes. Pressure-correction schemes for the Navier-Stokes equations (SIMPLE-PISO-Projection).

Calculus, physics and fluid dynamics bachelor courses.

Pope - Turbulent flows - Cambridge Univ. Press. Fletcher - Computational techniques for Fluid Dynamics - Springer Verlag

Blackboard lectures for turbulence and numerical calculus. Numerical simulations will be carried out with the open-source software OpenFOAM.

Classroom lessons/exercises

This is a lab course without a final grade (AAF). The student will gain her/his eligibility after discussing a numerical project developed on the computer.

Ferziger-Peric - Computational methods for Fluid Dynamics Schlichting - Boundary layer theory

Blackboard lectures for turbulence and numerical calculus. Numerical simulations will be carried out with the open-source software OpenFOAM.