A best practices guide to CFD education in the undergraduate curriculum

Eldredge, Jeff D.; Şenocak, İnanç; Dawson, Paul; Canino, James V.; Liou, William W.; LeBeau, Ray; Hitt, Darren L.; Rumpfkeil, Markus P.; Cummings, Russell M.

doi:10.1504/ijad.2014.067580

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“…Moreover, it is not only mathematical knowledge that is a barrier; CFD requires expertise in at least four knowledge domains [14]: flow physics, numerical methods, computer programming, and validation, either experimental or theoretical. Thankfully, this has not stopped academics from developing and researching methods to integrate CFD into undergraduate courses [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Some have offered best practices guides and advice for future CFD undergraduate courses [13,21].…”

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“…Thankfully, this has not stopped academics from developing and researching methods to integrate CFD into undergraduate courses [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Some have offered best practices guides and advice for future CFD undergraduate courses [13,21]. Stern et al [13] has suggested for beginners to focus on the overall CFD process and flow visualizations, in order to solidify their fundamental understanding of fluid physics.…”

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“…Stern et al [13] has suggested for beginners to focus on the overall CFD process and flow visualizations, in order to solidify their fundamental understanding of fluid physics. Appropriate flow visualizations also help students validate and verify their simulations through careful inspection [21].…”

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Suite-CFD: An Array of Fluid Solvers Written in MATLAB and Python

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2020

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are being rapidly integrated into applications across all sciences and engineering. CFD harnesses the power of computers to solve the equations of fluid dynamics, which otherwise cannot be solved analytically except for very particular cases. Numerical solutions can be interpreted through traditional quantitative techniques as well as visually through qualitative snapshots of the flow data. As pictures are worth a thousand words, in many cases such visualizations are invaluable for understanding the fluid system. Unfortunately, vast mathematical knowledge is required to develop one’s own CFD software and commercial software options are expensive and thereby may be inaccessible to many potential practitioners. To that extent, CFD materials specifically designed for undergraduate education are limited. Here we provide an open-source repository, which contains numerous popular fluid solvers in 2 D (projection, spectral, and Lattice Boltzmann), with full implementations in both MATLAB and Python3. All output data is saved in the . v t k format, which can be visualized (and analyzed) with open-source visualization tools, such as VisIt or ParaView. Beyond the code, we also provide teaching resources, such as tutorials, flow snapshots, measurements, videos, and slides to streamline use of the software.

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Fluids in Equilibrium and Hydrodynamics

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2023

The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Learning Physics

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Foundations and applications of fluid mechanics are relevant in several scientific and technical fields, like physics, engineering, medicine, environmental sciences, and mathematics. The study of fluid mechanics is included in several school curricula worldwide, and as early as the 1980s, there has been growing interest in the Physics Education Research (PER) field about the subject. Several PER researchers have tried to understand how students' conceptions of liquids or gases can affect the effectiveness of instruction, and many literature pieces are available that discuss different possible ways of teaching the concepts related to the equilibrium of fluids and hydrodynamics. They mainly aim to shed light on how to facilitate student learning of fluid mechanics foundations and applications and foster student broad awareness of how this subject plays a role in so many different disciplines. In this chapter, we discuss some relevant examples of these publications to understand how educational research has contributed to the knowledge of teaching/learning of fluid mechanics, how it has evolved in terms of analysis of student learning in this subject, and methodologies and tools proposed and trialed.

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A learning-centred computational fluid dynamics course for undergraduate engineering students

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2024

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

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The great demands for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) practitioners in industry have motivated universities to integrate CFD courses into undergraduate curricula. This article introduces a learning-centred CFD course that aims to train critical users of commercial CFD codes. The main features of the course include a project-based approach to learning and assessment-guided learning activities, both scaffolded by technologies. The implementation of the course is informed by contemporary pedagogical theories that encourage students to have the ownership of their own learning and constructively build their knowledge in an inclusive and supportive learning environment. The students upon completing the course have developed a conceptual understanding of the CFD principles and the importance of performing CFD simulations in a critical way, making them ready for more advanced CFD learning and practices. Course evaluation based on feedback from various sources demonstrates that the learning-centred approach is the key to the success of the course.

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A best practices guide to CFD education in the undergraduate curriculum

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Suite-CFD: An Array of Fluid Solvers Written in MATLAB and Python

Suite-CFD: An Array of Fluid Solvers Written in MATLAB and Python

Fluids in Equilibrium and Hydrodynamics

A learning-centred computational fluid dynamics course for undergraduate engineering students

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