Integration of computational fluid dynamics into a fluid mechanics curriculum

Adair, Desmond; Jaeger, Martin

doi:10.1002/cae.20539

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“…The overall cost of an experiment is significantly reduced with the introduction of numerical simulation. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations integrated into curriculums and projects for undergraduate students fall into this category . The last one is a fully software‐based virtual laboratory which likes a computer game.…”

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Virtual emulation laboratories for teaching offshore oil and gas engineering

Zhu

Zhi

Xiong

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Offshore practical training is extremely challenging for undergraduate students from the point of view of security. In order to create a safe training environment for offshore oil and gas engineering education, three virtual emulation laboratories have been developed. The components, functions, and connections of the emulators are described in this paper. The use of these laboratories and the feeling of students are discussed. It is evident from the evaluation of learning outcomes that using such virtual laboratories is a preferred approach to cultivate the practical skills of undergraduate students more safely and economically. Moreover, the confidence and innovative capability are enhanced significantly.

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Virtual emulation laboratories for teaching offshore oil and gas engineering

Zhu

Zhi

Xiong

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…With the rapid growth of powerful computer resources and the development of well optimized and reliable commercial packages, CFD is now a useful tool for mechanical engineering design engineers. 1 Projects involving design, especially in the thermo-fluids area, now routinely involve the use of CFD, CAD, rapid prototyping and testing in aerodynamic or hydraulic facilities. 2…”

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Incorporating computational fluid dynamics code development into an undergraduate engineering course

Adair

Jaeger

2015

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

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The teaching of computational fluid dynamics at the undergraduate level usually focuses on giving students an understanding of the numerical methods and details involved, supported by what are little more than code fragments, followed by learning an abstract form of computational fluid dynamics skills and processes, without any real interaction with the complex core computer coding behind what is often just ‘easy-to-use’ or ‘push button’ commercial interfaces. Quite often, as the student progresses in his/her use of computational fluid dynamics, especially in the research area, it becomes clear that an ‘off-the-shelf’ commercial computational fluid dynamics package is not able to satisfy all requirements to simulate a given problem fully, nor to obtain accurate results. The purpose of this paper is to outline what must be taught to add computer coding to what usually is a well-protected, though capable of being compiled and linked, core computer code so that the complexity of interacting is lessened and better understood.

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“…Further examples for solutions of typical problems in transport phenomena using different numerical approaches and appropriate software can be found in Refs. .…”

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Chebyshev orthogonal collocation technique to solve transport phenomena problems with Matlab® and Mathematica

Binous

Shaikh

Bellagi

2014

Comp Applic In Engineering

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We present in this pedagogical paper an alternative numerical method for the resolution of transport phenomena problems encountered in the teaching of the required course on transport phenomena in the graduate chemical engineering curricula. Based on the Chebyshev orthogonal collocation technique implemented in Matlab® and Mathematica©, we show how different rather complicated transport phenomena problems involving partial differential equations and split boundary value problems can now readily be mastered. A description of several sample problems and the resolution methodology is discussed in this paper. The objective of the incorporation of this approach is to develop the numerical skills of the graduate students at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) and to broaden the extent of transport‐phenomena problems that can be addressed in the course. We noted with satisfaction that the students successfully adopted this numerical technique for the resolution of problems assigned as term projects. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:422–431, 2015; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI http://10.1002/cae.21612

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Integration of computational fluid dynamics into a fluid mechanics curriculum

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Virtual emulation laboratories for teaching offshore oil and gas engineering

Virtual emulation laboratories for teaching offshore oil and gas engineering

Incorporating computational fluid dynamics code development into an undergraduate engineering course

Chebyshev orthogonal collocation technique to solve transport phenomena problems with Matlab® and Mathematica

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