Teaching Computational Fluid Dynamics Using Spreadsheets

Tabor, Gavin

doi:10.7227/ijmee.32.1.4

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“…Today, Excel spreadsheets are almost universal in the engineering education world. Others include Sun Star Office as used by G Tabor [5] in examples on Computational Fluid Dynamics.…”

Section: Spreadsheets Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are other examples of the use of spreadsheets in different areas of engineering education; electrical engineering [8], environmental engineering education [9], chemical engineering [10,11], energy, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics [12,13,14]. Tabor [5] discussed the solution of the Navier Stokes equations in Computational Fluid Dynamics for incompressible fluid flow.…”

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Application of spreadsheet in beam bending calculations

2011

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The paper presents the application of an Excel spreadsheet as an educational tool for the beam bending calculations. It describes the advantages of using the spreadsheet in engineering education. It also describes the spreadsheet which uses Macaulay's method for beam calculations. The spreadsheet can be applied to both statically determined and indeterminate beams. It calculates the reactions (both forces and moments), shear force and bending moment as well as deflections for any of four typical beam end-fixing conditions (simply supported, cantilever, propped and built-in). The dimensions of the beam, the loads and their location are given by the user. The spreadsheet works as a menu driven program and is designed to be user-friendly. The paper therefore makes a case for the use of spreadsheets in beam bending calculation to improve students understanding and performance in this topic.

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“…Today, Excel spreadsheets are almost universal in the engineering education world. Others include Sun Star Office as used by G Tabor [5] in examples on Computational Fluid Dynamics.…”

Section: Spreadsheets Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spreadsheets Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of spreadsheet in beam bending calculations

2011

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“…Spreadsheets are application packages that ease calculations in tabular form. They were originally developed for applications in Finance and Accounting [20] [22] in examples on Computational Fluid Dynamics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are other examples of the use of spreadsheets in different areas of engineering education; electrical engineering [25], environmental engineering education [26], chemical engineering [27,28], energy, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics [29À31]. G Tabor [22] discussed the solution of the Navier Stokes equations in Computational Fluid Dynamics for incompressible fluid flow.…”

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Spreadsheets: The ideal tool for distance learning in engineering education

Kanyarusoke

Uziak

2011

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Formal Engineering Education has traditionally been delivered using the low technology-high touch lecturing method, in which the lecturer and student meet face to face. Distance education in this field has been quite slow to develop primarily because of difficulty in delivery of practical based instructions and problems on integrity of assessments. Developments in information technology and the increased demand for further education by people already in employment have however changed this even in developing countries. It puts extra demand on Lecturers to guide distance learners in handling numerical computations so prevalent in Engineering. At the campuses, computer based methods are available in the high touch-high tech lecture method. High level and efficient computer software is used to help the student to simulate and solve some problems. However, such software is expensive-and therefore-not readily available to the distant learner. Spreadsheets on the other hand are almost universal on today's computers and they bridge the gap between hand calculations and high level programme computations. This paper therefore makes a case for the use of spreadsheets in Distance Engineering

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“…The trend most likely began with the requirement that laboratory reports be submitted as a computer-generated document, usually using Microsoft Word. The next step likely involves processing data, recorded by pen and paper, using Microsoft Excel [5][6][7][8]. Once the students and instructors became comfortable with these approaches, the stage is then set for the which is an entirely seamless computer-based approach.…”

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Introducing Modern Laboratory Experiences to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Students

Panicker

Webb

2007

Volume 7: Engineering Education and Professional Development

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Amongst some of the more challenging aspects of engineering education is in imparting hands-on experience for the students. Despite the fact that engineering requires practical know-how, this challenge is in itself being compromised as the engineering curriculum over the past few decades increasingly moves away from workshops and laboratories toward classroom lectures and dependence on computer-based training. This paper describes a laboratory experience early in a mechanical and aerospace engineering student’s career which provides an adequate preparation for understanding all aspects of modern digital data acquisition systems. This laboratory experience is coupled with classroom lectures and projects. The laboratories comprise of modules that cover a variety of topics which expose the students to digital data acquisition techniques, data processing and analysis, uncertainty analysis and comparison with theory. Moreover, instead of generic experiments, most of the experiments were built around ordinary items and processes. The laboratory experience is based around National Instruments hardware, controlled via LabVIEW™. Data processing is via MS EXCEL. These platforms are ubiquitous and provide good exposure to similar hardware and software.

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Teaching Computational Fluid Dynamics Using Spreadsheets

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Application of spreadsheet in beam bending calculations

Application of spreadsheet in beam bending calculations

Spreadsheets: The ideal tool for distance learning in engineering education

Introducing Modern Laboratory Experiences to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Students

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