Professor: Sandip Kumar Saha
Motivation behind the Course:
This course is an introduction to the basic usage of numerical analysis in thermal and fluids analysis. This course forms a foundation for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and is necessary for many CFD projects in the mechanical department.
Course Content:
The course content would be posted on professor’s website before the course starts. The professor has not been changed for long and a change is also not expected. However, the content in short is:
- Review of a few NumAn techniques like solving ODEs and matrices.
- Relating the mathematical knowledge to fluid simulations via already known methods.
- Coding these numerical techniques on software.
- Solving ODEs and PDEs by applying logical boundary conditions.
Feedback on Lectures:
There are no slides that would be uploaded. Make it a point to write good class notes. Important announcements like the portion are also made in classes.
Feedback on Assignments, etc.:
Assignments involve coding on python, MATLAB or other software. The assignments are in groups of 2 randomly allotted students. If you have a good partner the course load eases on you.
Prerequisites:
Basic fluid mechanics course and numerical analysis course.
Grading Pattern:
Typically- Assignments (25%), 2 Quizzes (5% Each), Midsem (25%), Endsem (40%) The endsem decides the grade and many PhDs secure better grades than UGs.
Study Material and References:
The lecture content and some book reading while in doubt should be enough for the exams. References would be mentioned in the first lecture.
Miscellaneous:
This course is meant for those who want to understand the usage of maths in simple CFD simulations and want to use it further. If you are not very interested don’t take it.
We thank “Anuj Kuruwa” for sharing the course review
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