Teach the basics of CFD in 15 minutes
Cimbala, John Michael
Fluid Mechanics Instructors,
I have heard from several instructors that they would love to incorporate the basics of CFD into their undergraduate fluid mechanics course but cannot find a way to squeeze it into the (already busy) syllabus. For this reason I created a short YouTube video to teach the basics of CFD. In this 15-minute video, I introduce CFD and describe the general step-by-step procedure for solving fluid flow problems using CFD. I discuss various types of meshes and boundary conditions, along with residuals and how they relate to convergence of the solution. Finally, I show some examples of CFD solutions (steady vs. unsteady, two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional, flows with heat transfer, incompressible vs. compressible, inviscid vs. viscous). You may wish to show this video in class or assign it for your students to watch on their own. This will at least teach them some of the basics of CFD, which many of them will use at some point in their careers.
This video is part of my Fluid Mechanics Lesson Series. An Excel file listing of all the videos in this series so far, along with the annotated notes generated during filming of the videos, can be found at
Take care and enjoy the rest of your semester - the end of the semester is in sight!
John
John M. Cimbala
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