Post Graduate Program in External Aerodynamic Simulations

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6 Months

₹ 275000

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                                    Medium of instructions
                                    English

                                    Mode of learning
                                    Self study

                                    Mode of Delivery
                                    Video and Text Based

Course 1: Advanced CFD Meshing using ANSA

Week 01-Introduction to ANSA GUI and Tools

Introduction to ANSA
ANSA GUI
Geometric tools and topology cleanup
Different tools used in the TOPO deck

Week 02-2D (Surface) Meshing to Pressure valve

PID creation and PID assignment
Different selection techniques and visibility tools
Basic Topology cleanup
Basic tools used in surface meshing

Week 03-3D (Volume) Meshing to Turbocharger

Geometry cleanup to define volumes
Various geometry checks
Surface meshing as per quality criteria
Volumetric meshing as per requirements

Week04- CFD meshing to BMW M6 Model inside Wind tunnel

Advanced topology cleanup to define volumes
Variable surface meshing part by part
Solving quality failed elements as per quality criteria
Symmetry operation for surface and mesh elements
Wind tunnel creation
CFD meshing for wind tunnel

Week 05-Surface Wrap to an Automotive Assembly

Geometry cleanups for the surface wrap.
Merging of different models into one GUI.
Surface wrapping for an assembly.

Course 2: Introduction to GUI based CFD using ANSYS Fluent

Week 01 - Introduction to CFD

Governing Equations of Fluid Motion
Numerical Discretization
Fluid Solver
Boundary Conditions
Post-Processing

Geometry Creation
Meshing
Boundary and Initial Condition Calculation
Setting up solution algorithms
Solving and post-processing

Week 03 - Performing Steady State Simulations

Geometry created using SpaceClaim
How to set up Steady-State Simulations?
Checking for Convergence and understanding when the simulation converges for different boundary conditions
How to create Runtime Animation of Engineering Parameters?
Project 1: HVAC Simulation Inside a Mixing TEE
Project 2: Performing Parametric Study on Flow Inside a Gate Valve
Project 3: Performance Characterization of a Cyclone Separator

Week 04 - Exploring Meshing strategies

Methods of providing local refinement like Sphere of Influence, Body Sizing, etc.
Concept of Y plus and its importance
Inflation Layers and Controls
Mesh Dependence Test

Week 05 - External Aerodynamics

Setting up Virtual Wind Tunnels using the Enclosure Utility
Understand Vortices, calculating Downforce & the drag on a Vehicle
Y+ Estimation & Grid Refinement

Week 06 - Conjugate Heat Transfer

Extracting solid and fluid volumes
Creating Shared Topologies for Creating Conformal Meshes
Setting up Volumetric Heat Sources
Visualizing Heat Transfer Coefficient Distribution

Week 07 - Discrete Phase Modelling

Different types of discrete phase boundary conditions and their effects
Methods of tracking the Discrete Phase Particles
Turbulence Intensity and Vortex Core Visualisation

Week 08 - Introduction to User Defined Functions

You will learn how to write a customized program,
Create different monitor points, and
Extract the relevant information you need to form a simulation.

Week 09 - Basic Reacting Flows

In this module, you will learn how to simulate reacting flows using ANSYS Fluent.
This includes combustion applications.

Course 3: MATLAB for Mechanical Engineers

Week 1 - Introduction to MATLAB

MATLAB syntax and commands
Methods and ways to use commands in different scenarios
Manipulation of calculations and comparisons
Use of arrays.
Functions (plotting, creating animations, creating figures, and more)

Week 2 - Forward Kinematics Simulator

Manipulator motion using ImageMagick
Simulation of a 2R robotic arm manipulator
Creating a movie clip with the spatial motions of a robotic arm
‘For’ loop in programming
Working of the “hold on” command
Arrays and linspace commands

Week 3 - Air Standard Cycle Simulator

Solving piston kinematics equation to calculate volume trace
PV diagrams for different operating conditions.
Thermodynamic relationships
Pressure-volume variations
Order of the program
Plots & legends used in the graphs
Piston kinematics

Week 4 - Vibrations and Dynamics

Backward difference formula (BDF) and forward difference formula (FDF) methods to solve ODEs
Real use of differential equations
How differential equations relate to real-world applications
Solving differential equations
ODE solvers, syntax of ODEs, and various supplementary commands

Week 5 - Curve Fitting and Regression

Polynomials and their best fits
PolyFit and PolyVal commands
Calculating errors
Sum of squares regression (SSR)
Sum of squares error (SSE)
Sum of squares total (SST)

Week 6 - Genetic Algorithm

Optimization techniques
Working of the genetic algorithm
Genetic algorithm syntax and finding the global maxima
Stalagmite functions and how it works
Population size, number of generations, fitness value, and termination of further generations

Course 4: Introduction to CFD using MATLAB and OpenFOAM

Week 01-What is Computational Fluid Dynamics?

CFD - An Introduction, Necessity, Advantages, and CFD Modeling Process
Deriving and understanding the Navier Stokes equations
- Substantial Derivative
- Continuity Equation
- Momentum Equation
- Energy Equation
- Significance of the Reynolds number in the NS equations

Week 02-Mathemathics and Fluid Dynamics Essentials

Basic Vector Calculus - Divergence, Gradient, and Curl
Taylor’s Series
Initial and Boundary Conditions
Classification of PDEs and their characteristics
Learning essential fluid dynamics quantities and their dimensional analysis

Week 03-Introduction to MATLAB and Basic CFD Concepts

Getting acclimated to the MATLAB interface
Numerical discretization and its types
FDM - Understanding different schemes with worked examples in MATLAB
Deriving own FD schemes using Taylor’s table
Solving ODEs in MATLAB using the ‘ode45’ solver

Week 04-Exploring CFD by Solving Standard CFD Problems using FDM

Solving coupled linear systems using iterative solvers
- Jacobi
- Gauss-Seidel
- SOR

Week 05-Introduction to FVM and OpenFOAM

Finite Volume Method and Gauss Divergence Theorem
Understanding the Linux environment
OpenFOAM code organisation and case setup
Detailed blockMeshDict tutorial

Week 06-Solving Standard CFD Problems in OpenFOAM

In this module, you will be using OpenFOAM for exploring and simulating a wide variety of problems.
You will also create a platform that will enable you to start any simulation from scratch and establish confidence in your result.

Course 5: Introduction to Aero-Thermal simulation using ANSYS Fluent

Week 01 - Introduction to FLUID FLows

Types of fluid properties
Newtonian and Non Newtonian fluids
Description of fluid flows
Overview of CFD methods

Week 02 - Introduction to Aerodynamics

Role of aerodynamics in design
Parameters of focus
Instruments used in aircraft
Similarity parameters
Aerodynamic forces and moments

Week 03 - International Standard Atmosphere

What exactly ISA is
How to calculate the properties according to height

Week 04 - Tetra/Prism generation in ICEM CFD

Be introduced to ICEM CFD
Understand the steps to setup your domain in ICEM CFD
Generate a mesh for your geometry
Assess the quality of the mesh

Week 05 - Introduction to flow over airfoil

Be introduced to what an airfoil is
Understand the forces acting on an airfoil
Use ICEM CFD to generate the domain required to analyse the flow over an airfoil
Generate the mesh for two cases
- Incompressible flow over airfoil
- Compressible flow over airfoil
- Assess the quality of the mesh

Week 06 - Introduction to Turbulence modelling

Introduced to turbulence
Learn why it is important
Understand how to model turbulent flows
Understand the turbulence models available in commercial CFD packages

Week 07 - Simulate the flow over a NACA0012 Airfoil

Learn how to setup your simulation for analysing aerodynamic forces on an airfoil
Analyse the results for various angles of attack

Week 08 - Introduction to moving zones

Learn about moving zones
Approaches to model moving zones
- Moving reference frame
- Moving mesh

Week 09 - Comparison of Moving Reference and Moving mesh approach

Use a turbomachinery component to compare MRF and MM approach
Setup the simulation with appropriate parameters
Analyse the results

Week 10 - Transient flow over air compressor

Work on a sector a large air compressor
Setup periodic zones in FLUENT console
Setup the simulation to analyse the turbomachinery component
Analyse the results

Week 11 - Introduction to Computational Aeroacoustics

Learn about acoustics
Learn about acoustic analogy methods
CAA methodologies

Week 12 - Broadband Noise modelling

Use ANSYS Mesher to generate the mesh for your domain
Setup a symmetric model in FLUENT
Run the acoustic solver to analyse noise sources

Course 6: Advanced Aerodynamic Simulations using CONVERGE

Week 01-Preparing the Surface for Flow Simulation

To import your CAD designs into CONVERGE Studio for performing flow analyses.
The CAD geometry contains information on what the model is supposed to look like.
Work on fixing any errors, if present, and then split the geometry into boundaries so as to set up the simulation.
This involves, but is not limited to:
- CAD import and cleanup
- Splitting the model into boundaries and flagging these boundaries

Week 02-Setting up the Simulation

Creating virtual wind tunnel
Setting the boundary conditions effectively
How to choose the right turbulence model?
- K-Epsilon Vs. K-Omega SST
Understanding Y+ and choosing suitable grid sizes for our simulation.

Week 03-Physics Modelling

Turbulence Modelling
Conjugate Heat Transfer
Shock Capturing

Week 04-Extracting Aerodynamic Quantities

Understanding the wake and the effect this will have on the aerodynamic parameters.
Extracting information such as drag and lift force from Converge CFD.

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