Week 7: Shock tube simulation project

AIM: To simulate the isentropic flow through a Quasi 1D subsonic - supersinic nozzle by deriving both the conservation and non-conservation forms of the governing equations and solve them by implementing Macormacks's technique using MATLAB. Objective: Determine the steady-state temperature distribution for the flow field…

                                  ADVANCED CFD MESHING OF THE TESLA CYBER TRUCK l. OBJECTIVE 1. Geometry Clean-up of the model 2. Generation of surface mesh on the model. 3. Analyze and correct the quality of the mesh. 4. Setting…

                        ADVANCED CFD MESHING OF THE BMW M6 MODEL USING ANSA l. OBJECTIVE 1. Detailed geometry clean-up of the BMW M6 Model. 2. Generation of a surface mesh on the model. 3. Analyze and correct the quality of the mesh. 4. Setting up a wind…

                                           SURFACE AND VOLUMETRIC MESHING OF A TURBOCHARGER MODEL IN ANSA   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Clean the given Turbocharger Model geometry. 2. Generate a surface mesh by assigning…

                                            SURFACE MESHING ON A PRESSURE VALVE l. AIM: This project aims to mesh a pressure valve using three different mesh sizes and find out the optimal mesh size.…

                                                                      FINAL TEST PFI Engine: Q1: What is the Compression ratio for the engine?…

  LITERATURE REVIEW - REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STROKE (RANS) EQUATIONS DERIVATION AND ANALYSIS.   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Understanding the challenges of simulating turbulent flow and the need for turbulence models. 2. Derivation of RANS equations by the application of Reynolds decomposition on the time-averaged…

                           EMISSION CHARACTERIZATION ON A CAT3410 ENGINE l. OBJECTIVE Analyze two-piston bowl configuration(Open-W and Omega) of CAT3410 Engine. Characterize their emission (Soot, NOx, and UHC). Compare the imep and power values graphically. ll. GEOMETRY This project will be simulating a `60^0` sector geometry…

                   PORT FUEL INJECTION ENGINE (Sl8 PFI) SIMULATION l. OBJECTIVE The objective of this project is to complete the modeling of the PFI Engine  Run a full-hydro transient simulation starting from a crank angle of `-520^0` to `120^0`. Setup spray…

                                      Surface Preparation and Boundary Flagging of Port Fuel Injectected Engine   l. INTRODUCTION   ll. OBJECTIVE Perform surface preparation and boundary flagging of the PFI model Setup a no-hydro simulation. lll. SURFACE PREPARATION Converge utilizes geometry provided in the '.stl' format,…

                                                  SIMULATION OF CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS OF AIR-FLOW THROUGH PIPE USING SUPER-CYCLING MODEL   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Simulate the…

                                          SIMULATION OF SHOCK WAVES IN A SHOCK TUBE USING CONVERGE   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Simulate the propagation of shock waves through a shock tube. 2. Plot the pressure…

                       LITERATURE REVIEW ON SHOCK FLOW AND SIMULATION PF PRANDTL MEYER EXPANSION FAN OVER AN EXPANSION CORNER.   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Perform a literature review on shock flow and associated boundary conditions. 2. Analyse the effect…

                                                           STEADY-STATE SIMULATION OF FLOW OVER A THROTTLE BODY USING CONVERGE CFD   l. INTRODUCTION A throttle is…

TRANSIENT-STATE SIMULATION OF FLOW OVER A THROTTLE BODY USING CONVERGE CFD   l. INTRODUCTION A throttle is a mechanism by which fluid flow is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or decreased by the restriction of inlet gases (by the use of a throttle), but usually decreased.…

                             EFFECT OF PREHEATING OF AIR USING A RECUPERATOR IN THE COMBUSTION  OF METHANE   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Write a program to observe the effect of preheating of air on the adiabatic flame temperature in the combustion…

                                              CHT ANALYSIS ON A GRAPHICS CARD   l. OBJECTIVE To perform steady-state conjugate heat transfer analysis on Graphics Card To find the effect of different velocities…

                                                            CHT SIMULATION & ANALYSIS OF FLUID FLOW THROUGH AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Simulate &…

SIMULATION & ANALYSIS OF FLUID FLOW OVER AHMED BODY IN A WIND TUNNEL   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Simulate and analyze the flow of fluid over Ahmed Body in a wind tunnel. 2. Perform grid dependency test on the given setup. 3. Plot and analyze the velocity and pressure contours using a midplane along the direction of flow.…

                                                        SIMULATING FLOW OVER BACKWARD-FACING STEP l. INTRODUCTION The Backward-facing step is a standard geometry used for…

                                                                                        SIMULATING …

AIM: The main aim of this project is to simulate the laminar flow through a pipe. The wedge portion is taken as the whole circular section(cylinder) may take time to simulate or it may be costly if your computer does not have many resources. The other aim is to write the Matlab code for the BlockMeshDict file for different…

 Aim: To Derive 4th order approximations for second-order derivative.   Theory:  the taylor series for function is written as, `f(x+deltax)= f(x)+(del f)/(delx).(deltax)+(del^2f)/(del x^2).((deltax^2)/2) +`........(1) the abvoe equation is valid only if : if the number of terms are infinite and the…

AIM: To simulate the flow of air through a mixing tee and study the mixing effectiveness of this in pipes of different lengths and different momentum ratios.  Theory: In industrial process engineering, mixing is a unit operation that involves the manipulation of a heterogeneous physical system with the intent…

EVALUATION OF ADIABATIC FLAME TEMPERATURE USING PYTHON AND CANTERA   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Write a program to analyze the effect of equivalence ratio on the final adiabatic temperature of methane contained in a constant volume chamber. Also, compare the result with those obtained using Cantera. 2.Write a program to…

                                                   HANDLING COMBUSTION MIXTURE WITH CANTERA   l. OBJECTIVE: Write the code to calculate the properties of Air-Fuel Mixture by varying…

                                    REACTION RATE FOR A MULTISTEP MECHANISM   l. OBJECTIVES Derive the reaction rates for the given multistep mechanism using compact notations and compare the results with the ones derived…

INTRODUCTION: Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) can be solved through various numerical methods, including numerical discretization and numerical integration. Some Odes can be solved directly through mathematical integration. However, most practical phenomena contain a system of ODEs and PDEs which may be coupled or…

           SOLVING STIFF ODE SYSTEMS BY USING IMPLICIT EULER METHOD AND A MULTIVARIATE NEWTON RAPHSON SOLVER   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Write a code in python to solve a system of stiff ODEs using the Implicit Euler Method(Backward Difference Scheme) and the Multivariate Newton Raphson solver.…

                                          SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN THE STOICHIOMETRIC COMBUSTION OF METHANE CONCERNING TEMPERATURE   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Write a code to calculate the 10 most temperature-sensitive…

                                        STUDY OF AUTO-IGNITION TIME OF METHANE USING CANTERA   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Simulate the combustion of methane and calculate its Auto-Ignition time using a reactor network code.…

Aim: To solve a heat conduction equation of a 2D plate surrounded by constant temperature by the Finite Difference Method. Here we will consider both the Steady-state and Transient state(Unsteady) case and compare which iterative method gives better results with fewer number iteration. Also, we will understand the effect…

AIM: To describe the need for interpolation schemes and flux limiters in FVM.   THEORY: Discretization is the process of converting partial differential equations into Algebraic forms. The whole idea behind discretization is to get the solution at discrete points.   Methods of Discretization Finite Difference…

 AIM: To simulate incompressible laminar viscous flow through the backward-facing step geometry.   Introduction: In this challenge, the flow-through backward-facing step has been simulated using icoFOAM solver which is performed in OpenFOAM software. As a result, if the simulation, velocity, pressure…

OBJECTIVE:  Write a program in MATLAB that can automatically generate the computational mesh for any wedge angle and grading schemes. Generate the blockMeshDict file for two types of buondary conditions - Wedge Type & Symmetry Type. Simulate the fluid flow using the generated blockMeshDict file…

To simulate the flow over a cylinder using steady state and unsteady state solvers.   l. OBJECTIVES 1. Simulate the flow of fluid over a cylinder using both Steady & Transient solvers in Ansys Fluent. 2. Determine the Strouhal number in both the Steady & Transient state simulations for Re=100. 3. Calculate…

SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF RAYLEIGH TAYLOR INSTABILITY   l. OBJECTIVE Simulate and analyse the interference of two fluids with different densities. Perform the Rayleigh Taylor instability simulation for 2 different mesh sizes and compare the results by showing the animations   ll. INTRODUCTION   A. Rayleigh–Taylor…

                                           SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF CYCLONE SEPARATOR     l. OBJECTIVE Simulate the flow by varying the particle size through inlet. Simulate the flow by varying the…

                                             A PARAMATIC STUDY ON THR GATE VALVE SIMULATION   l. OBJECTIVE 1. Simulate the flow of fluid through a gate valve. 2. Perform the paramatic study on the gate…

                       SIMULATIPOM OF COMBUSTION ON A COMBUSTER MODEL l. OBJECTIVES 1. Simulate the process of combustion on a model using a mixture of fuel and air. 2. Plot the variation of the mass fraction of different species in the simulation using line…