The 2D heat conduction equation in steady state form is given as: `(del^2T)/(delx^2)+(del^2T)/(dely^2)= 0` from above equation we can say that the temperature is the function of both x co-ordinate and y co-ordinate. To solve the equation we have will use all the three iterative techniques which are: 1) Jacobi. 2) Gauss…

Fuel Types: -  1) Alkane - Alkane is the type of acrylic based structured hydrocarbon, in which the carbon and hydrogen atoms are arranged in the tree like structure. The alkane have general formula of CnH2n+2">CnH2n+2CnH2n+2.  2) Alkene - It is an unsaturated hydrocarbon which contain…

Theoretical Aspects: The conservative form and non-conservative form are the two type numerical discretization in the computational fluid dynamics. Conservative form comes when we assume the control volume is stationary and on the other hand non-conservative form comes when we assume control volume is moving. Our primary…

BlockMesh Challenge for various Mesh grading factor Objectives: 1) To create the mesh using the specific tutorial from OpenFoam tutorial directory. 2) To make refiniment in the mesh by using refiniment factor as 0.2,0.5 and 0.5. 3) To run the simulation for each refined mesh and plot the graph of velocity magnitude vs…

Finite Volume Method. To give a introductory part on which method suits the best for simulation is quite difficult and depending upon the assumption made by the engineer. As we know that the conservational laws of fluid motion are given either in differential form or in integral form.  When any numerical scheme is…

Theory: The flow of fluid from the pipes or from any section is one of the great importance in the study of fluid flow. If we take the example of chemical industries then the fluid pressure and flow rate evaluation is more important factors. The fluid pressure need to be under investigation for each type of working condition…

Theory: The comparison between the wedge boundary condition and symmetry boundary condition are very timming and make more confusion. The only part which need to be understant is utilization of both boundary condition for specifc cases.  The wedge boundary condition for openFoam is suitable for the angle less than…

Air-Standard Cycle – Otto Cycle Aim:             Development of code for air standard otto cycle to extract the pressure vs volume diagram and to calculate the thermal efficiency of otto cycle. Objective: To study the working of otto cycle. To develop the algorithm…

Simple Pendulum Aim:             Solving a second order ordinary differential equation of simple pendulum and showing the effect of damping by an animation. Objective: To convert second order ordinary differential equation to 1st order ordinary differential equation.…

Genetic Algorithm Aim: -             Optimization of the equation to find global maxima by genetic algorithm using stalagmite function and explain the genetic algorithm working in MATLAB. Objective: - To study the genetic algorithm working. To use the stalagmite function…

File Parsing in MATLAB Aim: Calculation of thermodynamic data from the NASA data file using file parsing in MATLAB. Objective: To read the NASA data file containing the species value. To calculate the species molecular weight using file parsing method in MATLAB. To plot specific heat, entropy and enthalpy with respect…

Rankine Cycle Simulator Aim: Creation of Rankine cycle simulator from given input and reading the data from standard thermodynamic library of steam table. Objective: To create a Rankine Cycle simulator in MATLAB. To calculate the state point using function XSteam. To plot the T-S and H-S curve for given input in Rankine…

Aim: - Fluid flow simulation of Mixing Tee with different turbulence methods. Objective: -  1) To study the initializing in ANSYS FLUENT for the project work. 2) To import the geometry in space-claim and pre-process for simulation. 3) To mesh the geometry with inflation layer and perform the steady…

Aim: - Vortex shedding simulation over a cylinder in Laminar flow. Objective: - To setup case of steady state and Unsteady state simulation. To calculate Reynolds number and its significance over cylinder flow. To calculate lift and drag force over the cylinder region. To calculate the strouhal number and plot accordingly.…

Aim: - Validation of External air flow over Ahmed Body. Objectives: - To study the Ahmed body as basic of simulation for external flow over vehicle. To study the evaluation of Y+ value and its importance for simulation. To pre-process the geometry and mesh for Ahmed body simulation. To refine the mesh and study the effect…

Conjugate Heat Transfer Aim: Simulation of exhaust manifold with conjugate heat transfer model in ANSYS FLUENT. Objective: - To understand what is conjugate heat transfer. To understand how heat transfer coefficient is calculated for internal flow. To study effect of Reynolds number on the heat transfer coefficients. To…

Rayleigh Taylor Instability Aim: - Study and Simulation of Rayleigh Taylor Instability using VOF method. Objective: - To study importance of Rayleigh Taylor Instability. To study multiphase flow in ANSYS FLUENT. To study volume of fluid method and its importance. To study effect of mesh refinement on the Rayleigh Taylor…

Aim: - To perform conjugate heat transfer analysis of a Graphics Card setup. Objective: - To study the importance of conjugate heat transfer. To pre-processes the geometry for CHT analysis using space-claim. To mesh the geometry appropriately and explain the reason for choosing particular settings. To check the quality…

Aim: - Simulation of Cyclone Separator with Discrete phase monitoring method in ANSYS FLUENT. Objective: - To study the working principle of cyclone separator. To study methods of separation efficiency of cyclone separator. To perform the DPM simulation of cyclone separator using anthracite as particle media. To perform…

Aim: - Parametric analysis of gate valve to simulate valve lift also to calculate flow factor and flow coefficient. Objective: - To study the functioning of gate valve in flow industries. To pre-process the geometry for simulation. To defined input parameter for the simulation in space-claim. To mesh the geometry with…

Combustion Simulation of Natural gas inside a Burner using ANSYS FLUENT. Content                AIM                Objective 1.0           Introduction        …

Calculation of Adiabatic Flame Temperature Various Chemical Reactions Aim: Calculation of AFT using python and cantera for different chemical reactions. Objective: To study the effect of equivalence ratio on the Adiabatic flame temperature of different chemical reactions. To program the python program for calculation of…

Preheating Combustion Efficiency Aim: Study and Evaluation of Combustion efficiency after preheating in recuperator. Objective: - To evaluate the combustion efficiency in recuperator. To calculate the AFT for different range of inlet temperatures. To determine the effect of pre-heating on the combustion efficiency. Introduction:…

Quantity Class in Cantera for Mixing the Species Question 1: - Use the "Moles" method/function of the A object and explain how it was calculated. Need to use this after line number 9. Answer: - The mole is unit of measurement of large quantity of small entities such as atoms and molecules. As in line number 9…

Week 5 Challenge – Compact Notation Derivation for Simple Mechanism Aim: - Derive the net production rate using compact notation for chemical equilibrium Objective: - To study the chemical equilibrium for given chemical reactions. To derive stoichiometric matrix reaction rate for reactant and product. To derive the net…

Week 5: - ODE Stability Criteria using Python Aim: - Evaluation of ODE stability using explicit and implicit Euler methods. Objective: - To study the stability criteria for ODE’s. To study explicit approach and its limitation for ODE systems. To create a python program for the explicit method of ODE system. To study…

Week 6 – Multivariate Newton Raphson Solver for Non-linear ODE Aim: - Use of Multivariate Newton Raphson technique to solve system of stiff ODE system. Objective: - To study the derivation of solving stiff ODE using implicit method. To derive the solution for stiff ODE using Multivariate Newton Raphson solver. To…

Week 7: - Auto-Ignition Temperature Using Cantera Reactor Network Aim: - Determination of Auto-ignition temperature for methane-air reaction for constant pressure & temperature conditions. Objectives: - To study the Auto-ignition fundamentals and ignition delay. To determine the Auto-ignition temperature at constant temperature…

Week 9 – Sensitivity Analysis using Cantera Aim: - Determination of sensitivity factor for GRI Mechanism using Reactor Network in Cantera. Objective: - To study the importance of sensitivity analysis. To program the code for sensitivity analysis of GRI mechanism. To construct a code in such a way that it shows the…

Aim: - Performing a Channel flow test case in converge CFD software with different mesh settings. Objectives: - To study the channel flow and its characteristics. To set up the case for the channel flow in the converge software. To use different mesh setting for the channel flow case and find the outputs. To run the simulation…

Week 1 – Challenge: - Channel Flow Aim: - Performing a Channel flow test case in converge CFD software with different mesh settings. Objectives: - To study the channel flow and its characteristics. To set up the case for the channel flow in the converge software. To use different mesh setting for the channel flow…

Challenge 2 – Backward Facing Step Simulation Aim: - Simulation of Backward facing step flow in converge software with different mesh grid values. Objective: - To study the importance of simulation for backward flow step in turbulence modelling. To case setup the backward flow step with creating the geometry in Converge…

Challenge 2 – Backward Facing Step Simulation Aim: - Simulation of Backward facing step flow in converge software with different mesh grid values. Objective: - To study the importance of simulation for backward flow step in turbulence modelling. To case setup the backward flow step with creating the geometry in Converge…

Air-Standard Cycle – Otto Cycle Aim: Development of code for air standard Otto cycle to extract the pressure vs volume diagram and to calculate the thermal efficiency of otto cycle. Objective: To study the working of otto cycle. To develop the algorithm for calculation of state variable in otto cycle. To plot the…

Simple Pendulum Aim: Solving a second order ordinary differential equation of simple pendulum and showing the effect of damping by an animation. Objective: To convert second order ordinary differential equation to 1st order ordinary differential equation. To create the function using Python in-built function for solving…

Curve fitting & Correctness of Curve Aim: Use of curve fit to predict the data of temperature and specific heat using linear and cubic polynomial. Objective: To study the curve fit using python. To study the smoothness of curve-fit. To code the curve fit of given data. To plot the graph for each curve-fit data. Description…

Week 6 – Challenge – Data Analysis. Aim: - Performing the data analysis from the simulation of engine and plot various results. Objective: - To read the file and visualize the data in the correct format. To check for the compatibility of data inside the file. To calculate the plot without any manual coding…

Week 4.1 Challenge – Steady State Simulation of flow over throttle body Aim: - Steady state simulation throttle valve inside the pipe with difference in pressure. Objective: - To study the importance of throttle valve in flow simulations. To set up the steady state simulation for throttle valve. To create the embedding…

Week 4.2 Challenge – Trasient Simulation of flow over throttle body Aim: - Transient simulation throttle valve inside the pipe with difference in pressure. Objective: - To study the importance of throttle valve in flow simulations. To set up the transient simulation for throttle valve. To create the embedding…

Week 5 – Prandtl Meyer Shock Problem Aim: - Performing the Prandtl Meyer shock problem for subsonic and supersonic flow with adaptive mesh refinement. Objectives: - 1) To study the importance of Prandtl Meyer Shock problem and its applications. 2) To study the types of boundary used for the simulations. 3) To study…