OBJECTIVE: To write a program to simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of it's motion. THEORY: The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newtons second law.…
Sachin B N
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Week-6 : Turbocharger Modelling
AIM: To List down different TC and locate examples from GT Power To Explore tutorial number 6 and 7 To Plot operating points on compressor and turbine maps To find the application in which Variable Geometry Turbine is beneficial? To Explore example- Diesel VGT EGR and understand the modeling part Solution: Turbocharger:…
28 Jul 2024 11:58 AM IST
Week 9 - Senstivity Analysis Assignment
AIM: To write a code to import all the reactions from GRI mechanism and to calculate 10 most sensitive reactions with respect to temperature parameter Theoritical Background: Sensitivity Analysis It is the process to get relationship between the parameters and the output of the model. Sensitivity analysis investigates…
22 Jul 2021 10:03 AM IST
Week 7 - Auto ignition using Cantera
AIM: To simulate the case of autoignition of methane fuel for finding the ignition delay and to study the effect of temperature and pressure on ignition delay. Theoritical Background: Ignition dealy Ignition delay (ID) is defined as the time period between the start of fuel injection to the start of combustion…
21 Jul 2021 02:37 PM IST
Week 6 - Multivariate Newton Rhapson Solver
AIM: To solve the give set of Ordinary differential equations using Multivariate Newton-Raphson Method Theoritical Background: Newton-Raphson Iteration Let f(x) be a well-behaved function, and let r be a root of the equation f(x) = 0. Of the many iterative root-finding procedures, the Newton-Raphson method, with…
20 Jul 2021 12:54 PM IST
Week 5.2 - Literature review: ODE Stability
AIM: To review the lieterature about Ordinary Differential Equation and to write the Python program on Stability. Theoritical Background: Ordinary Differential Equation The differential equation containing one or more functions of an independent variable and derivatives of those functions. But in the case ODE, the word…
19 Jul 2021 07:47 AM IST
Week 5.1 - Compact Notation Derivation for a simple Mechanism
AIM: To derive the reaction rate Ordinary Differential Equation(ODE) of the following reaction mechanism using compact notation Solution: There are 4 reactions and 7 Species in the reaction mechanism. Let 'i' be the Reaction index and 'j' be the Species index Vji’ be the matrix that express number of moles…
15 Jul 2021 06:27 AM IST
Week 4.2 - Combustion Efficiency Calculation after Preheating
AIM:- a) To find the effect of Preheating of air on the Adiabatic Flame Temperature(AFT) b) To identify the effect of Preheating on Fuel Saving and the variation of Combustion efficiency with respect to preheating temperature Theoritical Background: Recuperator A recuperator…
14 Jul 2021 06:32 AM IST
Week 4.1- Handling Mixtures with Cantera
Aim: Calculation of properties of Air-Fuel mixture by varying the propertiess of air and fuel individually by using Python code Theoritical Background: Air–fuel ratio (AFR) - It is the mass ratio of air to a solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel present in a combustion…
13 Jul 2021 09:04 AM IST
Week 3 - Adiabatic Flame Temperature calculation
AIM: To write a program to analyze the effect of Equivalence ratio on adibatic flame temperature in the constant volume chamber and to compare teh results obtained using cantera To write a program to analyze the effect of fractional heat loss on adibatic flame temperature of methane contained in the constant…
12 Jul 2021 12:27 PM IST
Week-11 : Discretization of 3D intake manifold using GEM-3D
AIM: To Explotre Tutorial- single cyl DI To Explore tutorial no 2 (GEM3D) - “Building intake manifold from STL model” Theoritical Background: Discretization Discretization is the process of converting Physical volume in to number of Sub volumes. Discretization splits the larger parts in to smaller sections…
22 Apr 2021 01:56 PM IST
Week-7 : Converting a detailed engine model to a FRM model
Aim: To Explore tutorial number 9 and write a detailed report To Build FRM Model for following configuration using FRM builder approach Bore 102 mm stroke 115 mm CR 17 No of cylinder 6 CI engine Twin Scroll Turbine GT Controller To Run all cases Theoritical Background: FRM stands for Fast Running Model. When…
13 Apr 2021 11:45 AM IST
Week-4 : Basic Calibration of Single cylinder CI-Engine
AIM: To Compare SI vs CI and list down differences (assignment no 2-SI) To Comment on following parameters BSFC Exhaust Temperature A/F ratios To Change MFB 50 and observe impact on performance Theoritical Background: Difference between SI and CI engine Mass Fraction Burned: Mass fraction burned (MFB) in each individual…
11 Mar 2021 01:07 PM IST
Week 2 : Basic Calibration of Single cylinder SI-Engine
Aim: To Run the case at 1800 rpm and list down important parameters like air flow rate, BMEP, BSFC, In-cylinder pressure and to run the case by increasing the power output at 3600 rpm by 10% Theoretical Background: 1] Break Mean Effective Pressure: The mean effective pressure is a quantity relating…
06 Feb 2021 06:57 PM IST
Week 10: Project 1 - FULL HYDRO case set up (PFI)
AIM: To set up the Full Hydro simulation case for SI8-PFI Engine model, to find the compression ratio, combustion efficiency, power and torque for this engine and to explain the significance of ca10, ca50 and ca90 Theoritical Background: Port Fuel Injection Port Fuel injection is when fuel is injected prior…
02 Jan 2021 05:13 AM IST
Week 8: Literature review - RANS derivation and analysis
AIM: To Apply reynold's decomposition to the NS equations and come up with the expression for reynold's stress and to explain the understanding of terms reynold's stress and turbulent viscosity. Theoritical Background: Turbulent Flow Turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and…
25 Nov 2020 06:24 AM IST
Week 7: Shock tube simulation project
AIM: To Setup a transient shock tube simulation, to Plot the pressure and temperature history in the entire domain and to Plot the cell count as a function of time Theoritical Background: Shock Tube The shock tube is an instrument used to replicate and direct blast waves at a sensor or a model in order…
19 Nov 2020 08:47 AM IST
Week 6: Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation
AIM: To perform Conjugate Heat Transfer simulation for baseline configuration, to carry out the grid dependency test on 3 grids, to analyse the effect of supercycle stage interval Theoritical Background: Conjugate Heat Transfer(CHT) The term conjugate heat transfer (CHT) describes the processes…
17 Nov 2020 04:35 PM IST
Week 5: Prandtl Meyer Shock problem
AIM: To do a literature search of Boundary conditons that are typically used for shock flow problems, to describe the physics behind shock waves and to look at the effect of sub-grid-scale temperature value on cell count and the shock location Theoritical Background: Sound waves are pressure waves…
11 Nov 2020 09:57 AM IST
Week 4: Project - Transient simulation of flow over a throttle body
AIM: To Setup and run transient state simulation for flow over a throttle body and Post process the results Theoritical Background: Throttling valves are a type of valve that can be used to start, stop and regulate…
30 Oct 2020 01:08 PM IST
Week 4: Project - Steady state simulation of flow over a throttle body
AIM: To Set up and run the steady state simulation for flow over throttle body and to Post process the results Theoritical Background: Throttling valves are a type of valve that can be used to start, stop and regulate the…
30 Oct 2020 01:08 PM IST
Challenge on Combustion
AIM: To Perform a combustion simulation on the combustor model and plot the variation of the mass fraction of the different species in the simulation using line probes at different locations of the combustor Theoritical background: Combustion Combustion, or burning is a high-temperature exothermic redox…
20 Sep 2020 07:22 AM IST
Gate Valve Parametric Study
AIM: To perform a parametric study on the gate valve simulation by setting the opening from 10 % to 80% and to calculate the flow coefficient and flow factor for each opening and plot the graph. Theoritical Backgound: GATE VALVE A gate valve, also known as a sluice…
12 Sep 2020 10:56 AM IST
Week 6 - Data analysis
AIM: To perform the data analysis of a given data by programming in Python Theoritical Background: Data analysis plays a role in making decisions more scientific and helping businesses operate more effectively. Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming and modeling data with…
10 Sep 2020 07:49 AM IST
Cyclone Separator Challenge
AIM:- To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop. Theoritical Background: Cyclone Separators Cyclonic…
05 Sep 2020 12:48 AM IST
Gear Box
AIM: To perform the four simulations in the Gearbox and then to compare the results among all the four cases. 20% Immersion, Fluid - Engine oil. 30% Immersion, Fluid- Engine oil. 20% Immersion,Fluid-n-heptane (c7h16). 30% Immersion,Fluid-n-heptane (c7h16) Theoritical Background: A transmission is…
28 Aug 2020 08:41 AM IST
Week 5 - Curve fitting
AIM: To write a code to fit a linear and cubic polynomial for the Cp data and to Plot the linear and cubic fit curves along with the raw data points THEORY: Curve fits are very useful as they help to describe how the data changes Mathematically. We can perform additional Mathematical operation which might…
16 Aug 2020 03:00 PM IST
Centrifugal pump design and analysis
AIM: To study the design and analysis of Centrifugal pume and to perform the parametric study to obtain the relationship between Pressure ratio and Mass flow rate Theoritical Background: Pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases) by…
05 Aug 2020 07:26 AM IST
Modelling and simulation of flow through a flowbench
AIM: To study the internal flow analysis of flow bench and to perform parametric study for different cases of valve lift Theoritical background: Flow bench An air flow bench is a device used for testing the internal aerodynamic qualities of an engine component and is related to the more familiar wind tunnel …
03 Aug 2020 05:49 AM IST
Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis on a graphics card.
AIM: To perform the steady state conjugate heat transfer analysis on a model of a graphics card Theoritical Background: The term conjugate heat transfer (CHT) describes the processes which involve variations of temperature within solids and fluids, due to thermal interaction between the solids and fluids.…
31 Jul 2020 12:31 PM IST
Flow over an airfoil
AIM: To perform the external flow simulation over NACA airfoil for different angle of attack and compare the results Theoritical background: Air foil An airfoil or aerofoil is the cross-sectional shape of a wing, blade, or sail. An airfoil-shaped body moving through a fluid produces an aerodynamic force. The…
30 Jul 2020 07:30 AM IST
Rayleigh Taylor Instability Challenge
AIM: To study the Rayleigh-Taylor instability Theoritical Background: Rayleigh-Taylor Instability The Rayleigh–Taylor instability is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. Water suspended…
23 Jul 2020 07:45 AM IST
MBD Simulation on IC Engine Valve Train
AIM: To study the motion analysis of IC engine valve train Theoritical background: A valve train is a mechanical system that controls operation of the intake and exhaust valves in an internal combustion engine.The intake valves control the flow of air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber, while the exhaust…
15 Jul 2020 09:37 AM IST
Planetary Gear
AIM: To study the motion analysis of planetary gear Theoritical background: Planetary gear: A planetary gear set is made up of three types of gears; a sun gear, planet gears, and a ring gear. The sun gear is located at the center, and transmits torque to the planet gears which are typically mounted on…
10 Jul 2020 12:09 PM IST
Exhaust Port Challenge
AIM: Give a brief description of a Conjugate Heat transfer analysis. Theoritical Background: The term conjugate heat transfer (CHT) describes the processes which involve variations of temperature within solids and fluids, due to thermal interaction between the solids and fluids. The exchange of thermal…
09 Jul 2020 08:41 AM IST
Ahmed Body Challenge
AIM: To describe the importance of Ahmed body and to explain the significance of point of separation. To obtain the Pressure and Velocity contours and to plot the velocity profile which show the wake region. To perform the grid independency…
30 Jun 2020 02:08 PM IST
Frequency Analysis of a rotating shaft
AIM: To sudy the shapes of the mode and the Critical Frequency of the rotating shaft THEORETCAL BACKGROUND: Natural Frequencies: The frequency with which body oscillates when there is no repeated or continuous load acting on it. The motion pattern of a system oscillating at its natural frequency is…
23 Jun 2020 09:23 AM IST
Steady Vs Unsteady flow over a cylinder
Aim: To create a simulation of flow over a cylinder and to explain the phenomenon of Karman Vortex effect Theory: VORTEX SHEDDING Vortex shedding is the oscillating flow that fluid such as air or water flows past a bluff body at certain velocities depending upon size and shape of the body. If the bluff…
13 Jun 2020 06:51 PM IST
Mixing efficiency
AIM: To set up steady-state simulations to compare the mixing effectiveness when hot inlet temperature is 360C & the Cold inlet is at 190C. GEOMETRY: Fig 1 Long Mixing Tee …
31 May 2020 01:00 PM IST
Symmetry vs Wedge vs HP equation
AIM: To write a program in Matlab that can generate the computational mesh automatically for any symmetry angle and grading schemes THEORY: Hydrodynamic Entrance Length Many different entrance lengths exist to describe a variety of flow conditions.The Entrance length refers to the length of…
15 Apr 2020 08:51 AM IST
Simulation of Flow through pipe in an OpenFoam
AIM: To write a program in Matlab that can generate the computational mesh automatically for any wedge angle and grading schemes To calculate the length of the pipe using the entry length formula for laminar flow through a pipe To compare velocity…
10 Apr 2020 11:13 PM IST
FVM literature review
AIM: To describe the need for interpolation schemes and flux limiters in FVM THEORY: Discretization is the process of converting partial Differential Equation in to Algebradic form. The whole idea behind discretization is to get the solution at descrete points. Methods of Discretization 1. Finite Difference…
30 Mar 2020 01:30 AM IST
BlockMesh Drill Down Challenge
AIM: By using the icoFOAM solver simulate the flow through a backward facing step and to create multiple meshes and to compare the results obtained from each mesh. Boundary condition specification DATA GIVEN: Mesh specification Number of cells along the x direction (longer dimension) = 200 Number…
25 Mar 2020 03:00 AM IST
Simulation of a 1D Super-sonic nozzle flow simulation using Macormack Method
AIM: To write code solve the 1D supersonic nozzle flow equations using the Macormack Method. THEORY: Consider the Convergent Divergent Nozzle. Assume that inlet of nozzle is attached to a huge tank. We have reservoir pressure. The velocity is close…
03 Mar 2020 09:50 AM IST
Genetic algorithm
AIM: To write the code to calculate the Global Maxima of the Stalagmite function THEORY: Genetic Algorithm: The genetic algorithm is a method for solving both constrained and unconstrained optimization problems that is based on natural selection, the process that drives biological evolution. The…
21 Feb 2020 01:59 AM IST
Solving Steady and Unsteady 2 Dimensional heat conduction
AIM: To solve the conduction equation using a Transient solver and a Steady state solver using Iterative techniques like Jacobi,Gauss Seidal and Successive Over Relaxation ASSUMPTONS: Boundary conditions for steady and transient case 1. Left:400K 2. Top:600K…
14 Jan 2020 02:31 PM IST
Taylor table method and Matlab code
AIM: To Derive the 4th order approximations of the second order derivative using Central difference, Skewed right sided difference, Skewed left sided difference THEORY: Taylor table is the collection of Taylor series representation. By using Taylor Table we can come up with Numerical schemes…
27 Dec 2019 12:03 AM IST
Solving 2nd order Ordinary Differential Equation using Octave
OBJECTIVE: To write a program to simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of it's motion. THEORY: The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newtons second law.…
09 Dec 2019 03:00 AM IST