Challenge on Combustion

Introduction: Hood The Hood is the outer panel covering the front engine of the vehicle. It opens to allow access to the engine compartments for the ease of maintenance or repair of the vehicle. Hood is also considered as another door as it consists of the outer panel, an inner panel like side doors of a vehicle. Outer…

Objectives: 1. To get introduced to the Solidworks user interface.2. To fully define the 2D sketches and conversion to 3D of the same.3. To understand the sketching features such as projected curves, offset entities, etc,4. To understand the surface modeling and assembly of the various components of the American chopper.5.…

Objective: To create a python script to perform curve fit using the different polynomial models and also apply other methods to fit the curve perfectly with the actual data curve. Introduction: Curve fitting examines the relationship between one or more predictors (independent variables) and a response variable (dependent…

Objective: 1. The values should be extracted as separate images for each parameter. The labels for the plot generated between the parameters should not be typed manually.  2.  The code should check the compatibility of the data file i.e. if it is a converge data file then it should proceed with the calculation…

Aim: 1.To solve the ODE and plot angular displacement and angular velocity 2. Create an animation of the pendulum movement ODE : b is damping co-efficient = 0.05 Ns/m m is mass of the pendulum = 1 kg length of the pendulum string = 1m. acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 `m/s^2`  Resolving force in the pedulum:…

Aim  To find the pressure, volume, and temperature of the otto cycle at different states and plot graph P vs v graph. Introduction: Otto Cycle: Otto cycle is used in internal combustion engines. It follows the 4 states that is 1->2 is isentropic compression process, 2->3 is isochoric heat addition process, 3->4…

Problem Statement:  1. Write a code to solve an Otto Cycle and plot a PV graph. 2.  Output the thermal efficiency for the same.  Introduction: Otto Cycle: Otto cycle is used in internal combustion engines. It follows the 4 states that is 1->2 is isentropic compression process, 2->3 is isochoric heat…

Problem Statement: Create a closed body of B Trim following the given master section along with engineering features using surface commands. Introduction: B Pillar B Pillar is the most complex component or structure of the vehicle body. This is because the front door attaches to the B pillar and the rear door hinges to…

Objective: Using the European Standards calculate the wheel arch area and prove whether the car will pass the standards or not. Introduction: Fender or Wheel guard panel prevents sand, mud, rocks, and other particles from the road which is picked by the tire to the engine compartment and also prevents injuries to the pedestrians…

Problem Statement:  1. Determine the Section Modulus of the designed Hood 2. Create a new design with an improved section modulus. Section Modulus Section modulus is a geometric property for a given cross-section used in the design of beams or flexural members.  There are two types of section moduli, the…

Objectives:  For the given roof styling develop the essential flanges and reinforcements.  Create the ditch area with an opening angle of 3 degrees. Perform curvature study and calculations for the position of the bow roof. Introduction: Roof Panel It is the outer panel at the top of the vehicles which protects…

Problem Statement:  1. Create a closed body of the door trim panel using the Class A surface provided along with the master section. 2. Create a push pin with the dog house for the lower substrate. 3. Use Heat Stakes for the part to the part attachment. Introduction: The door trim Panel is the interior plastic component…

Problem Statement: Design of the Back door with necessary reinforcements and embosses following design methodologies from the given styling surface. Introduction Back Door The door is the hinged part of the vehicle which provides easy access to the vehicle interior components. The back door is one of the types of doors…

Problem Statement:  1. Calculate the heat transfer coefficient on the internal solid surface and plot the temperature and velocity contours. 2.  Explain why the Y+ is maintained within a certain range and the turbulence model chosen. 3. Verify HTC predictions from the fluent analysis and also on what factors…

Report on Meshing of Bottle Cap model Aim:  To check for geometrical errors and generate a mesh with the given mesh quality criteria. The mesh quality criteria as follows: S.No  Quality Criteria  Value  1 Target/Average length   1 2 Minimum Length  .5 3 Maximum Length  3 4 Aspect …

REPORT ON THE MESHING OF HOOD MODEL Aim: To check for geometrical errors and mesh with the given Quality criteria. Mesh quality Criteria are as follows: S.No  Quality Criteria  Value  1 Target/Average length   5 2 Minimum Length  3 3 Maximum Length  7 4 Aspect  3 5 Warpage 15 6 Skewness…

Report on Meshing of Rear View Mirror using Volumetric mesh Aim: To check for the geometrical errors and mesh with the given element quality criteria. Use Tetra elements to model the component and there should not be kinks and dips on the surface of the component. The mesh quality criteria as follows: S.NO Quality Criteria…

Report on Morphing Aim: To perform morphing techniques on the given model and its uses in various industries.  Procedure: Download the model from the Skill Lync database to which morphing techniques have to be applied.   2. The model is stitched together using topo command    3. Now the model is check…

Report on Connections for the Rear Door model Aim:  To generate appropriate connections for the rear door model. Procedure:- The given rear door model is downloaded from the skill lync database. Property ID is assigned to the different components in the model using faces set PID with a combination of feature angle…

Problem Statement: 1. Perform the simulation analysis using methane-air fuel mixture and plot the variation of mass fraction of different species using line probes at different locations of the combustion chamber. 2. Study the effect of adding water to the methane-air mixture and plot the same and discuss the results.…

 Problem Statement:  1. Perform a parametric study on the gate valve by setting the opening from 10% - 80%. 2. Obtain the mass flow rate and calculate the flow factor and flow co-efficient and plot the same. 3. Discuss the results obtained from the simulation. Introduction: Parametric Analysis  It is the…

Problem Statement: 1. Perform conjugate heat transfer analysis on graphic card considering appropriate materials.  2. Apply refined mesh for different components of the model and reason for the same. 3. Run 3 simulations by varying the inlet velocity. 4. Find the maximum temperature and heat transfer co-efficient…

Problem Statement: 1. Perform the analysis on the cyclone separator model by varying the particle size with a constant inlet velocity of 3m/s for particle and continuous phase velocity. 2. Perform the analysis on cyclone separator model by varying the inlet velocity of particle and continuous phase with a constant particle…

Report on Suspension Assembly  Aim: For the given assembly, check for the geometrical errors and mesh with the given element Quality criteria. After meshing the component, the thickness has to be assigned for mid surfaces. Use tetra elements to model non-uniform thickness components. Also, use connections to connect…

Report on IP Substrate Aim: For the given component, check for the geometrical errors and mesh with the given element Quality criteria. After meshing the component the thickness has to be assigned. Mesh quality criteria are as follows: - S.No  Quality Criteria  Value  1 Target/Average length  …

Problem Statement:  1. Simulate the Rayleigh Taylor Instability analysis for two different mesh with a base mesh size of 0.5mm and compare the results with the help of simulation and explain the effect of mesh size on simulation.  2. Perform another simulation with water and user-defined material with density…

Problem Statement:     1. Perform the simulation on half of Ahmed's body since it is symmetric and analyze the plots of velocity and pressure contours.    2. Validate the results from the analytical data.    3. Perform the grid independence test and values for drag and lift for each case.…

Problem Statement:  Simulate flow over a cylinder for different Reynolds number by varying the velocity of the flow using steady solver and calculate the drag and lift coefficient. Simulate the flow over a cylinder for steady and unsteady solver and calculate the Strouhal Number for Re 100. Study and discuss the effect…

Problem Statement: Create a steady-state simulation to compare the mixing effectiveness when hot inlet temperature of 36 degree celius is mixed with the cold inlet at 19 degree celius. Use a suitable RANS turbulence model for the simulation under different inlet conditions. Introduction: T junction is formed when…

Objective: 1. Perform the flow through a pipe using a wedge boundary condition. 2. Perform the flow through a pipe using a symmetry boundary condition. 3.  Calculate the velocity for the flow using Hagen Poisuelle's equation. 4. Write a Matlab code to create a blockMeshDict file for the following wedge angle (10,25,45).…

Problem Statement: Simulate flow through a pipe where the flow is laminar, incompressible, and transient.  Edit the blockMeshDict file in icoFoam solver using Matlab Code which will generate the computational mesh automatically for any wedge angle and grading schemes. Plot velocity profile for the fully developed…

Problem Statement: Create a model as shown in the figure and mesh with the different mesh grading as specified in the problem and measure the velocity at 0.085m from the inlet of the geometry. Plot the velocity against the length of the block using a line plot. Given Model: The given dimensions are in meters. Compare…

Problem Statement: 1. To derive the conservation and non-conservation form for the subsonic supersonic flow through the nozzle using Mac-Cormack's technique.  2. To simulate the subsonic and supersonic flow through the nozzle and using both conservative and non-conservative form. 3. To determine the steady-state temperature…

Problem Statement: To solve for 2D heat conduction equation for steady state and unsteady state by exlicit and implicit method with given boundary conditions. Using implicit method  Solve using different iterative solvers i.e., Jacobi, Gauss seidal and Successive over relaxation for both steady and transient state…

Introduction: Rankine Cycle. Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle of a heat engine that converts heat into mechanical work while undergoing phase change. There are 4 phases 1. 1-2 Isentropic expansion in a pump. The dry saturated vapour is expanded in the turbine generating power decreasing temperature and…

 Aim : To extract the low temperature and high temperature co-efficients for given no. of species and and calculate CP,H,S using the formula and plot the graph of CP,H,S vs Temperature for all the species and to store them in separate folder with species names as folder name.   Formula where a1-a7 are the high…