Week 2 - Flow over a Cylinder.

AIM Optimization Method using MATLAB Genetic Algorithm THEORY Optimization Optimization is a decision-making process, it helps to find the best results under a set of prioritized criteria or constraints.  It is a procedure which is executed iteratively by comparing various solutions till an optimum or satisfactory…

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

AIM: To develop a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy, and specific heats for all the species in the data file. Develop a code to calculate the molecular weight of each species and display it in the command window. To plot the Cp, Enthalpy, and Entropy for the local temperature…

Genetic Algorithm: Optimization of stalagmite function   AIM: Write a code in MATLAB to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. Explain the concept of genetic algorithm in and also explain the syntax for ga in MATLAB. Plot graphs for all 3 studies and for F…

Solving second order ODEs Aim: To solves the ODE which represents the equation of motion of a simple pendulum with damping. Objective: Write a program that solves the following ODE which represents the equation of motion of a simple pendulum with damping and create an animated video of the output obtained by solving this…

2R Robotic Arm Challenge Aim: To Write a program in Matlab to simulate the forward kinematics of a 2R Robotic Arm   Introduction: MATLAB® combines a desktop environment tuned for iterative analysis and design processes with a programming language that expresses matrix and array mathematics directly. It includes…

Simulating Combustion of Natural Gas Aim  Combustion simulation of natural gas inside a burner using Ansys Fluent Objective  To study combustion phenomena for the whole domain. To study Eddy's dissipation model. Study the reduction behavior of NOx emission and Soot formation inside the burner. To pre-process…

Parametric study on Gate valve Aim:  To perform a parametric study on the Gate valve. Objective: 1. Simulate the flow of fluid through a gate valve. 2. Perform the parametric study on the gate valve by setting design points corresponding to the positions of the lift of the spindle. 3. Calculate the mass flow rate…

  Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling AIM: A CFD analysis of a cyclone separator is performed. The separation efficiency is found out. Firstly the diameter of the particles is varied. Then the velocity at the inlet is varied with particles of constant diameter. The Physics of the problem is…

  Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling AIM: A CFD analysis of a cyclone separator is performed. The separation efficiency is found out. Firstly the diameter of the particles is varied. Then the velocity at the inlet is varied with particles of constant diameter. The Physics of the problem is…

CHT Analysis on a Graphics card Aim: Perform a steady-state conjugated heat transfer analysis on a model of a graphics card. Select the appropriate materials for the simulation. Mesh the geometry with a desirable combination and Explain the mesh setting used on this model. Simulate by varying the velocity from 1m/s to…

Surface wrap on Automotive Assembly Aim : To do surface wrap over assembled parts (engine, transmission, and gearbox) Target length for Wrap = 3mm Procedure : First, the model is loaded onto ANSA Unwanted surfaces are deleted without damaging the outer shape of the geometries. Single cons are resolved mainly here as it…

CFD Meshing for Tesla Cyber Truck AIM: To generate mesh for Tesla Cyber Truck for CFD applications. OBJECTIVE: Clean up the geometry till there is no topological error. Assigning relevant PIDs. Surface meshing. Perform symmetry. Creation of wind tunnel. INTRODUCTION: ANSA is a computer-aided engineering tool for Finite…

AIM: To generate mesh for BMW cars for CFD applications. OBJECTIVE: Clean up the geometry till there is no topological error. Assigning relevant PIDs. Surface meshing. Perform symmetry. Creation of wind tunnel. For the mesh, we have to give the following length of element size as follows Target lengths for the different…

Rayleigh Taylor Instability Aim:  To study the concept of Rayleigh Taylor Instability and some practical CFD models that have been based on the mathematical analysis of Rayleigh Taylor waves. To study the Rayleigh Taylor Instability simulation for 2 different mesh sizes in addition to baseline and compare the…

AIM: To develop a numerical setup for conjugate heat transfer analysis on the exhaust port. OBJECTIVE: Give a brief description of why and where a CHT analysis is used Maintain the y+ value according to the turbulence model and justify the results. Calculate the wall/surface heat transfer coefficient on the internal solid…

CFD meshing on Turbocharger AIM: For a given model of a turbocharger check for the geometric errors to make appropriate volumes. create and assign PIDs accordingly also create a surface mesh and use that to create a volumetric mesh. OBJECTIVE: -Performing surface mesh with given target length as per PIDs. blade stage 1…

External flow simulation over an Ahmed body Aim:    To an external flow simulation over an Ahmed body Objective:     The objective of this project is to determine the aerodynamic forces on the Ahmed body such as drag and lift coefficient and to perform the grid independence test. Q1. DESCRIBE AHMED…

Surface meshing on a Pressure valve  Aim:     Surface meshing on a Pressure valve using ansa Objective :    This project aims to create a Surface meshing on a Pressure valve with an element type of Tria and mesh the model with three different target lengths i.e., 1mm, 3 mm,…

Flow over a Cylinder AIM: Simulate the flow over a cylinder and explain the phenomenon of Karman vortex street. Understanding the vortex shedding for different Reynolds numbers by changing the inlet velocities accordingly. Create a monitor point behind the cylinder at a distance 4 times the diameter which can be used to…

Mixing Tee Objective To simulate the flow of air through mixing tee and understand the effect of length of pipe and momentum ratio of velocity for mixing of air by using two different types of pipe i.e. short pipe and long pipe. About In industrial process engineering, mixing is a unit operation that…

Solving the steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem Aim:     To solve Steady and Unsteady state 2D Heat Conduction Equation by using the point iterative techniques such as Jacobi, Gauss Seidel & Successive over-relaxation for both implicit and explicit schemes using MATLAB.   Given…

Validation studies of Symmetry BC vs Wedge BC in OpenFOAM vs Analytical H.P equation Aim: This challenge is a continuation of the week 11 challenge. In this challenge, you will simulate the same problem as in week 11 but by applying Symmetry Boundary Condition. You will do the simulation for the below-mentioned angles…

Simulation of a 1D Super-sonic nozzle flow simulation using Macormack Method AIM:    To Simulate the isentropic flow through a Quasi 1D subsonic nozzle by deriving both the conservation and non-conservation forms of the governing equations and solve them by implementing the MacCormack's technique using MATLAB…

What is the Finite Volume Method(FVM) ?               The Finite Volume Method (FVM) is a discretization method for the approximation of a single or a system of partial differential equations expressing the conservation, or balance, of one or more quantities. These partial differential…

Simulation of flow through a pipe in OpenFOAM Aim : Calculation of Flow Variables. Generation of blockMeshDict using the wedge boundary condition. Create the blockMeshDict file in MATLAB such that the mesh is automatically created for any wedge angle. Simulating the pipe flow in OpenFOAM using icoFoam solver. Post-process…

                                                Simulation of a backward facing step in OpenFOAM   Objective:- Open OpenFOAM tutorials and find the solver to solve incompressible-laminar-viscous…