Aim: To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop. Case(i): To perform an analysis on a given cyclone separator model by varying the particle diameter from 1 μm to 5 μm and calculate the separation efficiency in each…
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updated on 17 Aug 2022
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Week 7: Shock tube simulation project
Aim: To do Shock Tube Simulation using Converge CFD. Objectives: Setup a transient shock tube simulation in coverge. Plot the pressure and temperature history in the entire domain. Plotting the cell count as function of time. Shock Tube: A simple shock tube is a tube, rectangular or circular…
27 Feb 2023 12:37 PM IST
Week 6: Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation
Aim: To setup a transient state Conjugate Heat Transfer simulation of flow through a pipe in converge by using different stage interval for super cycling model and different grid size, simulate it using Cygwin terminal and post process in Paraview and check the results. Conditions: base…
24 Feb 2023 04:39 PM IST
Week 5: Prandtl Meyer Shock problem
Aim: To do Prandtl Meyer shock problem in CFD Converge and, In the Prandtl Meyer shock problem, look at the effect of SGS temperature value on cell count and the shock location. Shock Waves: It is a type of disturbance that propagates at a speed greater than the speed of sound in the medium. As a rule,…
07 Feb 2023 01:34 PM IST
Week 4.2: Project - Transient simulation of flow over a throttle body
Aim: Set up and run the steady state simulation for flow over throttle body. Post process the results and show pressure and velocity contours. Show the mesh (i.e surface with edges) Show the plots for pressure, velocity, mass flow rate and total cell count. Create an animation in which it throttle movement should be visible.…
04 Feb 2023 06:24 AM IST
Week 4.1: Project - Steady state simulation of flow over a throttle body
Aim: Set up and run the steady state simulation for flow over throttle body. Post process the results and show pressure and velocity contours. Show the mesh (i.e surface with edges) Show the plots for pressure, velocity, mass flow rate and total cell count. Create an animation in which it throttle movement should be visible.…
04 Feb 2023 06:08 AM IST
Week 3: Flow over a backward facing step
Aim: To perform Flow over a backward facing step simulation using Converge-CFD and post process the results in Paraview. Objective: Run a simulation for three times with different mesh size and compare the results. Three different base mesh sizes are, dx…
10 Dec 2022 11:15 AM IST
Week 1: Channel flow simulation using CONVERGE CFD
Aim: To perform a channel flow simulation using Converge-CFD and post process the results in Paraview. Objective: Run a simulation for three times with different mesh size and compare the results. Three different base mesh sizes are, dx = 2e-4m, dy = 2e-4m, dz = 2e-4m dx = 1.5e-4m, dy = 1.5e-4m, …
23 Nov 2022 03:01 PM IST
Project 1 : CFD Meshing for Tesla Cyber Truck
Aim: For the given model, check and solve all geometrical errors and Assign appropriate PIDs. Perform meshing with the suitable Target length and element Quality criteria. ANSA File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qmBMTxRYuCLD9B1orXtcWKdcRcevXUXQ/view?usp=sharing Procedure: Open ANSA import the Tesla Cyber Truck geometry…
29 Sep 2022 06:51 AM IST
Week 5 Challenge : Surface wrap on Automotive Assembly
Aim: For the given models, check for the geometrical errors and delete surfaces which are unwanted for Surface wrap, After clearing geometry, Merge all 3 models and perform surface wrap. Target length for Wrap = 3 mm ANSA File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iB99SCSH0PhHYS_isAuBkjFl50cXFgUl/view?usp=sharing…
20 Sep 2022 10:59 AM IST
Week 5 Challenge : Surface wrap on Automotive Assembly
Aim: For the given models, check for the geometrical errors and delete surfaces which are unwanted for Surface wrap, After clearing geometry, Merge all 3 models and perform surface wrap. Target length for Wrap = 3 mm ANSA File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iB99SCSH0PhHYS_isAuBkjFl50cXFgUl/view?usp=sharing…
20 Sep 2022 10:54 AM IST
Week 4 Challenge : CFD Meshing for BMW car
Aim: For the given model, check and solve all geometrical errors on half portion and Assign appropriate PIDs. Perform meshing with the given Target length and element Quality criteria. After meshing the half model, Do symmetry to the other side. Type : Tria Body - 3 mm Lights - 4 mm Grills - 1 mm Rims and Tyres - 2 mm…
18 Sep 2022 07:39 AM IST
Week 3 Challenge : CFD meshing on Turbocharger
Aim: To check for the geometrical errors to make appropriate volumes. Case 1: Create and assign PIDs . Perform surface mesh with the given target lengths as per PIDs. Blade stage-1 = 1 mm Blade stage-2 = 1 mm Impeller = 2 mm Shaft rotor = 1 mm Turbo casing = 5 mm Compressor casing = 5 mm Inlet casing cover =…
12 Sep 2022 10:13 AM IST
Week 2 Challenge : Surface meshing on a Pressure valve
Aim: To check for the geometrical errors and perform Topology cleanup accordingly. Set three different target lengths as three different cases and mesh the model. Target length = 1mm, 3 mm and 5 mm Element type = Tria Procedure: Open ANSA and import the Valve geometry in the main window. Go to check -Geometry…
10 Sep 2022 03:41 AM IST
Week 9 - Parametric study on Gate valve.
Aim: To perform a parametric study on the gate valve simulation by setting the opening from 10 % to 80%. Description: Gate valves work by inserting a rectangular gate or wedge into the path of a flowing fluid. They are operated by a threaded stem which connects the actuator (generally a hand wheel or motor)…
04 Sep 2022 01:00 PM IST
Week 10 - Simulating Combustion of Natural Gas.
Aim: Perform a combustion simulation on the combustor model. Case 1: Plot the variation of the mass fraction of the different species in the simulation using line probes at different locations of the combustor and to plot for CO2, H2O, CH4, N2, O2, NOx emissions & Soot formation. Case 2: Add the water content in the…
25 Aug 2022 03:21 PM IST
Week 8 - Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling
Aim: To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop. Case(i): To perform an analysis on a given cyclone separator model by varying the particle diameter from 1 μm to 5 μm and calculate the separation efficiency in each…
17 Aug 2022 05:31 PM IST
Week 6 - CHT Analysis on a Graphics card
Aim: Perform a steady-state conjugate heat transfer analysis on a model of a graphics card. Description: The Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) analysis type allows for the simulation of heat transfer between solid and fluid domains by exchanging thermal energy at the interfaces between them. Typical applications of this analysis…
13 Aug 2022 02:18 PM IST
Week 5 - Rayleigh Taylor Instability
Aim: To simulate the Rayleigh Taylor Instability in Ansys Workbench Fluent. Description: Rayleigh Taylor Instability (RTI) is a phenomenon that occurs at the interface of fluids of different density wherein the lighter fluid pushes the heavier fluid due to the density difference. It is a dynamic process wherein the…
09 Aug 2022 11:14 AM IST
Week 4 - CHT Analysis on Exhaust port
Aim: Steady-state Conjugate heat transfer analysis on Exhaust port. Description: Conjugate heat transfer analysis is based on a mathematically structured problem, which describes the heat transfer between a body and a fluid flowing over or inside it as a result of interaction between two objects. At the matching interface,…
08 Aug 2022 04:27 PM IST
Week 3 - External flow simulation over an Ahmed body.
Aim: To perform external flow simulation over Ahmed Body. Description: Ahmed body: The Ahmed body was first created by S.R. Ahmed. It is an important benchmark for aerodynamic simulation tools. It will be clearly shown in the sketch below that it has a length of 1.044 meters, the height of 0.288 meters and the width…
07 Aug 2022 02:07 PM IST
Week 2 - Flow over a Cylinder.
Aim: Vortex shedding simulation over a cylinder in Laminar flow. Description: Flow over a cylinder is one of the basic simulation in the CFD domain and till this date the research is still going on to study the unsteady behavior caused by the flow. The flow over cylinder study is very complex and periodic flow pattern…
05 Aug 2022 12:50 PM IST
Week 12 - Validation studies of Symmetry BC vs Wedge BC in OpenFOAM vs Analytical H.P equation
AIM: Validation studies of Symmetry BC vs Wedge BC in OpenFOAM vs Analytical H.P equation. angles to test: 10° 25° 45° Description: Internal flow through a cylindrical pipe is a common thing that we come across in our daily life which includes the velocity profile, the shear stress, boundary layer. The…
27 Jul 2022 04:51 PM IST
Week 11 - Simulation of Flow through a pipe in OpenFoam
AIM : To simulate an axis-symmetric flow in a pipe by applying the wedge boundary condition and validate the result with the Hagen- Poiseuille's equations for the fully developed flow. Description: Internal flow through a cylindrical pipe is a common thing that we come across in our daily life which…
25 Jul 2022 12:27 PM IST
Week 9 - FVM Literature Review
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23 Jul 2022 04:26 AM IST
Week 8 - Simulation of a backward facing step in OpenFOAM
Aim: To simulate an incompressible-laminar-viscous flow through the backward facing step geometry. Case 1 - Simulate the flow without using any grading factor (i.e., GF = 1) Case 2 - Simulate the flow with grading factor of 0.2. The cells should be finer near the walls (includig the step wall). Description: Incompressible…
22 Jul 2022 03:31 PM IST
Week 7 - Simulation of a 1D Super-sonic nozzle flow simulation using Macormack Method
Aim: To simulate the isentropic flow through a quasi 1D subsonic-supersonic nozzle by deriving both the conservation and non-conservation forms of the governing equation and solve them by implementing the MacCormack’s technique using MATLAB. Description: …
17 Jul 2022 04:10 AM IST
Week 5.1 - Mid term project - Solving the steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem
Aim: To write a code which solves the 2D heat conduction equation by using the point iterative techniques by the following methods. Jacobi Gauss-seidel Successive over –relaxation Introduction: Considering General three dimensional heat conduction…
03 Jul 2022 04:56 PM IST
Week 3.5 - Deriving 4th order approximation of a 2nd order derivative using Taylor Table method
Aim: To write a program to derive the fourth order approximation of a second derivative using central differencing scheme, skewed right sided differencing scheme and skewed left sided differencing scheme with the help of Taylor table method and to compare…
30 Jun 2022 03:02 PM IST
Project 2 - Rankine cycle Simulator
Aim: To create a Rankine Cycle Simulator fro given input data from XSteam library. Objective: To create a Rankine Cycle Simulator in MATLAB. To calculate the state point using function XSteam. To plot T-S and H-S diagram for given input…
17 Jun 2022 04:43 PM IST
Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data
Aim: To write a code in MATLB to parse the NASA thermodynamic data file and then calculate Thermodynamic properties, Molecular weight and plot nature of the thermodynamic properties of various element with temperature. Introduction: Parsing…
16 Jun 2022 02:37 PM IST
Week 4.1 - Genetic Algorithm
A code to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. Main program: clear all close all clc x = linspace(0,0.6,150); y = linspace(0,0.6,150); num_cases = 50; [xx,yy] = meshgrid(x,y) for i = 1:length(x); for j = 1:length(y); input_vector(1) = xx(i,j); input_vector(2) = yy(i,j);…
12 Jun 2022 11:55 AM IST
Radar Mast & Final Assembly of Yacht
1. Radar Mast Front View Side View Isometric View Feature View …
06 May 2022 02:22 PM IST
Photo Realistic Rendering
Design of American Chopper Objective: To design a American Chopper from concept of sketch to fully defined model for final rendering using “SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Visualize” software. Introduction: This report is fully about how to design a American Chopper from, Do sketch to designing of parts with…
07 Apr 2022 02:03 PM IST