Simulation Based Engineering in Fluid Flow Design

Professor J.S. Rao is Chief Science office at Altair Engineering India Ltd, President of the Vibration Institute of India and Editor in chief of the Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies.

• Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Fluid Statics.- 2.1 States of Matter.- 2.2 Pressure in fluids at rest.- 2.3 Buoyancy.- 2.4 Basics of Thermodynamics.- 3. Fluid Dynamics.- 3.1 Characteristics of Fluids.- 3.2 Mass Balance.- 3.3 Force Balance and Momentum Equations.- 3.4 Energy Equation.- 3.5 Kinetic Energy.- 3.6 Internal Energy.- 3.7 Shear Stresses.- 3.8 Equations of Motion.- 3.9 Summary of Fluid Flow Equations.- 4. Finite Volume Method – Diffusion Problems.- 4.1 Diffusion Problem.- 4.2 Diffusion with Source Term.- 4.3 Diffusion with Convection.- 5. Finite Volume Method – Convection-Diffusion Problems.- 5.1 Steady State one-dimensional convection and diffusion.- 6. Pressure Velocity Coupling.- 6.1 Steady State one-dimensional incompressible problem.- 6.2 Pitot and Venturi Tubes.- 6.3 Stagnation Conditions in Adiabatic Flow.- 6.4 Isentropic Flow.- 6.5 Speed of Sound.- 6.6 Shocks in Supersonic Flow.- 6.7 Other Forms of Energy Equation for Adiabatic Flow.- 6.8 Quasi-One dimensional Flow.- 6.9 Area-Velocity relation.- 6.10 Example of Nozzle Flow – Subsonic Flow throughout.- 6.11 Nozzle Flow – Subsonic Flow with Sonic Conditions at the Throat.- 6.12 Nozzle Flow – Supersonic Flow with Perfect Expansion.- 6.13 CFD Solution of Isentropic Flow in Converging-Diverging Nozzles.- 7. Turbulence.- 7.1 What is Turbulence?.- 7.2 Reynolds Equations.- 7.3 Nozzle Flow with a Normal Shock in the Divergent Portion.- 7.4 CFD Solution of Flow in Converging-Diverging Nozzles with a Normal Shock.- 8. Epilogue.- Index.