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Computational Methods for Fluid Flow (MA4110/MA5020)

Module 1: Governing Equations of Fluid Flow

  • Conservation laws
  • Continuity equation
  • Euler equations
  • Navier–Stokes equations
  • Classification of PDEs in fluid dynamics
  • Characteristics and wave propagation
  • Non-dimensionalization
  • Reynolds and Mach numbers

Module 2: Finite Difference Methods

  • Taylor series expansion
  • Consistency, Stability, and Convergence
  • Von Neumann stability analysis
  • Upwind schemes
  • Lax–Friedrichs scheme
  • Lax–Wendroff scheme
  • Applications to advection and diffusion equations

Module 3: Finite Volume Methods

  • Integral form of conservation laws
  • Control volume formulation
  • Numerical fluxes
  • Discretization of convection and diffusion terms
  • Godunov's method
  • Boundary conditions
  • MUSCL reconstruction

Module 4: High-Resolution Methods for Conservation Laws

  • Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) schemes
  • Flux limiters
  • SSP Runge–Kutta methods
  • ENO schemes
  • WENO schemes
  • Numerical treatment of shocks and discontinuities

Module 5: Systems of Conservation Laws

  • Review of scalar conservation laws
  • Systems of conservation laws
  • Jacobian matrix and characteristic structure
  • Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
  • Characteristic decomposition
  • Linearized Riemann problems
  • Hyperbolicity
  • Numerical fluxes for systems

Module 6: Numerical Methods for the Euler Equations

  • One-dimensional Euler equations
  • Conservative variables and flux functions
  • Approximate Riemann solvers

  • Roe solver

  • HLL solver
  • HLLC solver
  • High-order finite volume methods for Euler equations
  • Shock tube problems
  • Two-dimensional extensions
  • Selected applications in fluid dynamics

Textbooks

  1. Randall J. LeVeque, Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic Problems, Cambridge University Press.
  2. E. F. Toro, Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Springer.
  3. John D. Anderson, Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basics with Applications, McGraw-Hill.
  4. Charles Hirsch, Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows, Volumes 1 & 2.
  5. C. B. Laney, Computational Gasdynamics, Cambridge University Press.