Gujarat Technological University: Instructions
Gujarat Technological University: Instructions
Gujarat Technological University: Instructions
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Enrolment No.______
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1 (a) Discuss philosophy of CFD as a tool for numerical experiments.
(b) Derive the general energy conservation equation with stating assumptions.
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Q.2 (a) State important features of governing equations used as basis for problem 06
formulation for fluid flow cases.
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(b) Explain in detail Navier-Stokes equation and its important forms.
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(b) Explain classification of quasi-linear partial differential equations. What is its 06
importance associated with CFD?
Q.3 (a) Discuss use of hyperbolic PDE in CFD for (i) steady inviscid supersonic flow, 06
and (ii) unsteady inviscid flow.
(b) Find out temperature distribution inside a steel slab, as shown in figure below, after 06
five time steps. Initially slab is at 20 C and suddenly its faces are raised to 1000 C
and maintained thereafter to 1000 C. Slab is having 210 mm thickness and dimensions
perpendicular to thickness are very large. Steel has following properties k = 41 W/mK, Cp = 504 J/ kgK, = 8000 kg /m3.
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Q.3 (a) Explain potential flow. What are assumptions to be made while writing 06
potential flow equation? Discuss the merits and demerits of solving potential
flow problem numerically.
(b) Define vorticity and stream function. Write the differential form of vorticity 06
stream function equation. Derive integral form of the vorticity-stream function
equation from differential form.
Q.4 (a) Find out temperature distribution inside a rectangular metal plate (sides in 1:2 06
proportions) as shown in figure 2 below. Inside conditions are not changing with
respect to time. Refer boundary temperatures as shown in figure 3.
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Figure 2.
Figure 3.
Discuss solution of Navier-Stokes equation using finite volume method with SMAC
Algorithm.
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Q.4 (a) The following fluid flow problem is symmetric so only half of the domain needs 06
to be solved. Redraw the domain that need to be solved and apply boundary
conditions for each of the boundaries (i.e. 1, 2 ,3 and 4) and state its meaning
clearly. Consider the fluid flow variables as U, V and P.
(b) Using polynomial approach, derive one sided finite difference expression for a 06
function u(y) = a+by+cy2.
Q.5 (a) Explain essential aspects of turbulent model used in CFD.
(b) Explain Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) equation for modeling
turbulent flow in fluid flow problem.
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Q.5 (a) Discuss solution of steady boundary layer flow.
(b) How computational fluid dynamics techniques are different than traditional
methods? What are its advantages?
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