Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

Code:

EM1550

Acronym:

MCFC

Instance: 2003/2004 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://sifeup.fe.up.pt/si/Disciplinas_geral.FormView?P_ANO_LECTIVO=2003/2004&P_CAD_CODIGO=EM1550&P_P
Responsible unit:	Fluids and Energy Division
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEM	23	Plano de Estudos EM Oficial a partir de 2000	5	3,5	7	-
		Plano para Bachareis EM a partir 2000	2	3,5	7	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Usage of software applications (Matlab and Maple) and numerical techniques to solve complex engineering problems in fluid mechanics and heat transfer

Program

1. Introduction. Contents. Objectives. First contact with Matlab. Reviewing previous courses in numerical analysis, heat transfer and fluid mechanics. Matlab user Interface. Data format. Matrix format. Data input/output. Script files. Basic Matlab commands.
2. Analysis and charcaterization of functions and data (Part A). Graphical representation. Data fitting: linear and non-linear. Statistical parameters. Numerical integration.
3. Identical to 2, but based on statistical techniques (Part Confidence levels. Finding suspicious values.
4. Solving differential equations.
Thermal system analysis. Mathematical formulation. Mass and energy balances.
5. Solving partial differential equations.
6. Symbolic algebra. Maple software.
7. Optimization.

Main Bibliography

An Engineer’s Guide to MATLAB
E.B. Magrab, S. Azarm, B. Balachandran, J. Duncan , K. Herold and G. Walsh
Prentice Hall, 2000 (ISBN 0-13-011335-2)

Introduction to Maple
David I. Schwartz
Prentice Hall, 1998 (ISBN 0-13-095133-1)

Complementary Bibliography

Numerical Recipes. The Art of Scientific Computing (1st edition)
W.H. Press, BP.Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky and W.T. Wetterling
Cambridge University Press, 1990 (ISBN 0-13-011335-2)
http://www.nr.com/

MATLAB, an Introduction with Applications
Amos Gilat
John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (ISBN 0-471-43997-5)

Numerical Methods for Engineering Applications
2nd edition
Joel H Ferziger
John Wiley & Sons, 1998 (ISBN 0-471-11621-1)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classses in rooms with personal computers. Students in groups of two.

Software

MATLAB e Maple

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam and project work, 50% each

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Written examination, 2 hour duration

Classification improvement

Only in case of final exam.