151-0208-00L Computational Methods for Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer Problems

Abstract	Numerical methods for the solution of flow, heat & mass transfer problems are presented and illustrated by analytical & computer exercises.
Objective	Knowledge of and practical experience with discretization and solution methods for computational fluid dynamics and heat and mass transfer problems
Content	- Introduction with application examples, steps to a numerical solution - Classification of PDEs, application examples - Finite differences - Finite volumes - Method of weighted residuals, spectral methods, finite elements - Stability analysis, consistency, convergence - Numerical solution methods, linear solvers The learning materials are illustrated with practical examples.
Lecture notes	Slides to be completed during the lecture will be handed out.
Literature	References are provided during the lecture. Notes in close agreement with the lecture material are available (in German).
Prerequisites / Notice	Basic knowledge in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and programming (lecture: "Models, Algorithms and Data: Introduction to Computing")