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Importance of CFD in undergraduate-level fluid dynamics course

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Portland, Oregon

Publication Date

June 23, 2024

Start Date

June 23, 2024

End Date

July 12, 2024

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

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Namhee Kim Western Carolina University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-1742

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Namhee Kim is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Technology of Western Carolina University. Her teaching/research area of interest includes fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and computational fluid dynamics.

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Abstract

In most undergraduate-level fluid dynamics courses in engineering schools, students learn how to solve simple flow problems analytically with hand calculations. Most real-world fluid flow problems, however, involve nonlinear behaviors which cannot be solved analytically. Numerical methods allow us to solve and analyze nonlinear flow problems and this field of study is called Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD). CFD has been widely used in both academic and industrial problems to analyze complex nonlinear systems and investigate parametric effects to obtain optimal solutions with relatively low cost compared to experiments. Therefore, it is beneficial for students to learn the basic idea of CFD and have experience in performing simple simulations using CFD software. For this purpose, the undergraduate Fluid Dynamics course is designed to include CFD as a special topic.

Kim, N. (2024, June), Importance of CFD in undergraduate-level fluid dynamics course Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/47586

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