Mechanical Engineering ReferencePoint Suite
Use these ReferencePoints to learn about several mechanical engineering topics, including fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Mechanical Engineering ReferencePoint Suite
Fluid Dynamics
- Point 1: Applying CFD for Product Development
Yi Qu
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) uses computational methods to determine how fluids will flow and analyzes the effects of the flow on the solids with which the fluids are in contact. CFD is widely used for designing and developing various products. CFD simulations enable you to visualize design results, optimize design, and improve product performance by reducing the lead time for product development.
This article introduces CFD and explains how to apply it to enhance design and product performance. It explains various factors that you need to consider before applying CFD for product development. It describes various governing equations and design strategies that are used in CFD and explains how to use various discretization methods to solve partial differential equations. This article also explains various numerical methods to solve linear equation systems. It describes grid generation and grid transformation. In addition, it explains various types of plots that enable you to visualize the flow and analyze CFD results.
Introducing CFD
CFD uses various software packages to solve relevant mathematical equations used in CFD computations. The continual rapid growth of commercial CFD packages and computer technology has made CFD the preferred means for design and development projects. Despite this rapid growth in the ease of use, speed, and robustness of CFD packages, you need to ensure the achievement of accurate simulations because input data might involve too much guesswork or imprecision, and the available computer power might be too small for high numerical...
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