Computational Fluid Dynamics

A specialized course on COMSOL Multiphysics interfaces for laminar and turbulent single-phase, multi-phase and specialized fluid flow simulations.

ECTS credits

4.0 ECTS

Teaching hours

13 hours

Instructors

Department of Fluid Mechanics
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Technical Engineer
Addlink Software Científico
This course is taught within the Fluid Mechanics & Heat Transfer track and can also be included in a custom program.

Course overview

This course provides a detailed description of the physics interfaces available in COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate single- and multi-phase flows in both laminar and turbulent regimes.

The description is accompanied by the theoretical foundations on which each simulation interface is based, with attention to usual and important cases in industry, such as single-phase flows in rotating machinery and non-isothermal flows.

Students also study the different Mathematics interfaces provided by COMSOL that allow them to determine the position and motion of phase boundaries in multi-phase flows.

The course includes other specialized flows that can be encountered in realistic situations, including high Mach number flow, species transport, reactive flows and thin-film flows.

Flow areas covered include single-phase flows, laminar and turbulent regimes, rotating machinery, non-isothermal flows, multi-phase interfaces, phase boundary tracking, high Mach number flows, species transport, reactive flows and thin-film boundaries.

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Syllabus

Module 01

Single-phase flows

  • Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics.
  • COMSOL interfaces for single-phase flows.
  • Laminar and turbulent flows.
  • Single-phase rotatory machinery.
  • Non-isothermal flows.
Module 02

Multi-phase flows

  • COMSOL interfaces for multi-phase flows.
  • Mathematics interface in COMSOL: tracking the position and motion of phase boundaries.
Module 03

Other specialized flows

  • COMSOL interfaces for high Mach number flows, multi-species and reactive flows.
  • Flows involving thin-film boundaries.

Model industrial fluid-flow cases with a stronger theoretical base.

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