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Moderated September 2013

University of Sunderland

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Department of Computing, Engineering and Technology

EAT216 COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING

Assignment 3 of 3 (CFD), 2013-2014


The following learning outcomes will be assessed:
Knowledge
An understanding of the use of commercial mathematical software packages to assist
in solving engineering problems.

Skills
the ability to develop and analyse mathematical models of the behaviour
of a component or system due to external influences and so predict the performance
of that component or system.

Important Information
You are required to submit your work within the bounds of the University Infringement of
Assessment Regulations (see your Programme Guide). Plagiarism, paraphrasing and downloading
large amounts of information from external sources, will not be tolerated and will be dealt with
severely. Although you should make full use of any source material, which would normally be an
occasional sentence and/or paragraph (referenced) followed by your own critical
analysis/evaluation. You will receive no marks for work that is not your own. Your work may be
subject to checks for originality which can include use of an electronic plagiarism detection service.
Where you are asked to submit an individual piece of work, the work must be entirely your own.

The safety of your assessments is your responsibility. You must not permit another student access
to your work.

Where referencing is required, unless otherwise stated, the Harvard referencing system must be
used (see your Programme Guide).

Please ensure that you retain a duplicate of your assignment. We are required to send samples of
student work to the external examiners for moderation purposes. It will also safeguard in the
unlikely event of your work going astray.


Submission Date and Time Before 4pm, 20
th
February 2014
Submission Location LRC, Reg Vardy Centre, St Peters Campus

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Assignment brief
You are required to use the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package ANSYS to investigate
secondary losses in pipes. More specifically, you will investigate the loss resulting from a single
type of fitting, for example a sudden inline contraction or expansion, or a bend. The choice is yours,
although it is recommended you choose a pipe fitting analysed in the Level 1 module EAT106 [1].

As part of the investigation you should attempt to correlate the results of your chosen scenario using
ANSYS with those obtained by hand calculation, using the theory covered in EAT106.


Submission Requirements
You will hand in a report, which should include the following information:
A specification of the problem you are investigating. This should include details of pipe
dimensions, fluid used (water is the obvious choice), type of pipe fitting to be considered
etc.
A hand calculation, based upon the theory described in [1].
A table summarising boundary conditions and constraints.
A description and rationale of the mesh size chosen, and a screenshot showing the mesh.
Screenshots of the contour and vector plots produced by ANSYS.
A comparison of the results obtained from ANSYS with those obtained by hand calculation,
including a critical interpretation of the ANSYS graphical results.

Marking Scheme

Problem definition/specification 15%
Theoretical (manual) calculations 15%
ANSYS implementation 30%
Critical analysis of ANSYS results 25%
Report presentation, structure, quality of writing 15%


You should also be capable of demonstrating your model using the ANSYS software on the
terraces, if required.


Reference
1. K. Burn, 2013. University of Sunderland, EAT106 lecture notes.