Department of Aeronautical Engineering

AE 2402 - Computational Fluid Dynamics: Question Bank

A!" # A
1. What are the important applications of CFD in engineering?
2. Distinguish between conservation and non-conservation forms of fuid fow.
. Write down conservative form of continuit! e"uation and e#plain the terms involved.
$. %ist out advantages of panel method.
&. '#plain the di(culties of evaluating the infuences of a panel at its own control point.
). 'laborate the basic aspects of *nite di+erence e"uations.
,. De*ne stabilit!.
-. Di+erentiate between structured and unstructured grid.
.. Write down the signi*cance of /a!lor series e#pansion.
10. Write down the second order central mi#ed *nite di+erence e#pression for
y x
u

2
11. %ist out di+erences between *nite volume and *nite di+erence methods.
12. What is the necessit! for strong and wea1 formulations of boundar! value problem?
1. What is meant b! CF% condition?
1$. Di+erentiate between surface *tted and bod! *tted coordinate s!stems.
1&. Write down an e#pression for the substantial derivative in Cartesian coordinates.
1). De*ne convergence.
1,. De*ne discreti2ation and round o+ error.
1-. '#plain cell-centered method.
1.. What is the need for staggered grid?
20. What t!pes of grids are used in F34?
21. Discuss the need for upwind t!pe discreti2ation.
22. What are the methods available for grid generation?
A!" # B

2. Derive the energ! e"uation for a viscous fow in partial di+erential non-conservation
form.
2$. Derive the continuit! e"uation for inviscid fow in partial di+erential non-conservation
form.
2&. Write down elliptic5 parabolic and h!perbolic partial di+erential e"uations as
applicable to CFD.
2). '#plain the grid generation techni"ue based on 6D' and summari2e the advantages
of the elliptic grid generation method.
2,. 7btain the 2D stead! compressible continuit! e"uation in transformed coordinates
for the transformation ) 1 ln( , + = = y x .
2-. Write down the procedure for the calculation of pressure coe(cient distribution
around a circular c!linder using the source panel techni"ue.
2.. Discuss the vorte# panel method applied to lifting fows over a fat plate.
0. Discuss the source panel method for the fow past an oscillating c!linder.
1. 8tate and e#plain the di+erence between e#plicit and implicit methods with suitable
e#amples.
2. 9ow do !ou determine the accurac! of the discreti2ation process? What are the uses
and di(culties of appro#imating the derivatives with higher order *nite di+erence
schemes? 9ow do !ou overcome these di(culties?
. '#plain the strong and wea1 formulations of a boundar! value problem.
$. '#plain the description of 6randtl boundar! la!er e"uation and its solution
methodolog!.
&. 8tud! the stabilit! behaviour of second order wave e"uation b! 3on-:euman stabilit!
method.
). What are "uadrilateral %agrange elements and isoparametric elements in F'4?
,. 8olve the simpli*ed 8turn-%ioville e"uation;
F y
x
y
= +

2
2
With boundar! conditions !<0= > 0 and ( ) 0 1 =

x
y
? using @aler1in *nite
element method.
-. What is strong formulation? '#plain with the help of one dimensional boundar! value
problem.
.. '#plain Aunge-Butta and multi-stage time stepping.
$0. Discuss the properties of discreti2ation schemes and e#plain upwind discreti2ation
applied to F34.
$1. What is cell centered formulation? '#plain with the help of using control volume5 semi
discreti2ation e"uation5 . 0 . / = + nds F t U
ij
$2. 8tate and e#plain the spurious modes for Aunge-Butta cell verte# formulation in F34.