CFD lab report, 2 February 2015

CFD LAB REPORT ME36X2

Student Number: 1000000
ABSTRACT
This Guide has been prepared for the production of the CFD lab report. This report should be written
in a clear and concise way. Do not change the layout, margins, font, font size and line spacing as
used in this guide. The ABSTRACT section should contain a brief description of the numerical
computation that was performed and provide a summary of the main result.

DESCRIPTION OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION

In this section you should provide a detailed description of the problem under investigation, this
should include a schematic of the computational domain and a description of the boundary
conditions used. Subsequently, you should provide details of the turbulence model, discretization
schemes and a description of the grids (including pictures) that were generated. Finally you need to
produce a plot showing the convergence of the calculation and provide details on the convergence
criteria set.

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
In this section you need to provide and discuss all results in the order that appears in the assignment
details. Figures and tables should be contained within the typing area and count towards the total
length of the report of 10 pages.

Figure 1: development in time of the lift force on a cylinder in cross flow

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Figures and tables should all be numbered and have a caption underneath that briefly describes the
contents. Figures should be of good quality and show information in a clear way (see, for instance,
Figure 1). Colour contour plots should contain a legend, vector plots should show non-overlapping
vectors that can be seen with the naked eye, line plots should clearly differentiate between multiple
lines (where applicable). Along the axes of the figures labels need to be present detailing the
quantity shown - with proper SI units where applicable. All figures and tables need to be referenced
in the text by their number (i.e. Fig. 1 shows or Figure 1 displays .).
Citations of books, journal articles etc. need to be numbered in the order of appearance e.g. [1] or
[2,3,4]. The citations refer to a list of references on the last page of the report. The first two pages of
the Fluent summary report need to be attached to the actual report in an appendix. The two page
appendix does not count towards your total allowed page limit of 10 pages. Be aware that any
further information provided in the appendix (extra figures / tables/ formulae) will not be marked.
Secondary headings. To improve the readability of your report it is recommended to use secondary
headings where appropriate. Apart from the hardcopy that needs to be submitted to TPO, you are
expected to store all your work (including an electronic version of the report) in a save place in case
we need you to provide more details. You are expected to make regular backups of all your work.
The hardcopy of the report should be printed single sided and you are expected to check the quality
of the printed report for completeness before submission. While writing the report please keep in
mind that we do not want to see a Fluent manual. Instead we need you to present the results
obtained with Fluent in a professional way with a proper analysis/discussion (not just stating the
obvious). You are not required to produce the maximum number of pages allowed. It will be looked
upon favourably if you can write a good quality report using fewer pages.

CONCLUSIONS
This section should contain a very brief description of the computational problem and a list of your
findings. You should not add any figures or tables to this section.

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REFERENCES
[1] Ritchie, G.S. (1983), Nonlinear Dynamic Characteristics of a Finite Journal Bearing, Trans.
ASME, J. Lub. Tech., Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 375-376.
[2] Kincaid, D. and Cheney, W. (1991), Numerical Analysis, Brooks/Cole Publ. Co., Pacific Grove,
California.
[3] Silver, K. (1991), Electronic Mail: the New Way to Communicate. In: D.I. Raitt, ed., 9th
International Online Information Meeting, 3-5 December 1990 London. Oxford: Learned
Information, pp. 323-330.
[4] Holland, M. (2004), Guide to citing Internet sources [online]. Poole, Bournemouth University.
Available from: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/guide_to_citing_internet_sourc.html
[Accessed 4 November 2004].
Please note: [1] is an example of a journal paper, [2] is a book, [3] a conference paper and [4] an
online webpage or e-book.

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FLUENT SUMMARY REPORT

Add a printout of the first two pages of the Fluent summary report here.

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