SESS6011 Geometry and Grid Generation

36 Lectures over 12 weeks in Semester 1 2008-2009

Assessment

closed-book examination (50%) - theory section
coursework assignments (25%+25%)

Lectures, exams, coursework:

Prof J. T.  Xing
j.t.xing@ship.soton.ac.uk

Dr Z.-T. Xie
z.xie@soton.ac.uk

Lecture Slots

Week starting Mon 8th Oct - Lab sessons and lectures, Z-T Xie

Wed, 10:00-11:00 07/ 3021(L/R D) (week 1-6)

Thu, 13:00-15:00 28/2003 (SES) Ship Design Office (week 1-6)

Following week, continue with Prof J. T. Xing

Wed, 10:00-11:00 07/ 3021 (L/R D) (week 7-10, 14-15)

Thu, 13:00-15:00 04/ 4043 (L/R F2) (week 7-10, 14-15)

Gambit and Fluent Resources - aerofoil examples

• Fluent Manual and Gambit Manual
• Fluent/Gambit Tutorial Examples - Rajesh Bhaskaran @ Cornell University
  
  Flow over an Aerofoil. [import airfoil geometry, curved domain, structure mesh, solve, refine]
  http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/fluent/airfoil/index.htm

• Fluent/Gambit Tutorial Examples - John Cimbala @ Penn State University
  Gambit - Generation of a 2-D airfoil grid [import airfoil geometry, periodic domain + inflow]
  http://www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala/Learning/Fluent/gambit_airfoil.htm
  
  Fluent - Flow over a 2-D Airfoil
  http://www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala/Learning/Fluent/fluent_airfoil.htm

Airfoil Sections on the Web

• NACA 4 Digits Series Generator
  Generate airfoils online. The NACA 4 Digit Series profiles are often used for verification of numerical solvers. Get the right profile here: http://www.pagendarm.de/trapp/programming/java/profiles/NACA4.html
• NACA Airfoil Series
  http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/airfoils/q0041.shtml
• NACA airfoil data from "Theory of Airfoil Sections" I. H. Abbott and A. E. von Doenhoff, Dover, NY, 1959.
  http://www.pdas.com/avd.htm

User Programming

• For the basic instructions and tutorals, see Fluent UDF Manual. Also you can find more here,
  http://www.stanford.edu/class/me469b/handouts/programming.pdf(3.4MB)

Other Gambit/Fluent Resources

• Some useful tutorails (including Flow in an Axisymmetric Nozzle), http://courses.cit.cornell.edu/fluent/
• Tutorails (including Secondary Flow in a Teacup, Axisymmetric Swirl), http://www.mne.psu.edu/cimbala/Learning/Fluent/list_of_modules.htm

CFD-SURG SES CFD Surgery

• This is open to all CFD(Fluent/Gambit) users in SES.
  http://www.afm.ses.soton.ac.uk/~ztx/CFD-SURG/CFD-SURG.htm

Updated: 23-Sept-2008