Høst 2017

SMN6200 Fluid Mechanics - 5 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for datateknologi og beregningsorienterte ingeniørfag

Type of course

The course may be taken as a singular course.

Course contents

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.

Application deadline

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits mathematic/statistics topics

Application Code: 9371

Objective of the course

Knowledge

The student shall have the knowledge and understanding about;

solving a fluid flow problem using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and presentation of results from the analysis.
how visualization techniques can be used to analyse and present complex flow fields.
the importance of including the understanding of the basic flow problem and governing parameters into visualisation of the results.

Skills

The student should be able to;

identify basic fluid flow characteristics and flow parameters for analysis and visualization.
perform post processing and visualization of results from numerical simulations, applying existing and customized tools.
perform preliminary problem analysis, selection of parameters for the fluid flow model, numerical simulations, post-processing & visualization of results and reporting from project.

General Competence

The student will manage to apply his theoretical knowledge and engineering methods in analysis, solution and visualization of a practical fluid flow problem.

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

10 hours introductory lectures & individual project run by the students under guidance by a supervisor.

Assessment

Minimum requirements for reporting structure and written format prior to submission.

Project report (R).

Grading will be done by using A-F grading scale, F is Fail.

A re-sit exam will be arranged for this course.

Date for examination

Take-home examination hand in date 14.12.2017

The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.