Challenges for Spring 2009

Subteam Leader: unknown

Number of team members needed: 2

Important team member skills:

• Comfortable with coding;
• Basic knowledge of fluid mechanics;

Challenges

• Appropriate mesh in 3D
  • Mesh interval size and boundary layers
  • Validate: Check grid convergence, etc.
• Define the model in FLUENT
  • Turbulence model and other parameters
• Validation of the model
  • Numerical stability: convergence, accuracy
  • Compare with experimental data: find similar flows and related experimental data (free/confined jets, back step,etc. )