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    This document discusses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) which uses simulations to model fluid and aerodynamic problems that are difficult or costly to test physically. CFD involves solving the governing Navier-Stokes equations on a calculated mesh domain at discrete points using boundary and initial conditions to iteratively solve the simulation. It questions how meshes are built mathematically and in code, and how simulations determine mesh quality without a known final answer. CFD simulations solve the equations at each node based on boundary conditions like velocities and pressures to model flows like a 10 m/s wind. The document considers whether simulations can be perfectly accurate, what parameters should be preserved or compromised, and what answers simulations provide scientists and engineers.

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    This document discusses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) which uses simulations to model fluid and aerodynamic problems that are difficult or costly to test physically. CFD involves solving the governing Navier-Stokes equations on a calculated mesh domain at discrete points using boundary and initial conditions to iteratively solve the simulation. It questions how meshes are built mathematically and in code, and how simulations determine mesh quality without a known final answer. CFD simulations solve the equations at each node based on boundary conditions like velocities and pressures to model flows like a 10 m/s wind. The document considers whether simulations can be perfectly accurate, what parameters should be preserved or compromised, and what answers simulations provide scientists and engineers.

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    COMPUTATIONAL

    FLUID DYNAMICS

    SARAH MCELMAN
    MAMS 08
    WHY CFD?
    Method of simulation fluid-/aero-dynamic problems difficult
    or costly to run in physical experiments
    WHAT IS CFD? A MESH
    Deceptively simple governing equations, Navier-Stokes:
    WHAT IS CFD? A MESH
    Create a calculation space:
    WHAT IS CFD? A MESH
    Create a calculation space:

    Create a domain where potential solutions can be


    calculated at specific points
    Specify boundary conditions, initial conditions, and run the
    simulation iterate to solve.
    THINK ABOUT IT!
    How do you build a mesh?
    Mathematically?
    In code?

    If you dont know what your final answer should be, how do
    you determine whether a mesh is good?

    The solution varies in space (1D - 3D) and time. Will your
    accuracy be the same throughout the domain? Different?
    Why? How?
    WHAT IS CFD? A
    SIMULATION
    Solves the Navier-Stokes equations (velocity) at each node
    based on boundary conditions:
    Velocities and pressures at known surfaces
    Starting value (wind is blowing at 10 m/s)
    THINK ABOUT IT!
    Can we make simulations that are perfectly accurate?

    Not all parameters are equal. What would you preserve?


    What could you compromise?

    What answers does a computational simulation provide for


    scientists? Engineers? Are they the same?
    COMPUTATIONS?
    EXPERIMENTS?
    I write CFD code that tries to better emulate reality
    Forces on weirdly-shaped structures
    Test and build better stuff with less assumptions
    [Proprietary code example,
    removed]
    TURBINES:
    THE NEXT GENERATION
    QUESTIONS?

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