INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

Department of Mechanical Engineering

ME-503: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Mid Semester Examination Time: 1 day
Date: 22nd September 2021 Full Marks: 50

(All questions are compulsory. Make your own assumptions if some information is missing)

Q.1 Make the physical and mathematical classifications of partial differential equations used for the
following problems.
(i) Steady-state Stokes or creeping flow
(ii) Boundary layer flow [3]

𝜕3 𝑢
Q.2 For a function u=u (x), determine the value of using the forward difference method and show
𝜕𝑥 3
the order of truncation errors. [4]

Q.3 Among Jacobi method, point Gauss-Seidel, and line Gauss-Seidel iterative method, which has the
best convergence rate, and why is it so? [2]

Q.4 A square plate of size 10×10 cm2 is initially

maintained at 80oC uniformly all over the plate. The plate
is then exposed to the thermal conditions shown in the
Fig. The two faces of the plate are insulated, and hence
no heat conduction takes place across the thickness of the
plate. The thermal diffusivity of the plate material is 10-4
m2/s. Write the governing equations and boundary
conditions. Formulate the problem using an explicit
finite difference method to calculate the temperature at
different time levels. Using 5×5 grid points, show the
calculation of temperature for two consecutive time
steps. [10]

Q.5. Derive the modified equation of the following finite difference method for solving 1D unsteady
heat conduction equation. Retain the term up to and including Txxxx. [8]
𝑇𝑖𝑛+1 − 𝑇𝑖𝑛 𝑛+1
𝑇𝑖+1 − 2𝑇𝑖𝑛+1 + 𝑇𝑖−1
𝑛+1
= 𝛼( )
∆𝑡 (∆𝑥)2

Q.6 Use Von-Neumann stability analysis to check the stability condition of the following finite
difference method for solving the wave equation.
𝑛+1 𝑛+1
𝑢𝑖𝑛+1 −𝑢𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑖+1 −𝑢𝑖−1
+𝑐( )=0
∆𝑡 2∆𝑥
[6]

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Q.7 In the stream vorticity method, once the stream function (ψ) is calculated, the pressure field can be
calculated from the following equation.

2
2
𝜕2𝜓 𝜕2𝜓 𝜕2𝜓
∇ 𝑝 = 2𝜌 ( 2 −[ ] )
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 2 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦

Derive the above equation for pressure and write down the finite difference formulation for calculating
the pressure field. [5]

Q.8 Suppose you need to solve the following energy equation using the finite difference method. The
energy equation is coupled with the momentum equation through the velocity terms appearing in the
energy equation. Draw the grid layout for solving the energy equation and write the finite difference
discretized equation of it. Mention the complete solution procedure including the solution for velocity
components. [6]
2 2
𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑇 𝜕 𝑇 𝜕 𝑇
𝜌𝑐𝑝 (𝑢 + 𝑣 ) = 𝑘 ( 2 + 2)
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦

Q.9 Following partial differential equation needs to be solved in the trapezoidal domain ABCD
as shown in Fig.
u u
c y0
x y
Using algebraic grid generation technique, the physical domain should be
mapped to a computational domain (ξ, η) of uniform mesh. Derive proper
mapping functions, and write down the transformed equation in the
computational domain, and discuss the procedure for solving the problem.
Determine the physical coordinates (x, y) for ξ=0.8, η=0.6 in the
computational domain. [6]

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