AS 5330: Computational Aerodynamics

Santanu Ghosh,
sghosh1@ae.iitm.ac.in
Assistant Professor,
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
IIT Madras

Introduction
Review of basics
Integration of linear advection equation using FDM : Upwind scheme and
Lax-Wendroff method
Model non-linear equation for fluid mechanics: Burgers equation

Finite Volume Methods (FVM)

Governing equations in integral form
Linear advection equation revisited
Riemann problem and upwinding methods

Incompressible inviscid flows (2D)

Time marching scheme - the challenge
Artificial compressibility method
Project 1: code structure and boundary conditions
Pressure correction methods*

Compressible inviscid flow (1D/2D)

Eulers equation - conservation + non-conservation form
Flux Jacobian and wave speeds
Flux reconstruction for the 1-D Euler Equation
Flux -vector splitting: Steger-Warming and van-Leer schemes
1

 Flux difference splitting: Roes scheme

Time integration
Project 2 : Code structure and boundary conditions

Higher order schemes

Higher order spatial schemes and Limiters : MUSCL schemes and TVD
limiters
Higher order explicit time integration : RK methods

Additional Topics*
Implicit time integration techniques
Extension of Euler solver to N-S solver

Grading Policy
Quiz 1: 15 pts
Project I: 25 pts
Assignments : 10
Project 2: 25 points
Final: 25 pts
Passing Grade is typically around 40

Books
Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, John C. Tannehill,
Dale A. Anderson, Richard H. Pletcher, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis; 1
Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic Problems, Randall J. LeVeque,
Cambridge University Press
Computational Gasdynamics, Culbert B. Laney, Cambridge University
Press

Notes
1A

third edition by the authors is also available in CRC Press