Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method
CAMS, AUB
March 27-29, 2006

Summary

The last three decades have witnessed a sustained research effort in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that has been driven by the growing need in a number of industries (e.g. automotive, chemical processing, aeronautic, etc.) for a numerical simulation tool to help engineers and developers tackling problems of continuously increasing complexity. In specific, developments in the pressure-based control volume method have been overwhelming, which established CFD as reliable tool in many areas. The workshop is intended to beginners in the field and will expose attendees to the basics of the finite volume method (FVM). The FVM is the underlying numerical technique on which all these achievements have been built. This workshop aims at introducing, within the context of the FVM, the discretization details of the diffusion, convection, and unsteady terms in the general conservation equation. Each lecture session will be followed by a computer lab session for direct application of the material introduced.
The workshop should be beneficial to a wide spectrum of undergraduate and graduate students (majoring in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, etc.) interested in solving numerically partial differential equations.

Lectures:   Profs. F. Moukalled and M. Darwish
Location:    CAMS Conference Room; Room 416, College Hall
Date and time:    Monday March 27 Through Wednesday March 29, 2006; 3:00-6:00 p.m.

Schedule

Monday March 27, 2006

3:00-4:15   A General Introduction to the FVM; Domain Discretization;
                   Conservation Equations; Discretization of the diffusion term.
4:15-4:30   Coffee break
4:30-6:00   Computer Lab session

Tuesday March 28, 2006

3:00-4:15   Discretization of the convection and source terms
4:15-4:30   Coffee break
4:30-6:00   Computer Lab session

Wednesday March 29, 2006

3:00-4:15   Discretization of the transient term, Solution of Algebraic equations;
                   Finishing touches.
4:15-4:30   Coffee break
4:30-6:00   Computer Lab session