Course detail

Computational Modelling of Fluid Flow

FSI-KPT Acad. year: 2026/2027 Summer semester

The course focuses on modern computational methods for modelling fluid flow, which enable the virtual testing of equipment and its components under various conditions. The methods are widely used in industry due to the availability of hardware and specialised software. The students will be introduced to the theoretical foundations of the methods and learn to solve practical tasks using the ANSYS environment. The course provides a solid foundation for successfully completing the CFD knowledge official certificate for Ansys Fluent in a subsequent follow-up course.

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Vojtěch Turek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Process and Environmental Engineering

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the fundamentals, applications, advantages, disadvantages, and potential pitfalls of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The students will master the basics of workflow using professional CFD tools within the ANSYS environment; however, the acquired knowledge also applies to other CFD packages. The students will be self-sufficient in solving and analysing fundamental fluid flow problems. The subject also provides a way to relate and deepen theoretical knowledge from other essential process engineering disciplines, which are taught in other courses.

The acquired theoretical and practical knowledge can be further developed in the specialised follow-up course “Practical applications of CFD (K20)”, which will prepare students to utilise CFD in engineering practice.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-PRI-P: Process Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 3 credits, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Computer-assisted exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Syllabus


  1. Fluid flow through the eyes of simulations

  2. A CFD Model: What's under the hood

  3. Modelling of mass and momentum transfer

  4. Modelling of energy transfer

  5. Turbulence around us

  6. Modelling of turbulence

  7. Modelling of turbulence II

  8. Transport phenomena in a simulation of flow

  9. Conditions matter!

  10. Numerics – alchemy or mastery?

  11. Calculation procedure or revealing the secret of the solver

  12. Real vs. virtual experiment

  13. Solution to assignments