Computational fluid dynamics (TUW)
Course Unit Catalogue
Last Updated: 17 September 2025
Unit Coordinator:
Manuel Garcia-Villalba
ECTS Credits:
6
Semester:
1
Year:
2
Campus:
Vienna University of Technology
Language:
English
Aims:
To numerically simulate real fluid mechanical problems as well as to give an overview of the methods used in private and educational facilities.
Content:
Methods for a treatment of convection-diffusion equations,
Projection methods for incompressible and compressible Navier-Stokes equations,
Treatment of complex geomtries,
Turbulence modelling.
Pre-requisites:
Partial differential equations, fluid mechanics
Reading list:
Lecture notes,
C. A. J. Fletcher: Computational techniques for fluid dynamics, vol. 1, Springer (1991)
J. J. Ferziger, M. Peric: Computational methods for fluid dynamics, Springer (2002)