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Technische Universität München

Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamics

Credits4 SWS, 4 ECTS
Contact          Polifke, Wolfgang
SessionsThursday, lecture 10:00-11:30 a.m. and hands-on 13:00-17:00 p.m. (6 sessions)
RoomsMW 1701 (lecture) and MW 0704 (hands-on)

Type practical training
Term Sommersemester 2026
Language of instruction English

Admission information

See TUMonline
Note: B.Sc. in mechanical / aerospace / civil engineering or related field.

Write your own numerical solver

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Understand by doing the general structure of a typical CFD solver

Build your own mesh

Experimental domain.
Computational domain.

Discretize Equations

Stencil for an inner node (Diffusion Equation)

Solve system of Equations

Matrix obtained once a linear PDE system of equations has been discretized.

Understand numerical schemes

Unstable numerical scheme.
Stable numerical scheme.

Post-treat Solutions

Acoustic field of a combustion chamber.

Examples of Final Projects (using students own solvers)

Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

Natural heat convection (S. Suckow and M. Mittherhofer).
Flow in a curved channel (C. Rechter and J. Welliquet)
Flow in a curved channel. Velocity in x direction. (C. Rechter and J. Welliquet)
Flow over a bluff body (M. Graiff and M. Kirsch)
Transpor of vorticity (J. Welliquet)

Stream-Vorticity Equations

Channel flow (E. Maier and T. Gschnaidtner)

Potential flow

Flow expansión (P. Johne and M. Fackler).
Flow over an airfoil (S. Jossberger and C. Lang).
Flow over an airfoil (U. Batir and A. Hoertner)

Green Functions and Wave Equation

Acoustic radiatiion of a flame (R. Pili and E. Spieser),.
Acoustic field of an orifice (M. Kimilli, O. Sahin and L. Jordan).
Propagation and reflection of acoustic waves (T. Bicker and P. Mohammadzadeh)

Shallow-Water Equations

Propagation of a Tsunami. (I. Fernandez D. Vilaplana and N. Meerts)
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