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Computational Fluid Dynamics
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Computational Fluid Dynamics
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Industrial Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15741
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge in Fluid Mechanics.
DESCRIPTION
Description of contents: programme
- Introduction to CFD.
- The basic equations of fluid mechanics.
- Levels of approximation.
- Mathematical nature of the equations and their boundary conditions.
- Discretization techniques.
- Numerical mesh generation.
- Finite difference method for model equations.
- Finite difference and finite volume method for the Navier-Stokes equations.
- Turbulence modeling.
- Applications: programming a finite differences code to solve a simple problem, and using a commercial code (ANSYS FLUENT) to solve a real-life industrial problem
- Introduction to CFD.
- The basic equations of fluid mechanics.
- Levels of approximation.
- Mathematical nature of the equations and their boundary conditions.
- Discretization techniques.
- Numerical mesh generation.
- Finite difference method for model equations.
- Finite difference and finite volume method for the Navier-Stokes equations.
- Turbulence modeling.
- Applications: programming a finite differences code to solve a simple problem, and using a commercial code (ANSYS FLUENT) to solve a real-life industrial problem