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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics online course is an 8 weeks program offered by Swayam, an initiative by the government of India. The introductory AICTE approved CFD course teaches about the fundamentals of CFD in this course. The Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics training also teaches about the FD/FV method, issue formulation, and problem-solving strategies. Students will gain confidence by experiencing a basic and example-functioning CFD code at the conclusion of the course.

The Highlights

Undergraduate-level study
Video lectures
Online learning
8 weeks duration
Course provider Swayam
AICTE-approved certificate
2 credits
Offered by IIT Madras
100% free of cost

Programme Offerings

tests
Reading Materials
quizzes
Self-assessment
video lectures
Online discussion forums

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Madras (IITM)

Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics Fees

Course	Amount in INR
Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics	Free
Certification exam fee (optional)	Rs. 1,000

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

The student must complete the course material and quizzes. To acquire the Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics certification, students must pass a final test conducted by Swayam.

What you will learn

Knowledge of physicsKnowledge of engineering

After the completion of the Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics online certification course, students will learn about basic fluid mechanics, physics, approximation methods, discretization, time integration methods, pressure velocity coupling, turbulent flows, Reynolds stresses, matrix inversion, etc.

Admission Details

To get admission to the Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics online certification course, follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1. The official Swayam course website may be accessed by clicking the link below.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc23_me75/preview

Step 2. You may start the registration process by hitting the Register button.

Step 3. Register with your Facebook, Microsoft, or Google account, or enter your email and password manually.

Step 4. To access the account details page, locate and click the 'Join' option.

Step 5. Fill in the required information to begin the course.

The Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Review of basic fluid mechanics
Module 3: Review of equations and importance of terms
Module 4: Review of equations (contd.) and non-dimensionalization
Module 5: Vorticity-Stream function equation, classification of the equation, and the solution nature
Module 6: Classification of equations (contd.), types of boundary conditions and description about standard test cases.

Module 1: Steps involved in CFD, Information about Computational domain and grid with illustration
Module 2: Information about grid (contd.); Taylor’s series expansion
Module 3: Taylor’s series expansion, CD / FD / BD for first & second derivative;
Module 4: FD formula for non-uniform mesh; mixed derivative
Module 5: Derivation for higher derivative; FD formula by Polynomial procedure

Module 1: Different Approximation Methods
Module 2: Properties associated with discretization
Module 3: Errors due to approximation and their analysis – consistency, convergence
Module 4: Stability analysis
Module 5: FD formulation for model equations and explanation

Module 1: FV formulation for diffusion equation – 1D
Module 2: Example and extension to 2D and 3D
Module 3: FV formulation for convection and diffusion equation
Module 4 & 5: Treatment of convective terms - different interpolations

Module 1 & 2: Illustration on the performance by different approximation for convection terms
Module 3: Time integration methods
Module 4: Arrangement of variables; Introduction to Pressure velocity coupling, MAC
Module 5: SIMPLE
Module 6: Variants of SIMPLE, Projection Method

Module 1: Introduction to Turbulent flows
Module 2: Deriving governing equations
Module 3: Reynolds stresses, modeling strategy
Module 4 & 5: Introduction to Standard models and explanation