CVG 5112 Computational Hydrodynamics

3 units
Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Finite volume methods for advection, diffusion and shallow water equations using structured and unstructured grids, finite volume methods for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (SIMPLE, SIMPLEC, PISO), error analysis: numerical diffusion and dispersion, truncation errors and Fourier analysis, introduction to turbulence modeling, introduction to methods for tracking free surfaces and moving beds, introduction to other methods in hydrodynamics: finite element, finite difference, Chebyshev and Fourier spectra, semi Lagrangian and vortex methods inhydrodynamics. This course is equivalent to CIVJ 5502 at Carleton University.

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Fall
Winter

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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