EM 1550 - Computational Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer  (Métodos Computacionais em Fluidos e Calor) INTRODUCTION: the role of simulation in the design of thermal systems; AUXILIARY TECHNIQUES: multi-variable numerical interpolation: applications; multi-variable equation fitting: applications and use of software; SIMULATION OF STEADY STATE THERMAL SYSTEMS: components: heaters, mixers, heat exchangers, control elements, etc.; numerical solution of non-linear equations and sets of equations; application to thermal systems with the use of the EES software; SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC THERMAL SYSTEMS: first order components; numerical solution of differential equations and systems of differential equations; application to thermal systems: heating/cooling systems with thermal storage, compressed air systems, etc.; simulation with Laplace transforms: applications; control of thermal systems; applications with the use of the EES software; OPTIMIZATION OF THERMAL SYSTEMS: method of Lagrange multipliers; one and multi-variable search methods; linear programming; geometric programming; optimization algorithms; applications; INTRODUCTION TO DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION METHODS: transport differential equations and its generic representation; numerical integration of partial differential equations: finite difference method and finite volume method; parabolic and elliptic problems; application to multi-dimensional heat transfer and inviscid flow. Objectives Acquire knowledge related to the numerical modeling of thermal systems and processes, including the mathematical modeling of components and the solution of the resulting equations, with the use of computer algorithms. Methods and algorithms for optimization of thermal systems. Introduction to finite differences and finite volumes methods and its application to distributed systems with heat transfer and inviscid flow. <<<<<<<<<<  BACK  <<<<<<<<<<