Heat Transfer Modeling Using ANSYS FLUENT
In many industrial systems it is critical to know component and material temperatures. In thermal application this becomes a major design issue. In such applications CFD is used as a tool for design assessments. Typical design issue for example is to understand the overall heat transfer coefficient in case of car radiator. Problems like predicting the maximum or minimum temperatures in case of gas turbine, chemical reaction vessels and food ovens. Problems can be to know how the temperature variation takes place in case of aircraft walls. Engine cooling, vehicle internal thermal comfort and many such critical design parameters are related to combined analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer using CFD.
To perform such heat transfer dominated simulations one needs additional knowledge and implementation skills of thermal modeling techniques like selection of conduction schemes, material property functions and radiation models. One has to go one step ahead of simpler CFD analysis to learn all such advanced thermal modeling techniques. In this course you will learn all the complex, specialized procedures and models which are used to simulate heat transfer dominated phenomenon in engineering and nature. The course will provide a deeper understanding of CFD as a design tool to analyze complete physics of a real world problem by real time coupling of a fluid flow and heat transfer problem.
Recommended background
A technical education and background is preferred for this course. An engineering degree will definitely be beneficial although it is not mandatory. A participant must be familiar with process of conducting CFD analysis using ANSYS FLUENT and ANSYS ICEM CFD. Please note that you will not require any expertise in ICEM CFD and FLUENT, but only beginner’s level knowledge is required.
If you do not have required experience in use of ANSYS FLUENT and ANSYS ICEM CFD we recommend you to take our course ‘CFD Modeling Using ANSYS ICEM CFD and ANSYS FLUENT’ before this course. For more details please visit the course webpage.
Your Learning
By the end of this course you will gain expertise in conducting all types of heat transfer modeling simulations using ANSYS FLUENT and ICEM CFD. Apart from software skills objective of this course is also to make you understand how CFD is used as a design tool.
Below will be your learning in this course:
- The course will provide you an overview of important concepts related to heat transfer.
- You will clearly understand the process for modeling conduction and convection phenomenon using ANSYS FLUENT.
- You will learn advanced modeling capabilities like radiation models and solar load model.
- You will learn how to conceptualize a CFD problem from a real world phenomenon which includes combined effects of conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer along with fluid flow.
The course mainly contains video lessons based on fundamental theory and software skills. Apart from video lessons, the course also contains other components like software demos, assignments, and short quizzes. The course is delivered based on a concept of ‘learning lessons accompanied with live mentoring sessions’. Initial section of the course contain fundamental lessons, middle part is based on implementation of various heat transfer models in ANSYS FLUENT and end part of the course will provide you overview of how to analyze heat transfer related CFD results. Based on the content of the video lessons and accompanied assignments you can expect to complete the course in 2 to 3 weeks.
Course Format
The course mainly contains video lessons. The duration of each lesson varies from few minutes for some lessons to 40 minutes for some lessons. For short software demos the duration is very small and for detailed theory lessons or software knowledge lessons the duration is large. The course also contains other content like tests and assignments. The course is delivered based on a concept of ‘online learning using video lessons accompanied with live mentoring’.
Below are features or elements of our training process :
Video lessons : The course consists of video lessons on various topics of theory and software knowledge. You can gain knowledge and software skills by watching these video lessons any number of times.
Software Demos : The course also consists of software demos. These short videos explain some tools or operations of software so that you can watch and practice on your own.
Video Tutorials : Video tutorials will also be provided to you as part of the course. These video tutorials are sample CFD problems which explain or demonstrate how to conduct CFD simulation of common industrial problems using the software ANSYS FLUENT.
Objective Test and Quiz : After some specific amount of video lessons you will be asked to give objective test or quiz. These tests or quizzes are based on theory knowledge and software skills. The purpose of these tests or quizzes is to refresh your learning till that point. These will also help you later to review or understand important concepts.
Course Assignments : After certain software learning is complete you will be provided with assignments. These assignments will be industrial level mesh generation or CFD solution problems which you will have to do on your own using skills acquired in the course. You will be provided with all the necessary input files for the assignments. Once you complete these assignments you will have to submit them to us for evaluation.
Mentoring : Along with our course content we also provide mentoring for the participants in this course. The mentoring is provided to resolve any of your doubts or question related to the course learning. There are two types of mentoring :
- Unlimited mentoring through email : During the course you may have queries or doubts about the course content. To resolve those queries our mentors will interact with you using email. You can ask your queries through email and our mentors will provide you with specific answers to help resolve your queries.
- Limited hours of live mentoring : In this our mentors will conduct a live mentoring session with you every week for an hour. So total you get 2 to 3 hours of live mentoring as part of the course. These live mentoring sessions will be sought of Q & A sessions to resolve any of your doubts related to the course learning. You can directly ask your questions to our mentor.
Please note that mentoring through email and live session is meant to resolve your queries related to learning through the course. This mentoring does not cover any queries which are not related to the course or for any of your other CFD related queries. For such queries we recommend to you our other learning services. Information of such learning services can be found on course page.
Certification : At the end of the course based on your performance and our evaluation you will be granted a certification from LearnCAx for successful completion of the course.
Course Material : At the end of the course LearnCAx will send you course material in the form of course lesson notes for your future reference.
Course Syllabus
The course is divided into 10 lessons and additional content like assignment and project. Each lesson has a specific objective and is designed to satisfy the needs of subsequent lesson. It is recommended that you do not move to the next lesson until all the concepts in the lesson are well understood.
Video Lessons :
Lesson 1: Study of Fluid Flows
Have you ever observed common fluid flow phenomenon around you? Have you ever wondered about the physics behind such fluid flows? Whether they can be described by using mathematics and who discovered such mathematical equations of fluid flows? Fluid flow is present everywhere. The aim of this lesson is to show you how every phenomenon around us involves fluid flow. The lesson will present a discussion on the three fundamental methods used to study fluid flow. In the end you will also understand where simulation finds its place as tool to study fluid flow and allied phenomenon.
Lesson 2: Introduction to CFD
Assuming that most of the participants require a revision of the topic of CFD, this lesson is designed as an introduction to CFD. CFD is a distinct field of simulation sciences which is based on physics and mathematical equations. Hence our first lesson is designed in order to provide you a complete understanding of overall concept of CFD. This lesson provides the basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) without going into details of the mathematics or numerical algorithms. By the end of this lesson you will have a clear understanding of CFD and terms like Design, Modeling, Simulation and CFD. You will also realize that CFD is very interesting and highly useful design tool.
Lesson 3: CFD Equations and Numerical Solution
We believe that every participant of our course, who uses CFD software, should also be aware of what is happening behind the software. Behind the software there are physics equations solved using numerical methods. This lesson is design in a way that you will get a basic understanding of the generalized CFD equations and the numerical methods that are used to solve these equations. The objective of this lesson is to refresh the knowledge of mathematical equations which govern fluid flow and heat transfer and also to provide an overview of the additional equations that are solved in CFD. By the end of this lesson you will be familiar with Navier Stokes equations and the difference between exact and numerical solution of differential Equations.
Lesson 4: Fundamentals of Finite Volume method
One of the most commonly used algorithms to convert the partial differential equation to algebraic equations is the Finite Volume Method. It is also the method used for CFD calculations in FLUENT software. Hence it is critical to understand the finite volume method. In this lesson we will see how the Navier Stokes equations are converted into mathematical formulations using the finite volume methods. This lesson would explain how to convert the integral form of conservation equations into linear algebraic equations, using Finite Volume Method. By the end of this lesson you will have a clear understanding of the Finite Volume Method.
Lesson 5: CFD analysis - Software perspective
Objective of this lesson is to introduce you to the world of commercial CFD software. While providing an introduction to performing CFD analysis using software, we also focus on teaching you what happens behind the software. Basic steps of any general CFD analysis process will be taught. By the end of this lesson you will know what to expect from a generic CFD software program and also what are general steps involved in CFD analysis using CFD software.
Lesson 6: User Interface of ANSYS FLUENT
The objective of this course is to review your knowledge of Graphic User Interface (GUI) of the software ANSYS FLUENT. Before starting to use any software you should be well familiar with the user interface, various mouse options and clicks as well panel locations and buttons. This lesson will provide you with all the knowledge required to handle FLUENT software user interface. By the end of this lesson you will be able to carry out basic tasks while using ANSYS FLUENT and also navigation through the User Interface of ANSYS FLUENT.
Lesson 7: Introduction to Heat Transfer
What is heat transfer? What are different modes of heat transfer? How do you measure the effect of heat transfer? What is energy equation? What are the laws which govern heat transfer? All such questions come to your mind when you sit and start studying heat transfer. The aim of this lesson is to answer and review all these fundamental questions that you may have about heat transfer.
Lesson 8: Conductive and Convective heat transfer modeling using ANSYS FLUENT
Imagine a CFD model of a very simple phenomenon of a heated plate immersed in colder fluid. How will you create a CFD model of this phenomenon? Which modes of heat transfer will be considered? Will you model conduction within the thickness of plate? Will you consider natural convection as well? This lesson will teach how to conduct simulation of conductive and convective heat transfer phenomenon using ANSYS FLUENT so that you can carry out simulation of any such industrial problem which involves conduction and convection related complexities.
Lesson 9: Radiation modeling using ANSYS FLUENT
When a thermal phenomenon involves high temperatures, radiation mode of heat transfer also becomes predominant. In such cases the CFD model used for simulation of such thermal system should also have models or equations which include the effect of radiation heat transfer. In this lesson, there will be a review of radiation concepts and radiation modeling techniques. By the end of this lesson you will be well equipped with procedures used to include radiation heat transfer effects in a CFD simulation.
Lesson 10: Solar Load Model in ANSYS FLUENT
Considered situations like temperature variation inside a vehicle or inside a green house? If you decide to carry out CFD simulation of such scenarios do you think the heat coming from sun rays will cause any effect in the temperature distribution of such system? How will you include the effect of heat coming from sun rays? The solar load model is a specialized model available in ANSYS FLUENT for including effect of heat transfer from solar rays. This lesson will teach you how implement the solar load model in your CFD simulation.
Video Tutorials :
Tutorial 1: Heat Transfer around a fin section
The aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate the use of conduction and convection models for simulation of heat transfer rate in a fin section. By watching and practicing this tutorial you will learn the entire process of modelling heat transfer around a fin using CFD.
Tutorial 2: Solar load model and solar calculator
This tutorial is designed in order to demonstrate you the overall setup of solar load involved in radiation problems. By watching and practicing this tutorial you will learn concepts related to Boussinesq model, implementation of solar model and solar calculator.
Course Assignments :
Assignment 1: Heat transfer around array of heated cylinders
The objective of this assignment is to provide you software practice opportunity to carry out simulation which involves combined effects of fluid flow, conduction, and convection heat transfer. The assignment is based on fluid flow around array of heated cylinders. You will be required to determine the effective heat transfer and temperature distribution around this array. Our mentors will be available to help resolve your queries related to assignment.
Assignment 2: Solar load model
The objective of this assignment is to provide you software practice opportunity to apply the soar load model. The assignment is based on simulation of thermal comfort inside a vehicle. You will be required to analyze the temperature distribution inside the cabin after including effects of heat from solar rays. Our mentors will be available to help resolve your queries related to assignment.
1. Do I need to know ANSYS FLUENT software before I take this course?
Yes you should be familiar with usage of ANSYS FLUENT software for basic flow modeling before you take this course.
2. Do I need to know meshing software before I take this course?
Ideally it is recommended that you know mesh generation using either ICEM CFD or any other meshing software before you take this course. Knowing mesh generation process will help you to carry out future CFD related work assignments on your own. Although the assignments within this course do not require any knowledge of mesh generation as already meshed file will be provided to you.
3. Why is it mandatory to know ANSYS FLUENT software before I take this course?
The course is designed assuming that the participant is familiar with basic usage of ANSYS FLUENT software. Hence if you are not familiar with ANSYS FLUENT software you may not understand the content of the course.
4. Will the course mentor teach me ANSYS FLUENT during the course if I am not comfortable with the software?
No. The course mentor will only resolve your queries related to heat transfer modeling and not basic software skills of ANSYS FLUENT.
5. How do I know this course is appropriate for me?
If you are interested in CFD and already know CFD software ANSYS FLUENT then taking this course will benefit you as you will learn advanced modeling techniques.
6. Are there any specific industrial fields to which this course can be related?
Yes. Advanced heat transfer models find wide range of applications in the field of mechanical and thermal industry. Hence it can be said that this course is related to these industrial fields.
7. I am not familiar with all fundamentals of heat transfer. Can I still take this course?
Yes. The starting portion of the course will review fundamental knowledge of heat transfer. Hence even if you are not aware of fundamentals of heat transfer you can still benefit from this course. Additionally our mentors will recommend you further readings for enhancing your knowledge of heat transfer.
8. Do I need to have any specific degree or background for taking this course?
It is not mandatory to have any specific degree for taking this course. But having a background of mechanical, chemical, petroleum or process industries or field will be beneficial.
9. When can I start the course and how much time is needed to complete the course?
The course is available all the time. To start this course you need to buy the course. After this our executive will contact you and guide you through further process in order to activate your course. The course usually gets activated within 1 to 2 working days once all processing is completed. Considering difficulty level, understanding capacity and necessary extra reading and assignments to be done; on an average, we expect this course to be completed in 2 to 3 weeks.
10. Why is it important to learn CFD skills? Why is CFD becoming popular in industry?
CFD has become an important tool in design process in product and process industry across industry domain. The importance of simulation is increasing rapidly as it results in better product in shorter design cycle. Also the end cost of product is reduced because of use of simulations and CFD forms an important part of simulation based product development. Hence the use of CFD in industry and research has increased and will keep on growing. Due to same reason, it becomes beneficial to acquire CFD skills.
11. How difficult is this course?
This course is intensive in terms of knowledge, training and practice involved. It is considered to be an advanced level course. You need to be familiar with usage of FLUENT software to understand the content of this course. If you have an interest in heat transfer related applications and willingness to study and practice then you will not find this course difficult.
12. I have few queries related to work I am doing. Can I contact you?
Yes certainly. Feel free to ask those questions using the link “Ask a Question” given on course page.
13. I am a student in undergraduate degree. Is it too soon to learn CFD? Will I understand it?
No. It is not too soon. In fact this is the right time to get involved in CFD related learning. The earlier you gain knowledge of CFD, the better it is for you. You can conduct research in CFD in your academic life as well as this will open up many career opportunities related to CFD.
14. What is ANSYS FLUENT and ANSYS ICEM CFD?
ANSYS, Inc. is an engineering simulation software developer. ANSYS FLUENT software is CFD software from ANSYS which has broad physical modeling capabilities needed to model flow, turbulence, heat transfer, and reactions for industrial applications. Thousands of companies throughout the world benefit from the use of ANSYS FLUENT software as an integral part of the design and optimization phases of their product development. ICEM CFD is mesh generation software from ANSYS.
15. Why is this course based on ANSYS FLUENT?
ANSYS FLUENT are among the most commonly used CFD tools in industry and academia. Due to this it is beneficial to learn these products as in most of the industries and research facilities you will be exposed to projects related to these software tools. Also they are highly robust, validated and efficient tools for conducting CFD analysis.
16. Does your course provide access to software for practice?
No. Participants have to arrange for their own access to software for practice.
17. Do you provide certification?
Yes. After successful completion of the course we provide certification to participants.
18. Is it possible to learn software using online learning?
Yes. Online learning has already been established as one of leading methods for cost effective and flexible software learning.
19. I am weak in fundamentals of fluid dynamics and heat transfer or forgotten them. Can I take this course?
Our course content will help you to review your fundamental knowledge about fluid dynamics. Also our course mentors will guide you on methods to strengthen your knowledge of fluid dynamics. So this is not a problem while you take the course.