CONVECTION – DIFFUSION

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project was developed in the Computational Engineering subject taken during my MSc in Aeronautic Engineering at the UPC – ESEIAAT. It was developed under the supervision of the Dr. Carlos David Perez Segarra in the CTTC department.. The numerical solution of heat transfer, fluid flow, and other related processes can begin when the laws governing these processes have been expressed in mathematical form, generally in terms of differential equations. In this project it was to developed the mathematical formulation and complete derivation of the convection-diffusion equation as an initial step for developing the code for modelling these phenomenon.

With the concept of a previous simple One-Dimensional case it is possible to solve the solenoidal flow case also know as the Smith-Hutton Problem. By controlling the convection-Diffusion term  it was possible to observe the results for full convective or full diffusive situations. Giving thus a better insight about the understanding of this phenomena and its modelling.