AAE 505
Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer I
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Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. derive and demonstrate understanding of the physics of the theoretical relations in heat
transfer;
2. use the simplified engineering solution methods that are used in heat transfer in order to
make a quick approximation of the heat transfer for academic and industrial applications;
3. use numerical solution methods for heat transfer in order to make a detailed approximation
of the heat transfer for academic and industrial applications, and to gain a physical
understanding of how heat transfer occurs;
4. analyse and compare the results from different solution methods and make a quick
judgment of the validity of the results;
5. explain how the theory describes the flow and temperature distributions in academic and
industrial applications;
6. do project work;
7. make an oral presentation;
8. write a good report; and
9. use a mesh generation code and a CFD code.
Course Outline
Finite difference method, error and stability analysis. Applications to model equations and
further developments: matrix methods, etc. Prerequisite(s) or concurrent(s): AAE 466, AAE
587 or consent of instructor.
Minimum Academic Standards
Equipment
The department must have adequate office accommodation for all the staff and
laboratory/workshop for practical work. Some of the lecture spaces, auditoriums, drawing
rooms, laboratories and workshop are shared with other departments.
Laboratories and Workshops
The department should meet the required minimum laboratory/workshop for the program such as:
1. Material testing laboratory
2. Thermodynamics/fluid laboratory
3. Metrology laboratory
4. General workshop
5. Solid mechanics laboratory
6. Computational fluid dynamic laboratory
7. Automobile workshop
8. Foundry workshop
9. Drawing room
Laboratory equipment required for AAE department
S/N Description of Equipment
Aerodynamics Laboratory
1. Open air wind tunnel
2. Modular airflow bench
3. Embedded electronic development boards
Thermo-Fluids Laboratory
4. Free and forced vortex apparatus
5. Loss-in-piping system apparatus
6. Hydraulic flow bench
7. Linear heat transfer conduction apparatus
8. Small engine test set
9. Refrigeration and air-conditioning training kit
10. Flat plate solar energy collector with data acquisition accessories
11. Focusing (curved plate) solar energy collector with data acquisition accessories
12. Tubular heat exchanger
13. Plate heat exchanger
14. Flow meter calibration
15. Modified 4-stroke diesel engine
16. 4-stroke petrol engine
17. VDAS (Bench mounted version)
18. Thermal expansion apparatus
19. Thermal conductivity apparatus
20. Francis turbine(H18)
21. Computer-based thermal expansion
22. Thermal radiation system
23. Ideal gas law apparatus
24. Venturimeter
25. Ideal gas law stirling
26. Adiabatic gas law apparatus
27. Reynolds apparatus
28. Halogen lamp
29. Stirling engine
30. Drop wise and film wise condensation
31. Centrifugal pump
32 Pelton turbine
33. Hand manual pump
34. Orifice
35. Compressor igniter
36. Exhaust gas analyser
Material Testing Laboratory
37. Lesker Nano 36 thermal vacuum deposition system for thin film fabrication
38. Laurell spin-coater
39. Electro-spinner
40. Furnace
41. UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer (for solid & liquid samples)
42. Scanning electron microscope
43. Instron testing machine
44. Magnetic stirrer
45. Microscopes (fluorescence & inverted microscope)
46. Environment chamber
47. Fume cupboard
48. Ultrasonicator
49. Water bath
General Aeronautical and Astronautical Workshop
50. Lathe machines
51. Drilling and milling machines
52. Grinding machines
53. Worktables
54. Vice, toolboxes
55. Rotary furnace
56. Crusher
57. Heat resistance electric furnace
58. Electric tubular furnace
59. 3-in-1 planner, circular sawing and mortising machine
60. Lift out furnace
61. Trowel and masonry tools set, and rammer tongs
62, Work bench
63, Woodwork vices
64. Woodwork planer
Metrology Laboratory
65. Channel temperature recorder
66. Photo\contact tachometer
67. Vibration meter
68. Digital sound level meter
69. Infrared thermal imager
70. Hand crank generator
71. Stroboscope
72. Function generator/counter
73. Manometer
74. Pressure sensor absolute
75. Thermistor sensor
76. Viscometer
77. Crank angle shaft encoder
78. Absolute pressure/temperature sensor
79. Motion sensor
80. Energy transfer generator
81. 850 universal interface
82. Potentiometer box
83. Humidity\barometer/data recorder
84. Multimeter
85. Digital anemometer
86. Thermometer
87. Fuel flow meter
88. Micrometre screw gauge
89. Digital Micrometre screw gauge
90. Venier calliper
91. Sine wave generator
92. Comparator
Materials Testing laboratory
93. Lesker Nano 36 thermal vacuum deposition system for thin film fabrication
94. Laurel spin-coater
95. Electro-spinner
96. Furnace
97. UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer (for solid & liquid samples)
98. Scanning electron microscope
99. Instron testing machine
100. Magnetic stirrer
101. Microscopes (fluorescence & inverted microscope)
102. Environment chamber
103. Fume cupboard
104. Ultrasonicator
105. Water bath
Automobile Workshop
106 Automotive engine test set
107 Toyota engine anatomy teaching model
108 Toolbox
Solid Mechanics Laboratory
109 Mass and hanger set
110 Material structure beam adapter
111 Static and dynamic balancing apparatus
112 Material photo elasticity accessory
113 Universal testing machine
114 Bridge set
Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
115 Computer workstations
116 High speed computers for CFD & CAD
Staffing
Academic Staff
The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology
departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalent
of Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral
degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 15 Units per
semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme,
staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practicals
and supervision of projects.
NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees, hence appointment
of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are
candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer
positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD
candidates.
Academic Support Personnel
Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practicals
and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to
be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate.
Administrative Support Staff
The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper
administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very
competent senior staff that are computer literate.
Technical Support Personnel
The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of
laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent
senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to
undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and
maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be
maintained.
Minimum Number of Staff
Subject to the general standards specified by NUC:
1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic
staff to mount the programme;
2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix,
such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and
3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate calibre for
the office of the Head of Department to run.
Student/Staff Ratio
The minimum staff-to-student ratio should be 1:15 from 200 level to 500 level.
Library
In addition to the university and faculty libraries, the programme must have a departmental
library well equipped with specialised books and journals in both physical collections and e-
collections (e-resources) of various types. Various field and research reports of the programme
must also be available in the library for staff, students and researchers.
The library must be connected to subscribed repository of the following:
1. Institutions (national and international)
2. Open access sources
3. Professional bodies’ e-learning platforms
4. Relevant international organisations
The library must also have adequate facilities:
1. For reading;
2. Provisions for lending; and
3. Reservation unit for specialised materials.
Classrooms, Laboratories, Workshops, Clinics and Offices
Although other laboratories and workshops not listed here will be shared with many
other departments in the faculty and university in general, the laboratories and facilities
listed in the table below should be provided and equipped specifically for every
aerospace engineering programme.
Laboratories & Workshop Required for the Programme
Laboratory/
S/N Requirements Required Size (m)
Workshop
Should provide equipment and
tools for practical experiments,
tests (laboratory and field) and
research in aerospace
Aeronautical and 18.5 x 10 x HRM*
engineering, computer systems,
1 Astronautical (with Technologist’s
relevant softwares and hardwares
Laboratory office and a store).
with supply of consumables
should be provided for preparation
of models and heat, and
thermodynamic experiments.
Should have physical models
Aero/Astro, good size wind tunnel
and other aerospace systems for
research and demonstration.
Computer systems and
appropriate software packages for
aerospace design and simulation 18.5 x 10 x HRM
Aerospace Design
2 such as Cathia, Fluent and (with Technologist’s
Laboratory
OpenFoam. Provisions should office and a store)
also be made in this laboratory for
other hardwares, equipment and
tools for avionic design. There
should also be provisions for data
processing, analyses and
presentation.
This laboratory should have
equipment and tools such as jack
hammer (electric, mechanical or
fluid powered) for drilling;
physical models or table-top
Drilling and drilling rig. Tools such as hand 50 x 20 x HRM
3 Explosives augers. Models of explosives (With Technologist’s
Laboratory magazine and facilities for safe office and a store).
preparation of ANFO. Samples of
the various initiation and
detonation devices and large
posters of various equipment for
teaching aid.
At Nigeria’s stage of independent
existence, she should be thinking
of space exploration. To this end,
there must be a specialised lab for 50 x 20 x HRM
4 Rocket Laboratory rocket and missile designs. Such (with Technologist’s
lab must have provisions for office and a store).
polishing, mounting and finishing
for teaching and research in all
areas of engineering.
* The headroom (HRM) will depend on the particular laboratory but must be sufficient to
accommodate any equipment requiring high head.
The NUC recommends the following physical space requirement:
Academic m2
Professor’s Office 18.50
Head of Department’s Office 18.50
Tutorial Teaching Staff Space 13.50
Other Teaching Staff Space 7.00
Technical Staff Space 7.00
Science Staff Research Laboratory 16.50
Engineering Staff Research Laboratory 14.50
Seminar Space per student 1.85
Drawing Office Space (A.O. Board) (Per Student) 4.60
Drawing Office Space (A.I. Board) (Per Student) 3.70
Laboratory Space 7.50
Non-Academic
Secretarial Space 7.00
Office Facilities
S/No Office No in Facilities
Room
1. HOD 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit, Secretary and facilities.
2. Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit, Secretary and facilities.
3. Reader 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
computer unit.
4. Senior 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves,
Lecturer computer unit.
5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves.
6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves
B.Eng. Agricultural and Biosystems