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Computers can use numerical methods and algorithyms to analyse and solve problems, including fluid flows - fluids in motion. They can also perform stress analyses - to determine the stresses and strains in materials and structures subject to forces or loads. Computational engineering covers everything from aircraft, cars and racing cars to blood flow.

Practical work and theory go hand in hand on this 100% coursework module, providing you with a solid introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Stress Analysis (CSA); exploring the theory of CFD and Finite Element (FE) analysis, the mathematical modelling of fluids and stresses in solids, and computational issues.

This module introduces you to numerical design approaches currently used in industry to analyse systems. You will examine their common pitfalls, as well as gaining experience of using commercial CFD and Finite Element (FE) codes. Practically, you will use industry standard codes to tackle miniprojects on fluid flow and stress analysis, which encourages you to work independently with industry standard codes.  By the end of this module, you should have a strong grasp of CFD and FEA and be able to use the codes fluently to model various articles and systems, as well as having gained an introduction to Finite Difference techniques. You should also be competent in applying a numerical analysis for a specified engineering design problem and be able to check the accuracy of numerical results. Year 3 students often build on their computational engineering skills by applying them to their third year project, during the last term.

Prerequisite module: ECM1102 , ECM2109 , ECM2113 , ECM2114 or equivalent

_{Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.}