ChBE 3300: Multidimensional Fluids and Heat Transport

Course Description

This repository contains Jupyter notebooks and computational resources for teaching 2-D and 3-D fluid dynamics and heat transfer in Chemical Engineering.

Repository Structure

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├── notebooks/
│   ├── 01-introduction/          # Python basics and numerical methods review
│   ├── 02-1D-problems/            # 1-D steady and transient problems
│   ├── 03-2D-fluids/              # 2-D fluid flow problems
│   ├── 04-2D-heat-transfer/       # 2-D heat conduction and convection
│   ├── 05-3D-fluids/              # 3-D fluid flow problems
│   ├── 06-3D-heat-transfer/       # 3-D heat transfer problems
│   └── 07-advanced-topics/        # Coupled problems and advanced methods
├── data/                          # Data files for examples
├── figures/                       # Generated figures and visualizations
├── requirements.txt               # Python dependencies
└── README.md                      # This file

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip package manager

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd multiD-fluids-heat

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Launch Jupyter:

   jupyter lab

Topics Covered

1. Introduction

• Python and NumPy fundamentals
• Numerical methods review
• Finite difference methods

2. 1-D Problems

• Steady-state heat conduction
• Transient heat transfer
• Pipe flow

3. 2-D Fluid Flow

• Lid-driven cavity flow
• Channel flow
• Stream functions and velocity potentials
• Navier-Stokes equations

4. 2-D Heat Transfer

• Steady-state conduction in 2-D
• Convection-diffusion problems
• Boundary conditions

5. 3-D Fluid Flow

• 3-D flow visualization
• Complex geometries
• Pressure-velocity coupling

6. 3-D Heat Transfer

• 3-D conduction problems
• Coupled heat and mass transfer
• Industrial applications

7. Advanced Topics

• Coupled fluid flow and heat transfer
• Turbulence modeling basics
• Computational efficiency

Usage

Navigate to the notebooks/ directory and open the desired topic folder. Notebooks are numbered in recommended order.

Contributing

If you find errors or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This material is intended for educational purposes for ChBE 3300 students.

Contact

For questions about the course material, please contact your instructor.