Multiphysical Simmulation in Automotive Industry (FSI-QMO)

Academic year 2025/2026
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Pavel Novotný, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: ÚADI all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
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The course-unit credit is conditioned by active participation in the seminars, proper preparation of the semester work and fulfillment of the conditions of the control tests. The exam verifies the knowledge gained during lectures and seminars and is divided into a written theoretical part, part of the computational solution of lubrication, fluid flow and heat transfer, and an oral part. The exam considers the work of the student in the exercise. The student must score more than one-half of the total points for the successful completion of the test. An oral examination can test the student's knowledge of the subject and influence the final grade.

Exercises are compulsory, and the form of replacing the missed lessons is solved individually by the lecturer or with the course guarantor. Lectures are optional but strongly recommended.
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    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Computer-assisted exercise  13 × 2 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture

  1. Basic concepts in multiphysical simulations

  2. Advanced volume discretization methods with applications to motor vehicles and powertrains

  3. Fundamentals of fluid flow and heat transfer using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

  4. Fluid flow domain and boundary condition modelling by CFD

  5. Numeric solution of transport equations

  6. Modelling of turbulent fluid flow by CFD

  7. Modelling of transient turbulent fluid flow by CFD

  8. Modelling of heat transfer by CFD

  9. Component lubrication description

  10. Modelling of hydrodynamic lubrication with application to turbocharger bearings

  11. Lubrication modelling of highly loaded contact pairs with application to powertrains

  12. Modelling of external aerodynamics with application to passenger vehicles

  13. Modelling of thermodynamics with application to centrifugal compressors of turbochargers
    Computer-assisted exercise

  1. Introduction of tools for CFD application

  2. Application of mesh generation methods for solids and domains

  3. Application of mesh generation methods for CFD simulations

  4. Creation of computational models for CFD simulations

  5. Application basics for CFD tools

  6. Simulation of component lubrication using CFD

  7. Simulation of flow in a turbocharger compressor

  8. Simulation and analysis of component lubrication

  9. Simulation of oil flow in the lubrication system

  10. Simulation and analysis of external aerodynamics of vehicle components

  11. Simulation of the vehicle external aerodynamics

  12. Simulation of gas flow through a thin gap

  13. Test in the form of a practical application of a CFD tool
Literature - fundamental:
1. ZIKANOV Oleg. Essential Computational Fluid Dynamics. John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-470-42329-5
2. STACHOWIAK, Gwidon W. a Andrew W. BATCHELOR. Engineering Tribology. 3. vyd. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. ISBN 0-7506-7836-4.
Literature - recommended:
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NGUYEN-SCHÄFER, Hung. Rotordynamics of Automotive Turbochargers. Second Edition. Ludwigsburg, Germany: Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-17643-7.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
N-AAE-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory-optional 2 2 W
N-ADI-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 6 Compulsory-optional 2 2 W