Hands-on CFD educational interface for engineering courses and laboratories

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-83

  Stern, Frederick ^a,f   Xing, Tao ^a   Yarbrough, Donald B ^a,g   Rothmayer, Alric ^b,f   Rajagopalan, Ganesh ^b,f   Otta, Shourya Prakash ^b,f   Caughey, David ^c,h   Bhaskaran, Rajesh ^c,f   Smith, Sonya ^d,i   Hutchings, Barbara ^e,f   Moeykens, Shane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d Howard University   (United States)

^e ANSYS INC   (United States)

^f Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^g Center for Evaluation and Assessment   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Computer Science College of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted learning; Hands on CFD Educational Interface; Simulation technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURRICULA; FLUID MECHANICS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); STUDENTS;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING; HANDS-ON CFD EDUCATIONAL INTERFACE; SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33646829271     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2006.tb00878.x     Document Type: Article

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