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The modern
technology requires a deeper understanding of the behavior of real fluid on other hand
mathematical problems solved by new discovery. Fluids mechanics have many important role
in our society especially on engineering fields. For chemical engineering, it used in process
industry, for the computational fluid dynamics for oil and gas industry, for medical research
The chemical engineer is responsible for the storage and transfer of the materials to
the reactor. Likely to involve pumps and piping. They may involve pneumatic conveying
(powders blown along in gas - more tricky). If one is a gas, then the flow will be by pressure
which means we have to allow for the change in density as it expands along the pipe (and the
Fluid mechanics may have complicated systems where the analytical solution is tedious
and time consuming. Changing one or more boundary conditions may add more challenges.
Computer software provides easy and flexible solution to the fluid mechanics systems even
when the boundary conditions are changing to describe the reality. In this work MATLAB code
is used to solve the well-known third order ordinary differential equation that is Blasius
equation. The results obtained are compared to other numerical and analytical solution
The MATLAB code used to solve Blasius equation is written using Euler method as
follows:
i. Algorithm
1. Start
m,a,b,h,ya,ffa
m = 80
a = 0.0
b = 8
h = (b-a)/m
ya = 0
za = .39
ffa = 0
If yes, continue to 6
If no proceed to 9
7. Add a step
8. Return to 5
10.Plot (eta,z).
11.End.
ii. Output
the published data. The other figure shows the comparing data of obtained and data obtained
by numerical integration. And we can determine the small difference between the two figures.
Results showed that with a simple code written using MATLAB the problem can be
simulated and solved easily. A comparison between the solution obtained by MATLAB and
the solutions published in literature showed a comparable results and same trends. Computers
software allows getting very accurate results depending on the numerical method selected for
the solution.
In chemical engineering, solution to each and every unsteady state problem can be
obtained from differential equation with appropriate boundary conditions. Heat balance,mass
balance and momentum balance all end up in a differential equation. Matlab can be used as
a tool to solve differential equations. Thus matlab can be used to get solutions of chemical
The tool is very important. It will save your time and will allow you to deal with more
complex problems. With MATLAB, you can solve differential equations, plot graphs etc. It’s
easy to learn and very powerful. Its Simulink package is good for designing process control.
References:
https://www.academia.edu/12119005/Applications_of_Fluid_Mechanics_in_Different_Engin
eering_Fields
https://www.quora.com/What-is-importance-of-fluid-mechanics-in-chemical-engineering
https://www.quora.com/How-important-is-MATLAB