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During a typical shift event, one or more clutches are brought to engagement while others are released in order to change the torque transmission path. A mismatch in torque level and handshake timing between the off-going and on-coming clutches affects the shift quality. In order to capture the dynamic behavior of the torque response and estimate the temperature rise at the friction disk and separator plate interfaces during the engagement process, several numerical models have been developed. The earliest of these models was presented by Berger et al. which was later modified and enhanced by Natsumeda et al. and Yang et al. However, these models cannot capture the dynamic behavior of grooved clutch disks. Hence, development of a wet clutch engagement simulation model using commercial CFD simulation tool, which can capture the dynamic behaviors of no groove and grooved disks, becomes a pressing need.