Practical CFD Simulation Course1: OpenFoam & CFD Software-Run3

March 05 to April 30, 2024.  (17sessions x 90 min, 9 Weeks). From Basic Material & Energy Balance, Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer Mechanisms and Deriving Navier Stokes Equations towards Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Methods and OpenFOAM Simulation (Registration Form👇, late registration until 25 March is possible considering available recorded videos of the past lectures).

Some highlights:

• In addition to the main lecture time by two main professors, team working will be promoted via 4 Teaching Assistant supports (Two TA for your fluid dynamics questions and two TA for installing OpenFOAM and setting first simulations step-b-step) via live online office advisory supports (Text, Audio and Video) on World-Academies.
• In addition to the certification for the participants, the Professors can provide recommendation letters for the active participants, involved in discussions during the course, and replying the tasks and small simulation projects.
• In addition to 17 main lectures, there will be also a workshop session on SimScale for two hours.
• The participants will receive one year SimScale Academic License.

Registration Form

About the course:

World-Academies, the Knowledge Management Startup for Remote Training and Research (RTR) collaborations, based at Technical University of Dresden in Germany, organizes online course “Practical CFD Simulation with OpenFoam & CFD Platforms” such as SimScale from March 05 to April 30, 2024. The course is designed to be presented within 17 sessions x 90 min, (9 Weeks, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16:00-17:30, Berlin Time Zone), covering subjects from basic concepts of material and energy balance, fluid dynamics, mass & heat transfer and Navier-Stokes Equations towards computational solution algorithms and CFD simulations using OpenFoam and CFD Software.  The participants will be supported for one-year Academic License of SimScale, our industrial partner.  The selected participants can work with World-Academies and partners as RTR collaborators on related CFD projects. 

Zellescher Weg 20 b (startup office 5), 01217 Dresden, Germany, world-academies.com

Course Content

Part I: Basic Concepts in Fluid Dynamics Modeling and Transport Phenomena (Momentum Heat & Mass Transfer)

Lecture 1: Key concepts in fluid dynamics modeling, Principle Laws (conservation of mass & energy) and Particular Laws (Transport mechanism of mass, momentum and energy,

Lecture 2:  Fluid element differential analysis and momentum shell balance

Lecture 3: Fluid Mechanics, Heat & Mass Transfer integrated concepts (overview on essential concepts)

Lecture 4: Navier-Stokes Equations, General Continuity, Momentum and /energy Equations

Part II-Finite Difference Method as Basis of CFD

Lecture 5- Introduction to numerical simulations as alternative solutions for N.S. Equations.

-Classification of the partial differential equations (parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic) 

-Discretization and numerical solution algorithms

Lecture 6- Basic CFD Simulation Case Studies: Steady and unsteady 1D and 2D fluid flow and heat transfer, Compressibility Effects (Basic Thermo-Fluid Concepts and CFD Approach Relevance

Lecture 7- Turbulent Flows, Concepts & Modeling (RANS, Wall Functions, SST K-W & K-Epsilon, LES, RMS).

Part III: Learning CFD with OpenFOAM, a Practical Approach
Lecture 8: First simulation in OpenFOAM (simple heat transfer and internal fluid flow )
Lecture 9: Mesh generation, quality and tools in OpenFOAM
Lecture 10: Discretization and numeric consideration in OpenFOAM (1), 1D simulation
Lecture 11: Discretization and numeric consideration in OpenFOAM (2), multi-dimensional simulation
Lecture 12: Pressure-velocity coupling algorithms, external flow simulation in OpenFOAM, various boundary conditions
Lecture 13: Physical properties and reaction models in OpenFOAM, simultaneous heat transfer and reaction simulation.
Lecture 14: Mixing operation in OpenFOAM (use of snappy HexMesh and mesh motion)
Lecture 15: Code programing & customization in OpenFOAM, creating a new solver in OpenFOAM.
Lecture 16: Multiphase System Simulation: Front Tracking, Front Capturing, VOF, Surface Force, Interfacial Properties, Soft Matter B.C..
Lecture 17 (Extra session): Turbulence modeling in OpenFOAM
Note: The mentioned topics will be covered during 16 sessions, however, depends on the course progress the topics might be transferred from one to another sessions, a bit earlier or later.

Registration Fee and Payments:

The regular registration fee is 150 Euro. Discounts: Students 50%, World Academies (WAC) Members* 50 % , WAC-Students 60 %, WAC Group Leaders** & Selected RTR Applicants*** up to 100 % (depends on the RTR collaboration activities). WAC can consider 20% of the course capacity for the selected WAC RTR Applicants and Group Leaders.

Payment Method:

Please transfer your registration fee via Paypal or Credit Card implemented in online registration form during submission or directly via Paypal payment to @worldacademies ( paypal.me/worldacademies ). Deadline is 20 February, however, the priority of the registration confirmation is for the participants who complete the registration earlier. For any support please to: workshop@world-academies.com )