Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the art of simulating
a flow of fluid or gas in a given geometry. It is often used
to assess the performance of engineering devices, to explore
in a cost-effective manner several competing designs, or to
provide understanding of flow processes within or around a
given configuration.

It is essential to have an excellent understanding of each
of six key stages to produce an accurate CFD simulation.
These key stages include creating or importing your geometry
into CFD software (e.g. a CAD model); creating a
computational grid; choosing the best algorithm for your
problem; running the simulation; verifying the results and
finally post-processing the data.

We will take you through each stage of this process during
the five day course, imparting advice and best practice
guidelines based on our substantial expertise within this field.

The course has a strong emphasis on the application of CFD
with substantial hands-on experience using a number of
meshing packages (POINTWISE and ICEM CFD), a leading
commercial CFD package ANSYS FLUENT and the post-processing
and data analysis package TECPLOT.

Who should attend

This course is ideal for:

- employees within SMEs looking to use CFD in future projects
- larger businesses wishing to provide convenient and
accessible continuing professional development to staff
working in this field
- engineers starting to incorporate CFD into their
existing design processes
- researchers or students who plan to use CFD during their
research project
- experienced engineers looking for a refresher course on
the basics of CFD and the capabilities of modern
cutting-edge software methods.

Benefits

On completion of this course you will have an appreciation
of CFD and underlying theory. This includes the effective
use of grid generation software; an understanding of the
difference numerical methods employed in CFD software; the
choice of appropriate CFD methods and turbulence models;
sources of error; and what is required in order to
demonstrate confidence in your CFD results.

The sponsoring organisation will benefit from having an
employee or researcher who is up to date with
state-of-the-art methods in commercial CFD. The delegate
will understand the formal process to follow to produce
accurate, well validated CFD simulations, and will be
capable of completing a CFD simulation of a given geometry
from scratch including mesh generation, model selection,
post-processing of the results and validation. CFD is a
rapidly growing industry and attending this course will put
you in a strong position for to develop future business in
this field.

Topics

The course features lectures on Fluid Mechanics; Grid
Generation methods; Numerical Methods; CFD for High Speed
Flows, CFD for Low Speed Flows, Principles of Verification
and Validation; Turbulence Modelling; Post-processing and
Visualisation.

Half of the course focuses on hands on experience including
using ICEM and Pointwise to generate computational grids,
FLUENT to analyse low and high speed flows, and TECPLOT to
analyse and visualise the results.