Course description
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is both a popular field of scientific research and an engineering tool to simulate the flow inside or around bodies.
Using numerical methods and advanced algorithmic techniques, engineers and scientists can accurately predict the flow physics and quantify the forces exerted on bodies.
As the course is hands-on, you will be able to apply your knowledge using the latest and most popular software to pre-process, solve, post-process and validate CFD data. The highly-skilled facilitators will demonstrate the use of CFD for industrial-scale applications through case studies.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is ideal for:
- employees within SMEs looking to use CFD in future projects;
- larger business 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 refresher course on the basics of CFD and the capabilities of modern cutting-edge software methods.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On completion of the course you will be able to appreciate the fundamentals of fluid dynamics and numerical technique and understand the formal workflow of modern CFD processes.
Training Course Content
Core content
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.
Course delivery details
Course structure
In addition to the lectures, half of the five day 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. All delegates will receive a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course.
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