NAFEMS Advanced CFD Course
3rd to 5th April 2018, Singapore

“Even experienced CFD users find choosing the right turbulence model a challenge. In his course on Turbulence, Kamran provided exceedingly useful and clear descriptions of the available models in most CFD codes. The course was very helpful in deciding which turbulence model should be used in order to provide the best combination of accuracy and efficiency. I would strongly recommend this course to all CFD users.” Keagan Chee @NING Research

Motivation

The NAFEMS Advanced CFD course provides an in-depth practical and structured understanding of the most important technical aspects of CFD simulation which are the basis for robust CFD solutions across a broad range of application areas.

The course is broken into two parts. Part One covers the fundamentals of CFD and serves as an introduction for those relatively new to CFD and a refresher for experienced users. This helps to ensure all students have a common level of understanding and are ready for the more advanced concepts. In Part 2, a full day is spent on turbulence modelling. It explains the various models available and how, why and when to use them. The final day cover other advanced CFD capabilities, which are becoming much more commonly used, such as multiphase flow and fluid structure interaction. We finish the course with a discussion of steps required to perform verification and validation of the CFD solution.

Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed at practicing engineers who wish to learn more about how to apply Computational Fluid Dynamic techniques to their particular problems in the most effective manner. This course is useful for managers who review CFD reports and contract suppliers.

The material presented is independent of any particular software package, making it ideally suited to current and potential users of all commercial finite element software systems. This course is a must for all engineers aiming to use CFD as a reliable predictive tool for the analysis of fluid and gas flow as well as those working on multi-physics problems where CFD is coupled with FEA or other simulation software.

Companies moving into CFD technology to improve product designs or assess prototype failures or speed the design process will benefit from sending key engineers to this course.

The course is open to both members
and non-members of NAFEMS.

Day 1- Revision on Fundamentals of CFD

• The role of CFD
• Fluid dynamics definitions and governing principles
• Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics (Continuity, Momentum and Energy Equations)
• Important phenomena & concept in fluid dynamics:
  - Fluid properties
  - Boundary layer
  - Pressure loss & recovery
  - Flow separation
  - Shocks
• Non-dimensionalization and flow classifications
• CFD basics
  - Geometry and model simplification
  - Meshing and mesh quality
  - Initial and boundary conditions
  - Analysis- monitoring and convergence
  - Post processing
• Differencing alternatives
  - Finite difference
  - Finite volume
  - Finite elements
• Pressure based vs. density based schemes
• Implicit vs. explicit
• Discussions on errors and uncertainties

Day 2-Part 2/1: CFD Advanced Topics

• Turbulence Modeling
  - Understanding turbulence
  - Energy cascade and vortex stretching
  - Turbulence scales
  - Turbulence simulation approaches
  - RANS time averaging
  - Turbulence modeling
  - First order models: One-equation & Two-equations models
  - Dealing with walls
  - Wallfunction and wall integration
  - Setting boundary conditions
  - URANS
  - Turbulence models comparison
  - Choosing a modeling approach
  - Large eddy simulation
  - Hybrid turbulence models and scale resolving simulation

Day 3-Part 2/2: CFD Advanced Topics

• Fluid Structure Interaction
  - Need for CFD in structural analyses
  - Physical and numerical coupling
  - Weak to very strong coupling
  - 1-way, 2-way, and full coupled approaches
  - Flow induced vibration problem
• Heat transfer analysis
  - Modes of heat transfer
  - Forced vs. natural convection
  - Prandtl number and thermal boundary layer
  - Wall boundary conditions
  - Heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number
  - Periodic flows
  - Conjugate heat transfer
• Multiphase flow modeling
  - Examples, objectives, and challenges
  - Multiphase flow classifications
  - Variables of interest
  - Eulerian methods - VOF, Mixture, and Eulerian-Eulerian
• Model models
  - Cavitation modeling
  - Fluid-particle coupling
  - Particulate loading - 1-way, 2-way, and 4-way coupling
• Quality of CFD Simulations
  - Errors and uncertainties
  - Best practice for managing errors and uncertainties
  - Validation &verification
  - CFD in design and optimization 

More Information

Venue: Holiday Inn Singapore, Orchard City Centre
Presenter: Kamran Fouladi
Event Flyer: here
Online Booking: here.
Offline Booking Form: here (email to info@c4d.com.sg)

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