Energy, Emissions and the Environment Research Group

CFD Training Course: About the course

Course Structure

Comprehensive instructions on downloading and installation of Open Source CFD software, along with an Open Source CAD package, will be provided. Participants will undertake step-by-step training on simulating various practical cases comprising oil and gas pipelines, turbomachinery, vehicle aerodynamics and control valves.

Learning Outcomes

The participants will be introduced to the application of Open Source CFD for solving a wide variety of challenging industrial flow problems with an emphasis on calculation of design parameters.  Detailed information on all aspects of Open Source CFD will be provided. This will include setup, running simulations and post-processing the results. The results obtained will be tested for their accuracy through a well-developed validation process against the benchmark data. This course will be useful to both new users as well as existing users wishing to broaden their knowledge of CFD computation. It is especially useful for design engineers working in the following sectors: oil and gas, turbomachinery, aerodynamics, valve and various other process industries. This course is also useful for research students, researchers as well as new members of academic staff who wish to use Open Source CFD simulations.

Course Content

The course will include:

  • Installation of Open Source CAD package
  • Installation of windows based Open Source CFD package
  • Installation of Open Source post-processing package
  • Open Source CFD filing hierarchy
  • Geometry creation using Open Source CAD package
  • Mesh generation and details
  • Field initialisation and boundary conditions
  • Selection of appropriate turbulence model
  • Solver and material settings
  • Solution monitoring and control
  • Visualisation of field parameters
  • Parallel processing
  • Creating animations
  • Tutorials on Oil and Gas pipelines
  • Tutorials on Turbo-machinery
  • Tutorials on Vehicle Aerodynamics
  • Tutorials on Control Valves

Trainers

The course will be run by Dr Taimoor Asim, an expert in Fluid Dynamics. Dr Asim specialises in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Oil and Gas Engineering, Valve Technology, Turbomachinery and Aerodynamics. Dr Asim has extensive industrial and academic research expertise in the use of Open Source CFD codes for a wide variety of flow handing applications. Dr Asim has extensive experience in delivering Open Source CFD training courses.

Course materials

A high-quality, A4-sized booklet will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Course dates and times

This three-day course runs from Tuesday 3 April until Thursday 5 April. The course will start each day at 09:15 and finish at 17:15 (local time). Participants are expected to attend all three days. Refreshments and lunch will be provided each day.