Unlock the Power of CFD with OpenFOAM: Free Online Course!
Join Engineering Fluid Dynamics and the Center of Engineering Multiscale Modeling Fluid Flow for the second series of our “Introduction to OpenFOAM” online course! Whether you’re a beginner or looking to solidify your foundation, this comprehensive series will guide you through the essentials of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) using the powerful OpenFOAM software.
What You’ll Learn
This free, 11-lecture series covers a wide range of topics, designed to take you from the basics of CFD to practical applications in OpenFOAM.
- Lecture 1 (11.03.2025): Introduction to CFD
- What is CFD?
- CFD vs. other approaches
- CFD workflow
- CFD tools
- Why OpenFOAM?
- Lecture 2 (18.03.2025): CFD Fundamentals
- Finite volume approach
- Discretization
- Pressure – Velocity coupling
- Lecture 3 (25.03.2025): First Steps in Linux
- OpenFOAM on different operating systems
- What is Linux and why Linux?
- Basic Linux know-how
- Lecture 4 (01.04.2025): Basic Case Setup
- How to set up a case
- Structure of different files and folders
- Different settings in setup files
- Case setup troubleshooting
- Lecture 5 (08.04.2025): The Interface to the Rest of the World
- Initial and boundary conditions
- Time stepping
- Lecture 6 (22.04.2025): Mesh – Basic
- Different mesh types
- Basic mesh generation
- Lecture 7 (29.04.2025): OpenFOAM Mesh – Real Geometries
- Let’s mesh something more realistic
- Lecture 8 (06.05.2025): Models in OpenFOAM
- Viscosity
- Turbulence
- Multiphase
- Lecture 9 (13.05.2025): Beyond CFD
- How to simulate particles
- Is it possible to bring particles to fluid simulations?
- Lecture 10 (20.05.2025): Parallel Processing
- Why is it needed?
- How does it work?
- How is it implemented and how to use it
- Lecture 11 (27.05.2025): Under the Hood
- First glimpse into the code
- Your first customization in OpenFOAM
Course details
- Level: Beginner
- Starting: Tuesday, 11 March 2025
- Time: Weekly, Tuesdays from 16:00 – 17:00 CET (The live stream will start 5 minutes before the lecture begins – 15:55 CET)
- Location: Online (YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dzXfdJY7)
- Lecturers: Bahram Haddadi and Hamidreza Norouzi
- Cost: Free