The objective of these hybrid (online / on-site) lecture series on "Introduction to CFD" is to provide an elementary tutorial presentation on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), emphasizing the fundamentals and surveying a variety of solution techniques whose applications range from low speed incompressible flow to hypersonic flow.
The course is aimed at persons who have had little or no experience in this field, both recent graduates as well as professional engineers, and will provide
- an insight into the philosophy and power of CFD
- an understanding of the mathematical nature of the fluid dynamics equations
- a familiarity with various solution techniques
At the conclusion of the course, an attendee will be well prepared to understand the literature in this field, to follow more sophisticated state-of-the-art lecture series, and to begin the application of CFD to his or her special areas of concern. The techniques to be discussed will be applicable to all fields of fluid dynamics including aeronautics, industrial flows, wind energy etc.
The Director of this lecture series is Professor Georg May of the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI).
Deadline Early Bird Registration: 22 November 2023
Deadline to register (on-site): 8 January 2024
Deadline to register (online): 15 January 2024
A discount of 10% is applied for online participation
Monday 22 January 2024
08:30 Registration
08:45 Welcome, Introductory remarks
09:00 Lecture 1: Introduction
- Computational Mechanics
- Flow Phenomena
- Governing Equations
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner, Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics, College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
10:30 Break
11:00 Lecture 2:
- Simplifications
- Model Equations and Properties
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture 3:
- Spatial and Temporal Discretization
- Solution of Large Systems of Equations
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
15:30 Break
16:00 Lecture 4: Compressible Flow Solvers
- Upwinding, Approximate Riemann Solvers, Limiting
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
17:30 Reception (only for on-site participants)
Tuesday 23 January 2024
09:00 Lecture 5: Incompressible Flow Solvers
- SIMPLE/Projection/… , Free Surface Flows
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
10:30 Break
11:00 Lecture 6: Mesh Generation and Adaptation
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture 7: Moving Bodies/Deforming Geometrues
- ALE, Overlapping, Embedded and Immersed Methods
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
15:30 Break
16:00 Lecture 8: Optimization
- Gradient-Free, Gradient-Based, Adjoints
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
17:30 End of the day
Wednesday 24 January 2024
09:00 Lecture 9: Effective Use of Supercomputing Hardware
- Vector, MIMD, GPUs
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
10:30 Break
11:00 Lecture 10: Conclusions and Outlook
- Lessons Learned
- Extrapolations
- Existential Musings
- Open Problems
Prof. Dr. Rainald Löhner
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture 11: Finite volume methods
Prof. Georg May, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
15:30 Break
16:00 Lecture 12: Introduction to finite element methods
Prof. Georg May
17:30 End of the day
Thursday 25 January 2024
09:00 Lecture 13: Implicit time dependent methods for compressible flow problems
Prof. Gérard Degrez, von Karman Institute and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
10:30 Break
11:00 Lecture 14: Well-posedness of equations and numerical consequences for simple flow problems
Prof. Gérard Degrez
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture 15: Stability properties of time integration methods
Prof. Gérard Degrez
15:30 Break
16:00 Lecture 16: Construction of implicit time dependent methods for compressible flow problems
Prof. Gérard Degrez
17:30 End of the day
Friday 26 January 2024
09:00 Lecture 17: Aspects of CFD computations using open source and commercial packages
Dr. Lilla Koloszar, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium
10:30 Break
11:00 Lecture 18: A brief introduction to turbulence models
Dr.-Ing. Florian Menter, Ansys, Germany
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Lecture 19: A brief introduction to turbulence models (continued)
Dr.-Ing. Florian Menter
15:30 End of the day
The citizens of the following countries are eligible to attend the von Karman Institute Lecture Series: check our eligibility criteria here
VKI reserves the right to request a clearance check with Belgian authorities.
The participants will have to present their ID card (for EU citizens) or passport (for other citizens) the first day of the lecture series.
Sales Conditions:
| on-site - Undergraduate Students (Proof Needed) (Full) | 350.0 |
| on-site - PhD Students (Proof Needed) (Full) | 960.0 |
| on-site - Recognized Universities / Research Center (Full) | 1520.0 |
| on-site - Commercial Organizations (Full) | 1920.0 |
| on-site - Special Registration (Full) | 0.0 |
| online - Undergraduate Students (Proof Needed) (full) | 315.0 |
| online - PhD Students (Proof Needed) (full) | 864.0 |
| online - Recognized Universities / Research Center (full) | 1368.0 |
| online - Commercial Organizations (full) | 1728.0 |
| online - Special Registration (full) | 0.0 |
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Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics 2024
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