Dr Darrin Stephens will deliver this two-day course at the
training facility located close to Melbourne CBD. The two
day introductory training in OpenFOAM is designed to enable
CFD practitioners to start using OpenFOAM for practical
computations. The methodology employed consists of a series
of lectures that provide a general understanding of OpenFOAM
topics followed by hands-on work. No knowledge of the
OpenFOAM library is assumed. Rudimentary Linux commands and
their relationships to hands-on examples are explained. This
training focuses on the OpenFOAM Foundation version 2.1.1 of
OpenFOAM.


Participants will be able to use OpenFOAM independently in
their daily work after this training.


Day 1

Introduction
Overview of Linux commands
OpenFOAM: A library for Scientific Computing
Mesh generation, conversion and set-up: importing Fluent meshes,
Material properties, initial and boundary conditions,
Running the solver,
Hand-on examples.


Day 2

Finite Volume Discretisation: theoretical base of OpenFOAM,
Field inialisation, post-processing and field probes,
Hands-on examples,
Mesh generation with Pointwise,
Turbulence models and bounday conditions,
Using OpenFOAM in parallel.


A hard copy of the training notes will be provided together
with a USB stick with a working copy of the OpenFOAM and
workshop files from the course. For hands-on examples,
attendees will have access to desktop computers with
OpenFOAM installed.


There are no special requirements on CFD or a programming
background.


Price and Registration details:

Industry: $1200 inc GST per person.
Academic: $800 inc GST per person.