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OpenFOAM Foundation Training - Houston, TX
This course introduces the open source CFD toolbox, OpenFOAM. It provides a foundation for all aspects of OpenFOAM, from running cases to programming, so is useful to both new users and existing users wishing to broaden their basic knowledge of OpenFOAM.
Date: September 18, 2017 - September 19, 2017
Location: 11490 Westheimer Road, Suite 600, Houston, Texas, United States
Web Page: http://www.openfoam.com/training/booking.php
Contact Email: lwb@esi-group.com
Organizer: Linda Weber
Softwares: OpenFOAM
Deadlines: August 31, 2017 (registration)
Type of Event: Course, Local
 
Description:

   Topics Covered:
•	The OpenFOAM software distribution
•	Background in the use of Linux/UNIX
•	Basic meshing
•	Field Initialization and boundary conditions
•	Selecting models and setting parameters
•	Solution monitoring and control
•	Mesh conversion (example from Ansys)
•	Boundary conditions
•	Reynolds-averaged simulation from turbulence
•	Post-processing tools and visualization
•	Mesh manipulation
•	Mapping fields
•	Running parallel
•	Creating animations
•	Introduction to C++ and its use in OpenFOAM
•	Code structure and compilation
•	Code walk through for a simple utility
•	The important classes in OpenFOAM
•	The finite volume method and PISO/SIMPLE/PIMPLE 
        algorithms
•	Programming OpenFOAM solvers
•	Introduction to programming boundary conditions
 
Event record first posted on August 9, 2017, last modified on August 15, 2017

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