Introductory course to OpenFOAM® 2026
Date: 24-25 March 2026
Location: on-site: Waterloosesteenweg, 72, 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium - near Brussels
About the course
The course gives a practical introduction to the structure and usability of OpenFoam and OpenFOAM related applications (snappyHexMesh, paraview). Besides the general introduction the participants will perform a complete numerical simulation starting from choosing the solver till post-processing.
The second day will be partially dedicated to the open source mesh generator snappyHexMesh and a multiphase simulation will be performed with the obtained mesh.
The course is organized by Dr. Silvania Lopes, Research Engineer at the von Karman Institute. Part of lectures will be given by von Karman Institute PhD candidates.
The course will take place on-site only. There is no remote option.
Programme
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:15 General introduction to OpenFOAM
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Pre-processing
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Simulation setup
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:00 Tutorial on incompressible RANS simulation – Post-processing
17:00 End of course
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
09:00 - 10:15 Meshing with SnappyHexMesh – part 1
10:15 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Meshing with SnappyHexMesh – part 2
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00 Tutorial on incompressible multiphase VOF solver – Simulation setup
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Tutorial on incompressible multiphase VOF solver – Post-processing
16:30 Open discussion
Fee and Registration
Early Bird registration until 24 January 2026
Deadline for registration: 9 March 2026
The course will take place on-site only. There is no remote option.
The price includes the course material, lunches and coffee breaks.
Cancellation fee: 30% till 1 week before, 50% later on.
NOTE: No additional material or equipment is needed for the course. The participants will receive the course note as well as have the possibility to use the workstations in the classroom. Please note, that the number of participants is limited to 10!
For further information please contact: Dr. Sivania Lopes: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Early Bird Registration until 24 January 2026
- Academy: €594
- Non-Academy: €765
Late Registration after 24 January 2026
- Academy: €660
- Non-Academy: €850