von Karman Institute Lecture Series and Events

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

From January 21-25, 2013

von Karman Institute, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium

The objective of this course 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. While the techniques to be discussed will be applicable to all fields of fluid dynamics, the lecturers and the majority of examples presented will carry a strong flavor of aeronautics.

The Director of this lecture series is Professor G. Degrez of the von Karman Institute.

Timetable

Monday 21 January 2013

• 08:45 Registration
• 09:15 Welcome, introductory remarks
• 09:45 Basic philosophy of CFD
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr., University of Maryland, USA
• 11:00 Forms of the governing equations particularly suited for CFD: non-conservative, conservative, flux vectors
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 14:00 Mathematical properties of the fluid dynamic equations : influence on appropriate numerical techniques; stability considerations
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 15:45 Mathematical properties of the fluid dynamic equations (continued)
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 17:00 Reception

Tuesday 22 January 2013

• 09:00 Discretisation of partial differential equations: finite differences
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 11:00 Discretisation of partial differential equations (continued)
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 14:00 Transformation and grids
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 15:45 Explicit methods for inviscid and viscous compressible flows
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.

Wednesday 23 January 2013

• 09:00 Explicit methods (continued)
  Prof. J.D. Anderson, Jr.
• 11:00 Implicit time dependent methods for inviscid and viscous compressible flows
  Prof. G. Degrez, von Karman Institute, Belgium
• 14:00 Implicit methods (continued)
  Prof. G. Degrez
• 15:45 Implicit methods (continued)
  Prof. G. Degrez

Thursday 24 January 2013

• 09:00 Implicit methods (continued)
  Prof. G. Degrez
• 11:00 Finite volume methods
  Prof. E. Dick, University of Gent, Belgium
• 14:00 Finite element methods
  Prof. E. Dick
• 15:45 Finite element methods (continued)
  Prof. E. Dick

Friday 25 January 2013

• 09:00 Aspects of CFD computations with commercial packages
  Prof. J. Vierendeels, University of Gent, Belgium
• 11:00 A brief introduction to turbulence models
  Dr.-Ing. F. Menter, Ansys, Germany
• 13:45 A brief introduction to turbulence models (continued)
  Dr.-Ing. F. Menter
• 15:00 Adjourn

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Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium