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).

Location (online / on-site)

von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

Waterloosesteenweg 72

B-1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode (near Brussels)

Parking and Safety Information

Parking places are available on the premises, just before the security fence.

To enter, please ring the bell at the fence.

Programme

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

Eligibility Criteria

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.

Fee and Registration

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.

REGISTRATION

Price for citizens of NATO countries

	Early registration	Late registration
Undergraduate students	221	245
PhD students	605	672
Staff from recognized universities / research center	958	1064
Staff from commercial organizations	1210	1344

Price for citizens of other countries

	Early registration	Late registration
Undergraduate students	315	350
PhD students	864	960
Staff from recognized universities / research center	1368	1520
Staff from commercial organizations	1728	1920

Information for PhD candidates and undergraduate students: To obtain the reduced price, the applicant must provide a recommendation letter from his or her professor; if not, the request will not be taken into consideration.

Special reduction

Rebates can be given for group subscriptions along the following scheme :

- 5 persons of the same organization -2%
- 10 persons of the same organization -5%
- 20 persons of the same organization -10%

Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Waterloosesteenweg 72, B-1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode