Training Catalogue

 
Fluid Dynamics
CFD-ACE+ Introduction for Fluid
Reference: CFD-A-B

Dynamics and Multiphysics
Level: Basic
Duration: 4 days
Audience: Engineers and physicists wishing to use computational fluid dynamics for their applications
Objectives: Learn the basic features and operation of the CFD-ACE+ suite of tools, the most advanced CFD and Multiphysics software. Leave the class with your own simulation ready to run!
Prerequisites:

None
Description: This course presents the CFD-ACE Graphical User Interface and the Solver, as well as the pre-processor CFD-GEOM, the post-processor CFD-VIEW, and the simulation manager SimManager. Other topics such as CFD-VisCART (adaptive Cartesian mesh generation system), Parallel Processing, Scripting, User Subroutines, etc. are introduced based on class interest.
Course content:

Day 1, AM:

Introduction to Multi Disciplinary Modeling

ESI Group Product Overview

CFD-ACE+ and CFD-ACE-GUI

  • CFD-ACE+ Modules 
  • Unique Attributes of CFD-ACE+ 
  • Theory: General Transport Equation and Numerical Methods 
  • Tour of Graphical User Interface 
  • Hands On CFD Demo Case: Problem Statement, GUI Setup, Solution Generation, Post-Processing with CFD-VIEW

Day 1, PM:

  • Hands-on Multi-Physics Demo Case: Problem Statement, GUI Setup, Solution Generation, Post-Processing with CFD-VIEW 
  • CFD-ACE+ Tutorials: Choice from over 40 Tutorials 
  • CFD-VIEW Tutorials

Day 2, AM:

CFD-GEOM:

  • Introduction 
  • Geometry Construction Tools
  • Structured Grid Generation Procedure
  • Journaling 
  • Hands-On CFD-GEOM Demo Tutorial

Day 2, PM:

  • Unstructured Grid Generation Procedure
  • Hands-On CFD-GEOM Demo Tutorial 
  • CFD-GEOM Tips and Tricks
  • CFD-GEOM Tutorials: Choice from over 30 Tutorials

Day 3, AM:
CFD-GEOM Scripting

  • Introduction to Python Language
  • CFD-GEOM Python Modules
  • Sample CFD-GEOM Script
  • Journaling in CFD-GEOM

Simulation Manager (SimManager)

  • Introduction and Overview
  • Parametric Wizard
  • Optimization Wizard
  • SimManager Scripting
  • SimManager Tutorials

Day 3, PM:
* CFD-ACE+ User Subroutines: Introduction, Uses, Features, Hands On Demo Case, User Subroutine Tutorials
* Parallel Processing (if requested)
* CFD-VisCART (if requested)
* CFD-Micromesh (if requested)
* CFD-Toolkit
* DTF Utilities

Day 4:
One-on-One for Customer Issues/ Problems, and Interaction with CFD-ACE+ Developers if needed
We encourage customers to send problem descriptions and/or sketches to ESI Group at least one week prior to the course. This will facilitate the setup of your cases on this open day of training, and allow us to arrange meetings if necessary with ESI Group developers to discuss specific capabilities and modeling issues.

The course content can be customized according to the participants.

Suggested Next Course(s):
Schedules:

Upcoming training courses:

  • December 09-12, 2008, Santa Clara, CA
  • January 20-23, 2009, Huntsville, AL
  • February 10-13, 2009, Essen, Germany
  • February 10-13, 2009, Santa Clara, CA
  • March 17-20, 2009, Detroit, MI
  • April 14-17, 2009, Santa Clara, CA
  • April 21-24, 2009, Rungis, France
  • May 19-22, 2009, Huntsville, AL
  • June 16-19, 2009, Essen, Germany
  • June 16-19, 2009, Santa Clara, CA
  • July 14-17, 2009, Detroit, MI
  • August 18-21, 2009, Santa Clara, CA
  • September 08-11, 2009, Rungis, France
  • September 15-18, 2009, Huntsville, AL
  • October 13-16, 2009, Essen, Germany
  • October 13-16, 2009, Santa Clara, CA
  • November 03-06, 2009, Detroit, MI
  • December 08-11, 2009, Essen, Germany
  • December 08-11, 2009, Santa Clara, CA

CFD-ACE+ Info-days (Bangalore, India):

  • December 15, 16, 18, 19, 2008
  • February 25, 26, 28, 29, 2009
Registration:

Please contact your local Training Coordinator for further information and to register for this course.