The objective of these 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 principal lecturer Dr. M. Perić is co-author of a well known monography on Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics. The Director of this lecture series is Professor H. Deconinck of the von Karman Institute.

Program

Monday 22 January 2018

• 08:30     Registration
• 09:00     Welcome, introductory remarks
• 09:15     Introduction to CFD and properties of numerical solution methods
  Dr. M. Perić, "CoMeT" GmbH and University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• 10:30    Coffee break    
• 11:00     Governing equations in various forms and the consequences for CFD
  Dr. M. Perić
• 12:15    Lunch
• 14:00     Basic principles of finite-difference and finite volume discretization      
  Dr. M. Perić
• 15:15    Coffee break
• 15:45     Time-integration methods, boundary and initial conditions, and solution approaches         
  Dr. M. Perić
• 17:00     Reception

Tuesday 23 January 2018

• 09:00     Multigrid acceleration, accuracy aspects and error estimation in CFD
  Dr. M. Perić
• 10:15    Coffee break
• 10:45    Parallel computing in CFD
  Dr. M. Perić
• 12:00    Lunch
• 14:00     Discretization methods for complex geometries
  Dr. M. Perić
• 15:15    Coffee Break
• 15:45     Solution methods for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations
  Dr. M. Perić

Wednesday 24 January 2018

• 09:00     Solution methods for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations  (Cont’d)
  Dr. M. Perić
• 10:15    Coffee break
• 10:45     Finite volume methods
  Prof. H. Deconinck, von Karman Institute, Belgium
• 12:00    Lunch
• 14:00     Introduction to finite element methods
  Prof. H. Deconinck
• 15:15    Coffee Break
• 15:45     Introduction to finite element methods (Cont’d)
  Prof. H. Deconinck

Thursday 25 January 2018

• 09:00    Implicit time dependent methods for compressible flow  problems (Cont’d)
  Prof. G. Degrez
• 10:15    Coffee break
• 10:45    Well-posedness of equations and numerical consequences for simple flow problems
  Prof. G. Degrez, von Karman Institute, Belgium
• 12:00    Lunch
• 14:00     Stability properties of time integration methods                
  Prof. G. Degrez
• 15:15    Coffee Break
• 15:45     Construction of implicit time dependent methods for compressible flow problems 
  Prof. G. Degrez

Friday 26 January 2018

• 09:00     Aspects of CFD computations with commercial packages
  Prof. J. Vierendeels, University of Gent, Belgium
• 10:15    Coffee break
• 10:45     A brief introduction to turbulence models
  F. Menter, Ansys, Germany
• 12:00    Lunch
• 14:00    A brief introduction to turbulence models (Cont’d)
  F. Menter
• 15:15    End of the Lecture Series