Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart: CFD with OpenFOAM®

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

To take full advantage of the course offering it would be advisable to have a standing knowledge of using Linux, as it is used for all exercises. Basics in programming will be required for some of the exercises as well as some insights into CFD theory (see e.g. the recording and material of the 2020 CFD course; password required, please refer to howto Self-study-materials & Terms and Conditions of Use).

Content levels

Community level: 33 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Andreas Ruopp (HLRS), Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Harlacher (ZIMT, Uni. Siegen), Thorsten Zirwes (SCC, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie), Elisabeth Beer (Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, co-author only).

Learning outcomes

After this course, participants will:

have gained insight into the case setup, meshing tools like snappyHexMesh and cfMesh.
be able to perform pre- and postprocessing tasks with available OpenFOAM® utilities and additional libraries.
have a detailed understanding of the basic solvers and major aspects of code structure.
be able to code with CFD examples.

Agenda

All times are in the Central European Summer Time zone (Berlin).

The preliminary course outline can be found here (PDF).

Handout

Each participant will get a paper copy of all slides. The course language is German. The slides are in English.

On-site course & COVID rules

Besides the content of the training itself, another important aspect of this event is the scientific exchange among the participants. We try to facilitate such communication by

offering common coffee and lunch breaks and
working together in groups of two during the exercises (if desired by the individual participants and permitted by the COVID-19 rules).

For your safety, we will only allow fully vaccinated or fully recovered or COVID-19 negative tested participants on all days. You must wear a medical face mask or FFP2 mask everywhere on site. If a distance of 1.5 m cannot be guaranteed inside, e.g., if you are working in pairs in exercises, it must be an FFP2 mask. Details can be found on the registration page.

We strongly recommend to choose travel options and hotels with the possibility to cancel (even close to the event) because we might be forced to deliver the course as an online course.

Registration information

Register via the button at the top of this page.
We encourage you to register to the waiting list if the course is full. Places might become available.

Fees

Students without Diploma/Master: 40 EUR.
Students with Diploma/Master (PhD students) at German universities: 90 EUR.
Members of German universities and public research institutes: 90 EUR.
Members of universities and public research institutes within EU or PRACE member countries: 180 EUR.
Members of other universities and public research institutes: 360 EUR.
Others: 960 EUR.

Our course fees includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).
The fee only applies if your application is accepted. In that case you will receive an invoice.

Contact

Khatuna Kakhiani phone 0711 685 65796, kakhiani(at)hlrs.de
Andreas Ruopp phone 0711 685 87259, andreas.ruopp@hlrs.de

PRACE PATC and bwHPC

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), which is one of the six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs) that started in Feb. 2012.

HLRS is also member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC.

This course is also provided within the framework of the bwHPC training program. This course is not part of the PATC curriculum and is not sponsored by the PATC program.

This offering is not approved or endorsed by ESI Group or ESI-OpenCFD®, the producer of the OpenFOAM® software and owner of the OpenFOAM® trademark.

Official course URL(s)

https://www.hlrs.de/training/2022/OF1/

Further courses

See the training overview and the Supercomputing Academy pages.