Course in Open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics is a course for PhD students. The two-day course introduces students to OpenFOAM as a CFD tool and gives them hands-on experience in using OpenFOAM. The course is run together with Johan Rønby.

What is taught

• Workflow with Docker and OpenFOAM
• OpenFOAM-specific variables
• Integration of Microsoft Visual Studio Code and OpenFOAM through Docker
• Meshing using blockMesh
• Meshing using snappyHexMesh
• Boundary and initial conditions
• Fluid properties and turbulence modelling
• Solver settings and discretisation schemes
• Data visualisation and animations with ParaView