Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation is a very powerful tool for flow field prediction. It can provide reliable results if properly implemented. It can help with and strengthen senior students’ graduation project analysis and implementation. Moreover, as a graduate student, I relied on it extensively to validate my analytical research results. However, performing a CFD simulation could be a tedious process, especially if one does not specialize in the CFD research field. What even makes it harder, are all the abbreviations encountered within this field (e.g., RANS, LES, DES, S-A, k-w SST, etc.) Which one should I select? Are my results correct? It is taking eternity to perform one single simulation on my PC. Is it possible to freely run my simulations on UCI High Performance Computing Unit? These are some of the questions that you could encounter while implementing a CFD simulation. That is, because performing CFD simulation relying on commercial packages requires a variety of skill set, not to mention the needed scientific background. The crash course will briefly answer the previously posed questions, provide essential knowledge and information for performing accurate CFD simulations.
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