Lecture 1:

Introduction to ANSYS
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Introduction to ANSYS CFX

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Welcome

Welcome to the ANSYS CFX introductory training course!

This training course covers the basics of using ANSYS CFX for
performing a range of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analyses.

It is intended for all new or occasional ANSYS CFX users

Course Contents:

General understanding of the CFD process, and use of the CFX interface
Setting up a CFD simulation (materials, boundary conditions etc.)
Ensuring flow accuracy
Accounting for Turbulence and Heat Transfer
Postprocessing

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Agenda: Day 1
Morning

Lecture 1 Introduction

(10 mins)

Lecture 2 Introduction to Workbench

(10 mins)

Lecture 3 Introduction to CFD Methodology

(30 mins)

Demonstration

(30 mins)

Workshop 1 Mixing Tee

(1 hour)

Lecture 4 Domains, Boundary Conditions and Sources (40 mins)

Afternoon

Lecture 5 Post-processing

Workshop 2 Garage Fire

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(20 mins)

(1.5 hours)

Lecture 6 Solver Settings & .out file

(45 mins)

Workshop 3 Airfoil (continued on day 2)

(0.75 hrs)

Lecture 7 Summary/Review of Day

(10 mins)

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Agenda: Day 2
Morning

Lecture 8 Interfaces and Moving Zones

Workshop 4 Axial Fan Stage

Lecture 9 Heat Transfer

Workshop 5 Electronics Cooling

Afternoon

(30 mins)
(1 hr)
(40 mins)

Lecture 11 Transient Simulations

(20 mins)
(1.5 hrs)

Lecture 12 Best Practices for CFD

(40 mins)

Continuation of Airfoil WS

(0.75 hrs)

Lecture 13 CEL, CCL and Additional Variables

(30mins)

Lecture 14 Summary/Review of Day

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(0.5 hr)

Lecture 10 Turbulence Modelling

Workshop 6 Vortex Shedding

(30 mins)

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