Fundamentals of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 13  Chapters

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ multiphysics simulation, geometry processing, meshing, solver settings, post processing, and other aspects of the simulation workflow.

1 Learning Experience Overview 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Stepping into the workflow 9 Topics

1. Overview of CFD in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
2. Lab: Navigating the GUI
3. Discovering the GUI (graphical user interface)
4. Describing the graphical user interface of Simcenter STAR-CCM+
5. Knowledge Check: GUI elements
6. Discussing essential concepts of Simcenter STAR-CCM+
7. Introducing the workflow for a cooling pipe
8. Lab: Workflow in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
9. Knowledge check: Overview

3 Workflow details 8 Topics

1. Introducing the workflow for a car in a wind tunnel
2. Lab: Setting up a car in a wind tunnel
3. Preparing the simulation domain of a car in a wind tunnel
4. Selecting mesh models for the car in a wind tunnel
5. Meshing the car in a wind tunnel
6. Physics setup for the car in a wind tunnel
7. Analysis of the car in a wind tunnel
8. Knowledge check: Workflow

4 Preparing imported geometry 15 Topics

1. What file types can be imported?
2. Which errors need to be fixed before proceeding?
3. Introducing the chip geometry
4. Importing and checking parts
5. Completing the geometry using operations
6. Lab: Preparing the geometry
7. The simulation domain workflow
8. Extracting the fluid volume
9. Knowledge check: Processing geometry
10. Transferring parts to regions
11. Lab: Creating the fluid region
12. Why do we want to organize parts?
13. Operations in more detail - Part 1
14. Operations in more detail - Part 2
15. Knowledge check: Operations

5 Considering the mesh setup 13 Topics

1. How does the mesh influence the solution?
2. Meshing the coldplate geometry
3. Demonstrating surface mesh setup
4. Lab: Setting up the coldplate surface mesh
5. Why is a surface mesh needed?
6. Knowledge check: Surface mesh
7. Why are prism layers important?
8. Demonstrating volume mesh setup
9. Lab: Finishing the coldplate volume mesh
10. Which mesh types are available in Simcenter STAR-CCM+?
11. How are meshes created?
12. Choosing a volume mesh type
13. Knowledge check: Volume mesh

6 Refining the mesh 11 Topics

1. Refining the coldplate mesh
2. Reviewing the coldplate mesh
3. Refining the thin parts of the coldplate
4. Lab: Refining the coldplate mesh
5. What options are there to refine mesh?
6. Special mesh refinement options
7. Knowledge check: Thin mesher
8. What makes a good mesh and how to achieve it?
9. Recommendations for the volume meshers
10. Recommendations for the prism layer mesher
11. Knowledge check: Mesh refinement

7 Setting up the physics 13 Topics

1. Physics of the coldplate
2. Selecting physics models
3. Lab: Selecting physics models
4. Knowledge check: Physics continua
5. Physics models in detail
6. Physics solvers
7. Knowledge check: Time
8. Turbulence and energy
9. Knowledge check: Turbulence
10. Setting boundary conditions and the stopping criterion
11. Lab: Applying boundary conditions
12. What are initial and boundary conditions?
13. Knowledge check: Physics

8 Analyzing data 16 Topics

1. Why should we analyze data?
2. Judging convergence based on temperature
3. Why do we need monitors?
4. Knowledge check: Data analysis
5. Visualizing temperature in a scene
6. Layering information in a scene
7. Lab: Visualizing temperature in plot and scene
8. Knowledge check: Scenes
9. Discussing the first solution
10. Lab: Adding scenes for a better visualization
11. Which interface should be selected in a scene?
12. Changing the design
13. Lab: Replacing geometry
14. Displaying and deriving parts
15. Triggering updates and exports
16. Knowledge check: Derived parts and triggers

9 Advanced analysis 17 Topics

1. When to change from steady to transient?
2. Changing from steady to transient
3. When does the simulation stop?
4. Triggering monitors
5. Setting up monitor-based stopping criteria
6. Lab: Switching to a transient simulation
7. Knowledge check: Transient analysis
8. Planning a design study for the chip
9. How can a simulation be adapted for a design study?
10. Visualizing the design study results
11. Lab: Creating a temperature sweep
12. Analyzing the design study results
13. Knowledge check: Design manager
14. Describing the scenario of ball valve lab
15. Lab: Monitoring engineering quantities in a ball valve geometry
16. Lab answer: Ball valve analysis
17. Knowledge check: Ball valve analysis

10 Moving with reference frames 20 Topics

1. Describing the fan scenario
2. Organizing large number of parts
3. Assessing the surface mesh in a scene
4. Creating and refining the volume mesh
5. Knowledge check: Fan geometry
6. Lab: Organizing and meshing geometry
7. Discussing physics models and the MRF approach
8. Setting up motion in a steady simulation
9. Lab: Moving the fan
10. Knowledge check: MRF
11. Lab: Monitoring engineering quantities
12. Lab answer 1: Expression reports and their perks
13. Lab answer 2: Avoiding pitfalls when changing units
14. Lab: Creating compelling scenes
15. Lab answer: Creating compelling scenes
16. Why visualize relative velocity in rotating systems?
17. Knowledge check: Motion visualization
18. Judging the convergence of the fan
19. Lab: Reducing the torque
20. Knowledge check: Stopping criteria

11 Effective simulations 23 Topics

1. What makes a simulation effective?
2. Is the steady simulation converged?
3. Is the transient simulation converged?
4. What can go wrong in transient simulations?
5. Knowledge check: Judge transient
6. What are mesh quality metrics?
7. Improving mesh quality
8. How to create a 2D mesh
9. Knowledge check: 2D mesh and quality
10. Introducing the nozzle
11. Lab: Meeting requirements in a subsonic nozzle
12. What should the initial solution be?
13. What are field functions?
14. Creating user field functions
15. Lab: Ramping the pressure at the inlet
16. Lab: Initializing pressure in the nozzle
17. Lab answer: Initializing pressure in the nozzle
18. Knowledge check: Field functions
19. Controlling the solver progression
20. Lab: Monitoring the flow in the nozzle
21. Lab answer: Creating monitoring plots for the nozzle
22. Detecting and locating divergence
23. Knowledge check: Reaching a solution

12 Planning the simulation workflow effectively 22 Topics

1. Planning the domain and geometry
2. What influences the solution?
3. What are boundary layers?
4. Knowledge check: Planning the domain
5. Planning the physics
6. Reference values and boundary conditions
7. Describing the scenario of the static mixer lab
8. Lab: Examining a failing bleed air distributing system
9. Lab answer: Examining a failing bleed air distributing system
10. Describing the scenario of the exhaust manifold lab
11. Lab: Predicting flow and thermal performance
12. Lab answer Part 1: Preparing the exhaust manifold
13. Lab answer Part 2: Meshing the exhaust manifold​
14. Lab answer Part 3: Setting up the physics for the exhaust manifold​
15. Lab answer Part 4: Setting up data analysis for the exhaust manifold​
16. Knowledge check: Effective planning
17. Managing workflows
18. Knowledge check: Managing workflows
19. Finding help
20. Lab: Finding help
21. Finding Learning Events
22. Knowledge check: Finding help and learning events

13 Assessment: Fundamentals of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Fundamentals of Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Feature highlights of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 8  Chapters

This learning path highlights selected features in the current release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

1 Learning Experience Overview 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Lagrangian phase injectors 11 Topics

1. Feature highlight: Lagrangian phase injectors
2. Injectors: Part Injector with flow field distribution
3. Lab: Injecting particles into a filter
4. Lab answer: Injecting particles into a filter
5. Injectors: Part Injector with direction field function
6. Lab: Injecting water into a shower
7. Injectors: Part injector using an arbitrary section
8. Injectors: Hollow Cone Injector with particle size distribution
9. Injectors: Solid Cone Injector
10. Injectors: Film stripping injector
11. Knowledge check: Lagrangian phase injectors

3 Refining the mesh adaptively 7 Topics

1. Introducing adaptive mesh refinement
2. Activating VOF and AMR
3. Lab: Activating the adaptive mesh solver
4. Examples for AMR use
5. Lab: Inserting the AMR solver
6. Lab answer: Inserting the AMR solver
7. Knowledge check: Refining the mesh adaptively

4 Playing screens 11 Topics

1. What is screenplay?
2. Creating a single action playing on screen
3. Lab: Playing a single action on screen
4. Creating multiple actions playing on screen
5. Lab: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
6. Lab answer: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
7. Discovering advanced actions
8. Creating advanced actions playing on screen
9. Lab: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
10. Lab answer: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
11. Knowledge check: Discovering screenplay visualization

5 Using Simulation Operations 11 Topics

1. Discovering Simulation Operations
2. Demonstrating the setup of Simulation Operations
3. Lab: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
4. Lab answer: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
5. Introducing the multi-time scale approach
6. Understanding the simulation setup
7. Automating the alternating solution of two physics
8. Setting up the Simulation Operation
9. Lab: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
10. Lab answer: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
11. Knowledge Check: Using Simulation Operations

6 Using tags and filters in queries 5 Topics

1. Explaining the tags in the mixing vessel sim file
2. How to use tags in dynamic queries
3. Lab: Using tags to reduce the geometry
4. Using filters to find information in reports
5. Knowledge check: Queries

7 Preparing geometry by wrapping 18 Topics

1. How should surfaces be treated?
2. Why do we wrap the bike?
3. What can diagnostics tell me about the surface?
4. Creating the surface wrapper operation
5. Lab: Creating a first wrapped surface on a bike
6. Knowledge check: Wrapper surfaces
7. How does the surface wrapper work?
8. Controlling the wrapped surface quality
9. How to identify the volume I’m interested in wrapping?
10. Creating contact preventions
11. Lab: Creating contact preventions for the bike
12. Lab: Improving the wrapped surface
13. Lab answer: Improving the wrapped surface
14. Fine tuning the wrapped surface quality
15. Partial and local surface wrapping
16. Deep Dive - How does the surface wrapper work?
17. Knowledge check: Wrapper properties
18. Leaving the Learning Path

8 Assessment: Feature highlights in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Feature highlights in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Heat transfer simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 7  Chapters

Setup and analysis of heat transfer simulations including meshing, models, and post processing.

1 What is needed to simulate heat transfer - 2206 10 Topics

1. When is heat transfer simulation necessary?
2. What is heat transfer?
3. What are the heat transfer models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+?
4. What kind of geometries may be simulated?
5. How can a mesh be efficiently created?
6. Knowledge check: Heat Transfer Introduction
7. Using a physics continuum with multiple materials
8. What is multi-part solid material?
9. Lab: Setting up multi-part solid material
10. Knowledge check: Multi-part solids

2 Introduction and practice of concepts: Conjugate heat transfer - 2206 14 Topics

1. Setting up a conjugate heat transfer simulation
2. Lab: Setting up a conjugate heat transfer simulation
3. What is thermal conductivity?
4. What is CHT (Conjugate Heat Transfer)?
5. What is required for steady and transient conduction simulation?
6. Knowledge check: Conjugate Heat Transfer
7. Introducing the thermos flask lab
8. Lab: Setting up hot liquid models in the thermos flask
9. Lab answer: Setting up hot liquid models in the flask
10. Knowledge check: Conjugate Heat Transfer Liquid
11. Setting up radiation for the cool gas
12. Lab: Setting up insulating gas in the thermos flask
13. What are radiation patches in Simcenter STAR-CCM+?
14. Knowledge check: Conjugate Heat Transfer Gas

3 Efficient meshing for heat transfer simulations - 2206 14 Topics

1. What are requirements for multi-region meshing?
2. How are contacts created?
3. How do contact types affect the mesh at interfaces?
4. Lab: Meshing multiple regions
5. Preparing the mesh for a thermos
6. Lab: Meshing the thermos flask
7. What mesh does the Thin Mesher create?
8. Knowledge check: Thin Mesher
9. Improving the mesh of the flask
10. Lab: Creating prism cells in the fluid
11. Lab answer: Creating prism cells in the fluid
12. What are baffles?
13. How are baffles simulated in Simcenter STAR-CCM+?
14. Knowledge check: Thin parts

4 Running the thermos flask simulation - 2206 11 Topics

1. How to ramp the time-step
2. How to stop the simulation
3. Lab: Setting up time-step and stopping criteria
4. Lab: Adding stopping criteria
5. Lab answer: Adding stopping criteria
6. Knowledge check: Stopping criteria
7. Reports for the thermos flask
8. Lab: Creating reports and plots for the flask
9. How to visualize the whole geometry in a scene
10. Has the liquid cooled down?
11. Knowledge check: Reports and scenes

5 Wall treatments and turbulence - 2206 9 Topics

1. What are the fluid and thermal boundary layers?
2. Impact of appropriate and inappropriate meshes
3. Heat transfer coefficients in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
4. Using heat transfer coefficients
5. Using heat transfer coefficients
6. Knowledge check: Heat transfer coefficients
7. How does turbulence influence heat transfer?
8. Turbulence models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
9. Knowledge check: Turbulence

6 Dimensionless numbers in heat transfer - 2206 11 Topics

1. Reynolds number
2. Biot number
3. Nusselt number
4. Peclet number
5. Fourier number
6. Prandtl number
7. Grashof number
8. Rayleigh number
9. Eckert number
10. Schmidt number
11. Knowledge check: Dimensionless numbers

7 Assessment: Heat transfer simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Heat transfer simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 6  Chapters

Identify the physics and phase interaction models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ that are required to setup the specified multiphase flow simulation.

1 Learning Experience Overview 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Modeling droplets with different particle sizes 13 Topics

1. How do we start with complex models
2. Mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
3. Monitoring convergence when mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
4. Lab: Starting a mono-dispersed Eulerian multiphase simulation
5. Introducing population balance models
6. Breakup and coalescence processes
7. Details of the method of moments approach
8. Setting up the S-Gamma model
9. Lab: Allowing particles to breakup
10. Details of the method of classes approach
11. Lab: Using the A-MuSIG model
12. Lab answer: Using the A-MuSIG model
13. Knowledge check: Modeling droplets with different particle size distributions

3 Modeling multiple flow regimes 10 Topics

1. Recognizing stratified flows
2. Details of the Multiple Flow Regime model
3. Selecting physics models and Phase Interaction
4. Detecting large scale interfaces
5. Solving the multiple flow regime model
6. Lab: Setting up the LSI physics
7. Meshing for free surfaces
8. Lab: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
9. Lab Answer: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
10. Knowledge check: Modeling multiple flow regimes

4 Modeling dissolution mass transfer 9 Topics

1. What is mass transfer?
2. Introducing dissolution mass transfer
3. Activating mass transfer in a multiphase interaction
4. Lab: Transferring mass in an oxidation ditch
5. Specifying dissolution mass transfer parameters
6. Selecting multi-component fluids
7. Lab: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
8. Lab Answer: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
9. Knowledge check: Modeling dissolution mass transfer

5 Modeling wall and bulk boiling 10 Topics

1. Introduction to Boiling
2. Vaporization in the bulk
3. Boiling at the wall
4. Evaporative and quenching heat transfer
5. Boiling parameters in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
6. Setting up boiling
7. Boiling convergence
8. Lab: Transferring heat between phases
9. Knowledge check: Modeling wall and bulk boiling
10. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Data analysis in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 6  Chapters

Create basic and advanced Data Analysis to analyze the solution and to highlight flow structures.

1 Fundamentals of data analysis 12 Topics

1. Introduction to the Learning Path
2. Why should we analyze data?
3. Judging convergence based on temperature
4. Why do we need monitors?
5. Discussing the first solution
6. Which side of an interface should be selected in a scene?
7. Lab: Set up basic data analysis
8. Lab answer: Setting up basic data analysis
9. Knowledge Check: Plots and scenes
10. Displaying scenes outside of Simcenter STAR-CCM+
11. How to convert SCE files to PNG files using command line utility
12. Knowledge check: Hardcopy

2 Colors in scenes and plots 13 Topics

1. What is communication efficiency?
2. Creating a color map
3. Color theory
4. Choosing a color map
5. Knowledge Check: Color
6. Adding light effects in scenes
7. Lab: Design a color map based on color gradients
8. Lab answer: Designing a color map based on color gradients
9. Knowledge Check: Lighting
10. Using different views in scenes
11. Modifying the color bar
12. Standardized plot colors
13. Knowledge Check: View Plot

3 Activating volume rendering in scenes 16 Topics

1. Creating a resampled volume
2. Using color maps for rendered volumes
3. Lab: Dealing with colormaps and resampled volumes
4. Improving displayer settings for rendered volumes
5. Lab: Light your scene up
6. Lab: Improve a scene using volume rendering
7. Lab answer: Improving a scene using volume rendering
8. Knowledge Check: Volume rendering
9. What is advanced rendering?
10. Enhancing volume rendering
11. Casting shadows
12. Knowledge Check: Advanced rendering
13. Adding rendering materials
14. Emitting light locally from a displayer
15. Lab: Render the scene expertly
16. Knowledge Check: Activating volume rendering in scenes

4 Accessing solution data 17 Topics

1. Overview of derived parts
2. What are warp derived parts?
3. Effective communication using derived parts
4. Creating point probe derived parts
5. Effective communication using plots
6. Knowledge Check: Derived parts
7. What is solution history?
8. Creating solution history
9. Analyzing solution history data
10. Lab: Create solution history
11. Lab: Analyze solution history
12. Lab answer: Analyzing solution history
13. Knowledge Check: Solution history
14. How does data focus work?
15. Creating data focus in plots for scenes
16. Lab: Apply data focus
17. Knowledge Check: Data focus

5 Playing screens 13 Topics

1. What is screenplay?
2. Creating a single action playing on screen
3. Lab: Play a single action on screen
4. Knowledge check: Single actions
5. Creating multiple actions playing on screen
6. Lab: Add multiple actions to a screenplay
7. Lab answer: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
8. Discovering advanced screenplay options
9. Creating advanced actions playing on screen
10. Lab: Set up advanced screenplay actions
11. Lab answer: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
12. Knowledge check: Advanced actions
13. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Data analysis in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Data analysis in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 2022.1

Efficient Workflows in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 6  Chapters

The overall goal is to establish an efficient meshing workflow to support simulations containing geometries with hundreds to thousands of individual parts.

1 Preparing the Geometry 7 Topics

1. Geometry Import
2. Organize and Imprint Geometry
3. Divide Surfaces
4. Bounded Shape
5. Extract Volume
6. Lab: Geometry Preparation
7. Knowledge Check: Geometry Preparation

2 Meshing Setup 7 Topics

1. Chapter Introduction and Tags
2. Regions and Interfaces
3. Mesh Operations
4. Mesh Pipeline and Interface Initialization
5. Comparison Views
6. Lab: Meshing Setup
7. Knowledge Check: Meshing Setup

3 Physics Model and Value Definitions 7 Topics

1. Chapter Introduction and Physics Continua
2. Solid Materials
3. Values Using Part Subgroups
4. Values Using Surface Subgroups
5. Custom Trees
6. Lab: Physics Model and Value Definitions
7. Knowledge Check: Physics Model and Value Definitions

4 Simulation Setup, Data Analysis and Reporting 12 Topics

1. Introduction
2. CFL Number and Simulation Comments
3. Reports and Monitors
4. Stopping Criteria
5. Scenes
6. Window Layouts, Serial to Parallel, Run Solver, and Monitoring the Solution
7. LED Heating Power Reports
8. Data Analysis on Sub Surfaces
9. Summary Reports
10. Custom Summary Reports
11. Lab: Simulation Setup, Data Analysis, and Reporting
12. Knowledge Check: Simulation Setup, Data Analysis, and Reporting

5 Converting a simulation file into a template file 11 Topics

1. Dynamic queries in the meshing pipeline
2. Dynamic Queries for Regions, Boundaries, and Interfaces
3. Lab: Setting up the first queries
4. Lab: Dynamic queries for solid material
5. Lab Answer: Dynamic queries for solid material
6. Reports with Dynamic Queries
7. Lab: Adjusting part surface selection in reports
8. Selecting Objects in Scene Displayers using Dynamic Queries
9. Lab: Completing and testing the template
10. Lab Answer: Completing and testing the template
11. Assessment: Converting a Simulation File into a Template File

6 Using Simulation Operations 11 Topics

1. Discovering Simulation Operations
2. Demonstrating the setup of Simulation Operations
3. Lab: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
4. Lab answer: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
5. Introducing the multi-time scale approach
6. Understanding the simulation setup
7. Automating the alternating solution of two physics
8. Setting up the Simulation Operation
9. Lab: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
10. Lab answer: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
11. Knowledge Check: Using Simulation Operations

Fundamentals of multiphase modeling 6  Chapters

Multiphase can be modeled in various ways. Here you will learn which models are implemented in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and gain insight in their background.

1 Learning Experience Overview 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Fundamentals of multiphase modeling intro

2 Classifying multiphase flows 7 Topics

1. Multiphase and multicomponent
2. Modeling approaches
3. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part I
4. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part II
5. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part III
6. Efficient multiphase modeling of real world problems
7. Knowledge check: Classifying multiphase flows

3 Eulerian multiphase fundamentals 7 Topics

1. Conservation equations
2. Forces acting on particles
3. Drag force acting on particles
4. Introducing bubbly flows
5. Setting up Eulerian phases
6. Lab: Simulating terminal velocity
7. Knowledge check: Eulerian multiphase fundamentals

4 Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals 7 Topics

1. What is Lagrangian multiphase?
2. Lagrangian multiphase basic equations
3. Describing components and models of the Lagrangian model
4. Setting up Lagrangian phases
5. Boundary interaction modes and injecting particles
6. Lab: Following solid particles
7. Knowledge check: Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals

5 Volume of Fluid fundamentals 12 Topics

1. Thinking about the Volume of Fluid method
2. Considering numerical requirements
3. VOF meshing considerations
4. Introducing adaptive mesh refinement
5. Discussing solver parameters
6. Discussing VOF parameters
7. Activating VOF
8. Boundary conditions and turbulence
9. Lab: Simulating a free surface in a tank
10. Lab answer: Simulating a free surface in a tank
11. Knowledge check: Volume of Fluid fundamentals
12. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling

Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 6  Chapters

The aim of this course is to teach the techniques needed to conduct accurate and efficient particle or droplet simulations using computational fluid dynamics.

1 Learning Experience Overview 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Keeping track of particles 12 Topics

1. What are track data?
2. Knowledge check: Parcels and particles
3. Comparing parcel and particle counts in histogram plots
4. Injectors: Hollow Cone Injector
5. Lab: Analyzing boundary sampling data tracks
6. Knowledge check: Plotting data
7. Loading and filtering track files
8. What can we do with particle track data?
9. Visualizing track data using derived parts
10. Injectors: Part Injector with direction field function
11. Lab: Analyzing track file data
12. Knowledge check: Keeping track of particles

3 Visualizing particles stuck in a hydraulic filter 11 Topics

1. Injectors: Part Injector with flow field distribution
2. Lab: Preparing a hydraulic filter simulation
3. Lab answer: Preparing a hydraulic filter simulation
4. How can different interaction modes be applied to a boundary? 
5. Lab: Adding composite boundary condition modes to a hydraulic filter simulation
6. Summarizing Lagrangian solver settings
7. Displaying tracks in scenes
8. Knowledge check: Solving particles
9. Lab: Experimenting with the visualization of transmitted and stuck particles
10. Lab answer: Experimenting with the visualization of transmitted and stuck particles
11. Knowledge check: Visualizing particles stuck in a hydraulic filter

4 Lagrangian droplets evaporating and condensing in a spray dryer 7 Topics

1. Preparing mesh and physics for humid air
2. Lab: Preparing mesh and physics for humid air
3. Lab: Injecting and evaporating droplets
4. Lab answer: Injecting and evaporating droplets
5. Monitoring the condensation process
6. Lab: Monitoring the condensation process
7. Knowledge check: Lagrangian droplets evaporating and condensing in a spray dryer

5 Modeling fluid film in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 10 Topics

1. Introducing fluid film
2. Creating a shell region
3. Knowledge check: Regions with fluid film
4. Lab: Preparing the fluid film setup
5. Lab: Injecting droplets that build a fluid film
6. Lab answer: Injecting droplets that build a fluid film
7. Fluid film evaporation and condensation
8. Pure vapor and dry walls
9. Knowledge check: Modeling fluid film in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
10. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Cleaning CAD using the 3D-CAD parametric modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 4  Chapters

Use the 3D-CAD Parametric Modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ to efficiently clean, modify, and prepare imported CAD geometry for CAE simulations.

1 Importing CAD models 9 Topics

1. Importing CAD
2. What to do with an imported CAD body
3. Overview of 3D-CAD
4. Exploring the visibility toolbar
5. Lab: Visibility toolbar
6. What can be done with the search tool
7. Preserving structure of the geometry
8. Lab: Understanding the Model
9. Knowledge check: Importing and visibility toolbar

2 Diagnosing and repairing CAD 7 Topics

1. Using Repair CAD to Diagnose Errors
2. Using Repair Faces to Fix Invalid Geometry
3. Checking Body Validity
4. Creating Design Filters
5. Transforming Geometry
6. Lab: Repair Tools
7. Knowledge check: Diagnosing and Repairing CAD

3 Reducing and expanding the CAD model 13 Topics

1. Reducing the model
2. What is defeaturing
3. Lab: What is defeaturing
4. Knowledge Check: Defeaturing
5. Simplifying the model for meshing
6. Lab: Removing details from the model
7. Extending a solid
8. Extract internal volume
9. Knowledge check: Simplifying
10. Boolean Operations
11. Adding geometry to an existing model
12. Lab: Adding geometry
13. Knowledge check: Adding geometry

4 Assessment: Cleaning CAD using the 3D-CAD parametric modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Cleaning CAD using the 3D-CAD parametric modeler in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Turbulence and turbulence modeling 8  Chapters

Turbulence is mainly modeled in CFD simulations. This course describes the background of many models and a bit about their history. Contains no labs.

1 Learning Experience Overview 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Fundamental equations and concepts 9 Topics

1. Governing equations
2. Classifying flows
3. Comparing laminar and turbulent flows
4. Knowledge Check: Fundamental concepts
5. When and why does a flow become turbulent?
6. Characterizing turbulent flow
7. Velocity profiles in turbulent flow
8. Knowledge check: Pipe flow
9. References: Fundamental equations and concepts

3 Theoretical concepts in turbulent flows 6 Topics

1. Changing the flow with time
2. What is the energy cascading process
3. Characterizing turbulent scales
4. Inconsistencies leading to turbulence
5. Knowledge Check: Theoretical concepts
6. References: Theoretical concepts in turbulent flows

4 Fundamental concepts of turbulence modeling 6 Topics

1. Approaches to solving turbulence
2. When to use DNS or an averaging approach
3. Explaining the Reynolds decomposition
4. Explaining the RANS equations and turbulence models
5. Knowledge Check: Modeling concepts
6. References: Fundamental concepts of turbulence modeling

5 Modeling turbulence in simulation 8 Topics

1. What do we know about turbulence modeling?
2. Deriving and modeling the Reynolds stresses
3. Reynolds Stress Transport model
4. Introducing the eddy viscosity models
5. Knowledge Check: Simulate turbulence
6. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Spalart-Allmaras model
7. Knowledge check: Spalart-Allmaras
8. References: Modeling turbulence in simulation

6 Modeling turbulence using two-equation models 11 Topics

1. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Standard k-Epsilon model
2. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Realizable k-Epsilon model
3. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the k-Omega model
4. Knowledge Check: Two-Equations
5. Limits of the eddy viscosity models
6. How to account for near wall turbulence effects?
7. The elliptic relaxation idea
8. Blending the elliptic relaxation model
9. Summary of RANS turbulence models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
10. Knowledge Check: Eddy viscosity
11. References: Modeling turbulence using two-equation models

7 Scale resolving simulations and transition modeling 9 Topics

1. Accepting the challenge: Applied LES
2. Explaining the subgrid scale models
3. DES: Mixing RANS and LES
4. Knowledge Check: Scale resolving
5. Transition modeling
6. Transition models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
7. Knowledge check: Transition
8. References: Explaining large eddy simulations
9. Leaving the Learning Path

8 Assessment: Turbulence and turbulence modeling 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Turbulence and turbulence modeling

Introduction to HEEDS MDO 9  Chapters

Introduction to the HEEDS MDO, Design Space Exploration with a focus on Optimization, use of the software as well as the modeling and simulation approach.

1 HEEDS Overview 3 Topics

1. Application Example: Static Air Mixer
2. Simulation Tool Overview: Golf Shot Challenge
3. Simulation Tool Demo: SwingGui

2 The Automated Design Space Exploration Process 8 Topics

1. Lab - Manual Optimization
2. Manual Optimization Observations
3. Post-processing in HEEDS POST
4. Introduction to Design Space Exploration
5. Automating the Manual Design Process
6. Application Example: Rubber Bushing Mount
7. Summary Automated Design Space Exploration Process
8. Knowledge Check - Design Space exploration

3 Process Automation 5 Topics

1. Batch Execution
2. SwingGui Batch Execution
3. Summary Batch Execution and Extension Learning
4. Lab - Process Automation
5. Knowledge Check - Batch Execution

4 Efficient Search 8 Topics

1. Optimization Problem Statement in Standard Form
2. Main ingredients for optimization
3. Closed form Solutions vs Implicit Functions
4. Optimization Algorithms and Introduction to SHERPA
5. Global vs Local Search & Impact of Constraints
6. Application Example: Stiffened Panel
7. Summary Optimization Problem Statement and Efficient Search
8. Knowledge Check - Efficient Search

5 Insight & Discovery 11 Topics

1. Introduction to Insight & Discovery
2. Runtime monitoring
3. HEEDS POST
4. Lab - Automated Optimization Exercise
5. HEEDS Execution and Directory Structure
6. Data Storage and Control of Data
7. Study Review, Messaging, and Troubleshooting
8. Message Files
9. Summary on Insight & Discovery & Extension Learning
10. Lab - Study Review, Messaging, & Troubleshooting
11. Knowledge Check - Insight Discovery

6 Tagging, Analysis Portals, and Variables 8 Topics

1. Tagging Methods Overview
2. Analysis Portals
3. Continuous, Discrete, and Dependent Variables
4. Constant and Text Parameters
5. Defining Variables
6. Summary on Tagging, Variables & Extension Learning
7. Lab - Dependent & Discrete Variables Exercise
8. Knowledge Check - Tagging Variables

7 Hybrid-Adaptive Search 10 Topics

1. Objectives and their impact on Performance
2. Constraints
3. Active Constraints
4. Error Designs
5. Lab - Constrained Optimization Exercise
6. A more detailed look at SHERPA
7. Optimization Search Path Comparatives
8. How Many Evaluations & Restart
9. Summary on Hybrid-Adaptive Search
10. Knowledge Check - Hybrid Adaptive Search

8 Multi-Objective & Multi-Analysis Design Space Exploration 6 Topics

1. Weighted Sum vs Pareto Optimization
2. Pareto Optimization
3. Using Multiple Analyses
4. Summary on Multi-Objective and Multi-Analyses
5. Lab - Multi-Objective & Multi-Analysis
6. Knowledge Check - MultiObjective and Multi-Analysis

9 Assessment: Introduction to HEEDS MDO 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Introduction to HEEDS MDO

Heat transfer simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 13.04 6  Chapters

Practice the setup of CHT and radiation simulations, consider mesh/prism mesh requirements. Difference between heat transfer coefficients in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

1 Heat Transfer Introduction - 13.04 9 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Heat Transfer Introduction
2. Heat Transfer
3. Multi-Region Meshing
4. Meshing Thin Regions
5. CHT Interfaces
6. Applying Heat Energy
7. Turbulence
8. Convergence and Data Analysis
9. Assessment: Heat Transfer Introduction

2 Workflow Heat Transfer - 13.04 11 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Workflow Heat Transfer
2. Practice: Geometry Overview
3. Practice: Prism Layer Thickness Analysis
4. Practice: Mesh Settings
5. Practice: Mesh Check
6. Practice: Physics Continua
7. Practice: Boundaries and Solvers
8. Practice: Reports and Plots
9. Practice: Results Analysis
10. Lab: Workflow Heat Transfer
11. Assessment: Workflow Heat Transfer

3 Solar Radiation - 13.04 9 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Solar Radiation
2. Solar Radiation Theory
3. Practice: Geometry Overview
4. Practice: Physics Setup
5. Practice: Radiation Patches
6. Practice: Solver Setup
7. Practice: Results Analysis
8. Lab: Solar Radiation
9. Assessment: Solar Radiation

4 Advanced Heat Transfer - 13.04 10 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Advanced Heat Transfer
2. Conduction Properties
3. Transient Flows
4. Convective Flows
5. Laminar Flows
6. Turbulence Modeling
7. Compressible Flows
8. Fan and Heat Exchanger Interfaces
9. Benchmark Cases
10. Assessment: Advanced Heat Transfer

5 Heat Transfer Coefficients - 13.04 8 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Heat Transfer Coefficients
2. Heat Transfer Coefficients
3. Mesh Considerations
4. Worked Example: Pipe
5. Comparison of HTC
6. Effects on Coarser Meshes
7. Lab: Heat Transfer Coefficients
8. Assessment: Heat Transfer Coefficients

6 Thermal Radiation - 13.04 12 Topics

1. Chapter Contents: Thermal Radiation
2. Radiation Overview
3. Surface-to-Surface (S2S) Model
4. Discrete Ordinate Method (DOM)
5. Radiative Boundary Conditions
6. Practice: Thermal Radiation
7. Practice: Boundary Conditions
8. Practice: Radiation Patches
9. Practice: Solver, Reports, Scenes
10. Practice: Analysis
11. Lab: Thermal Radiation
12. Assessment: Thermal Radiation

Data Analysis in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.2 5  Chapters

Create basic and advanced Data Analysis to analyze the solution and highlight flow structures.

1 Creating Reports, Plots and Scenes - 2020.2 7 Topics

1. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Reports
2. Discussing Effective Data Analysis
3. Refining Display In Scenes
4. Visualizing Boundary Heat Flux
5. Lab: Setting Up Basic Data Analysis
6. Lab Answer: Setting Up Basic Data Analysis
7. Knowledge Check: Creating Reports, Plots and Scenes

2 Color and Light Effects in Scenes - 2020.2 10 Topics

1. What is communication efficiency?
2. Creating a color map
3. Color Theory
4. Choosing a color map
5. Adding Light Effects in Scenes
6. Lab: Designing a color map based on color gradients
7. Lab answer: Designing a color map based on color gradients
8. Using different Views in Scenes
9. Modifying the color bar
10. Knowledge Check: Color and Light Effects in Scenes

3 Activating volume rendering in scenes - 2020.2 16 Topics

1. Creating a Resampled Volume
2. Using Color Maps for Rendered Volumes
3. Lab: Dealing with colormaps and resampled volumes
4. Improving Displayer Settings for Rendered Volumes
5. Lab: Light your scene up
6. Lab: Improving a Scene with Volume Rendering
7. Lab Answer: Improving a Scene with Volume Rendering
8. Knowledge Check: Volume rendering
9. What is advanced rendering?
10. Enhancing Volume Rendering
11. Casting shadows
12. Knowledge Check: Advanced rendering
13. Adding Rendering Materials
14. Emitting light locally from a displayer
15. Lab: Rendering the scene expertly
16. Knowledge Check: Activating volume rendering in scenes

4 Accessing solution data - 2020.2 14 Topics

1. Overview of derived parts
2. What are warp derived parts?
3. Effective communication using derived parts
4. Effective communication using plots
5. What is solution history?
6. Creating solution history
7. Analyzing solution history data
8. Lab: Creating solution history
9. Lab: Analyzing solution history
10. Lab answer: Analyzing solution history
11. How does data focus work?
12. Creating data focus in plots for scenes
13. Lab: Applying data focus
14. Knowledge Check: Accessing solution data

5 Playing screens - 2020.2 11 Topics

1. What is screenplay?
2. Creating a single action playing on screen
3. Lab: Playing a single action on screen
4. Creating multiple actions playing on screen
5. Lab: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
6. Lab answer: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
7. Discovering advanced actions
8. Creating advanced actions playing on screen
9. Lab: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
10. Lab answer: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
11. Knowledge check: Discovering screenplay visualization

Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.2 6  Chapters

Identify the physics and phase interaction models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ that are required to setup the specified multiphase flow simulation.

1 Learning Experience Overview 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Modeling droplets with different particle sizes - 2020.2 13 Topics

1. How do we start with complex models
2. Mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
3. Monitoring convergence when mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
4. Lab: Starting a mono-dispersed Eulerian multiphase simulation
5. Introducing population balance models
6. Breakup and coalescence processes
7. Details of the method of moments approach
8. Setting up the S-Gamma model
9. Lab: Allowing particles to breakup
10. Details of the method of classes approach
11. Lab: Using the A-MuSIG model
12. Lab answer: Using the A-MuSIG model
13. Knowledge check: Modeling droplets with different particle size distributions

3 Modeling multiple flow regimes - 2020.2 10 Topics

1. Recognizing stratified flows
2. Details of the Multiple Flow Regime model
3. Selecting physics models and Phase Interaction
4. Detecting large scale interfaces
5. Solving the multiple flow regime model
6. Lab: Setting up the LSI physics
7. Meshing for free surfaces
8. Lab: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
9. Lab Answer: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
10. Knowledge check: Modeling multiple flow regimes

4 Modeling dissolution mass transfer - 2020.2 9 Topics

1. What is mass transfer?
2. Introducing dissolution mass transfer
3. Activating mass transfer in a multiphase interaction
4. Lab: Transferring mass in an oxidation ditch
5. Specifying dissolution mass transfer parameters
6. Selecting multi-component fluids
7. Lab: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
8. Lab Answer: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
9. Knowledge check: Modeling dissolution mass transfer

5 Modeling wall and bulk boiling - 2020.2 10 Topics

1. Introduction to Boiling
2. Vaporization in the bulk
3. Boiling at the wall
4. Evaporative and quenching heat transfer
5. Boiling parameters in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
6. Setting up boiling
7. Boiling convergence
8. Lab: Transferring heat between phases
9. Knowledge check: Modeling wall and bulk boiling
10. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.2 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

TBM batteries simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2022.1 7  Chapters

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries allow users to simulate thermal effects in batteries and their effect on surrounding flow. Tbm files are used for battery parts.

1 Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries - 2022.1 5 Topics

1. Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries
2. Battery terminology
3. Battery physics modeling
4. Heat generation and transfer
5. Knowledge check: Battery

2 Simulating a single cell using a tbm file - 2022.1 10 Topics

1. Introducing the single battery pouch cell
2. Importing a tbm file
3. Meshing the pouch cell
4. Lab: Create the mesh for a battery cell imported as tbm file
5. Setting up the battery load, boundary conditions and solver
6. Why is the material a multi-part solid material?
7. Specifying the battery material
8. Monitoring the battery module behavior during the run
9. Lab: Set up all physics and run
10. Knowledge check: Single cell

3 Setting up and meshing three cells in series - 2022.1 21 Topics

1. Introducing the plate-cooled battery module
2. Lab: Set up 3 cells in series
3. Lab answer: Setting up 3 cells in series
4. Adding connectors to the battery module
5. Creating and assigning the external casing part
6. Lab: Create connectors and casing
7. Knowledge check: Battery modules
8. Assigning casing part to region
9. Lab: Assign the casing part to the air region
10. Lab: Assign battery parts to regions
11. Lab answer: Assigning battery parts to regions
12. Knowledge check: Casing
13. Meshing all parts
14. Lab: Automated mesh setup for all parts
15. Lab: Disable individual meshers for parts
16. Lab answer: Disabling individual meshers for parts
17. Knowledge check: Individual meshing
18. Selecting physics models for air
19. Selecting physics models and meshing
20. Lab answer: Selecting physics models for aluminum
21. Knowledge check: Physics solver

4 Simulating flow around three cells in series - 2022.1 9 Topics

1. What is the state of the meshed 3S1P module?
2. Lab: Assign multi-part solid material for the battery
3. Lab answer: Assigning multi-part solid material for the battery
4. Lab: Set up the battery load
5. Lab answer: Setting up the battery load
6. What is commonly monitored in a battery simulation?
7. Lab: Finish the analysis setup
8. Lab answer: Monitoring temperature and SOC during the run
9. Knowledge check: Battery monitoring

5 Liquid vs. phase change cooling: LC module - 2022.1 15 Topics

1. What is the intention behind the comparison of liquid vs. phase change cooling?
2. Introducing the objects for the liquid cooling setup
3. Finding the objects in the simulation file
4. Knowledge check: LC objects
5. Aligning the module and explaining the load
6. Lab: Configure the 2S1P module cooled by a liquid
7. Lab answer: Configuring the 2S1P module for LC
8. Completing the operations setup for liquid cooling parts
9. How are parameters referenced?
10. Knowledge check: LC configuration
11. Lab: Create the cooling and foam regions
12. Lab: Set up the battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
13. Lab answer: Battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
14. What remains to complete the setup of the liquid-cooled battery module?
15. Knowledge check: LC module

6 Liquid vs. phase change cooling: PCM module - 2022.1 20 Topics

1. Introducing the objects for the PCM setup
2. Why is the Volume of Fluid (VOF) model used?
3. Setting up the PCM continuum and material
4. Enabling melting and solidification
5. Lab: Set up phase materials
6. Knowledge check: VOF
7. Setting up the battery for PCM simulation
8. Lab: Set up battery module, operations and regions
9. Porous region setup for PCM
10. Lab: Porous region setup for PCM
11. Knowledge check: PCM configuration
12. Completing the regions assignments
13. Using filters to select boundaries across regions
14. Lab: Complete the regions setup
15. Lab: Multi-edit the tab boundaries
16. Lab answer: Multi-editing the tab boundaries
17. Completing the simulation setup
18. Lab: Complete the simulation setup and run
19. Analyzing the LC and PCM results
20. Knowledge check: PCM

7 Assessment: TBM batteries simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2022.1 1 Topic

1. Assessment: TBM batteries simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Electromagnetics simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 8  Chapters

Introduces how to set up electromagnetics in Simcenter STAR-CCM+. What mesh types (2D/3D) are relevant for an EMAG and CFD simulation? Look sliding mesh motion.

1 Electromagnetic solutions - 2206 8 Topics

1. Finite Element electromagnetic solutions
2. Knowledge check: Finite elements
3. Finite Volume electromagnetic solutions
4. Knowledge check: Finite volumes
5. Anisotropy, force calculations and demagnetization
6. Knowledge check: Anisotropy and force
7. Examples for electric machine simulations within Simcenter STAR-CCM+
8. Knowledge check: Electromagnetics

2 Electric field simulation - 2206 12 Topics

1. Introduction to the floating electrodes
2. Setup of the electrodynamic potential model
3. Lab: Set up the electrodynamic potential model
4. Why is multi-part material useful?
5. Mesh the electrostatic domain
6. Setup of electrostatic boundary conditions
7. Lab: Mesh the electrostatic domain and specify boundary conditions
8. Create shell regions for floating electrodes and run
9. What are shell regions
10. Analyze the results
11. Lab: Prepare shell regions and run simulation
12. Knowledge check: Electric Field

3 Ohmic heating with harmonic balance - 2206 15 Topics

1. Introduction to the busbar geometry
2. Prepare the busbar geometry
3. Why create a volumetric source region?
4. Prepare extrusion of the air part
5. Lab: Prepare busbar geometry and extrusion
6. Lab: Extrude into the volumetric source region
7. Lab answer: Extrude into the volumetric source region
8. Connect the regions
9. Select the Harmonic Balance model
10. Lab: Set up busbar regions and continua
11. Specify excitation frequency and current density
12. Generate volume mesh and set up data analysis
13. Lab: Run the harmonic balance simulation
14. Analyze the Ohmic Heating with Harmonic Balance solution
15. Knowledge check: Current

4 Ohmic heating with fluid dynamics - EMAG run - 2206 16 Topics

1. What is needed to apply non-sinusoidal excitation?
2. Introduction to the electric conductor setup
3. Description of the meshing workflow
4. Duplicate meshed parts for improved mapping
5. Preparation of FE mesh and extrusion
6. Lab: Complete parts preparation and FE mesh setup
7. Preparation of CHT mesh
8. Regions and interfaces assignments
9. Knowledge check: FE FV meshes
10. Lab: Finalize mesh setup for FE and FV
11. Prepare physics for thermal run
12. Lab: Setup of physics for the thermal run
13. How to specify electromagnetic source terms
14. Prepare physics for EMAG run
15. Lab: Setup of physics for thermal and EMAG runs
16. Knowledge check: Ohmic physics

5 Ohmic heating with fluid dynamics - THERMAL run - 2206 8 Topics

1. Set up solver-specific stopping criteria
2. Start electromagnetics run
3. Lab: Run EMAG side for the conductor
4. Analysis of the EMAG simulation
5. Mapping data to the CFD region
6. Start the thermal run
7. Lab: Run THERMAL side for the conductor
8. Knowledge check: Average Ohmic Heat

6 Magnetic loss simulation - 2206 10 Topics

1. Introduction to the transformer setup
2. Prepare the regions and 2D mesh operation
3. Lab: Prepare regions and 2D mesh operation
4. Description of selected physics models
5. Prepare transformer physics continua
6. Lab: Set up the Transverse Magnetic Potential continua
7. Draw and define the circuit
8. Analyze the transformer simulation
9. Lab: Draw the circuit and run
10. Knowledge check: Magnetic loss

7 E-machine simulation - 2206 10 Topics

1. Introduction of the permanent magnet electric motor
2. Set up magnetization in a permanent magnet motor
3. Rotor positioning and magnetization
4. Specify magnetization direction using a local coordinate system
5. Lab: Set up magnetization in a permanent magnet motor
6. Specify magnetization direction using the d-axis angle
7. Lab: Specify magnetization direction using the d-axis angle
8. Set up the motor motion
9. Lab: Set up the motor motion and run
10. Knowledge check: Magnetization

8 Assessment: Electromagnetics simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 1 Topic

1. Assessment

User-Defined Battery simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 8  Chapters

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries allow users to simulate thermal effects in batteries & their effect on the surrounding flow. CAD files are used for battery parts.

1 Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries - 2206 6 Topics

1. Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries
2. Workflow for user-defined batteries
3. Terminology for user-defined batteries
4. Naming convention for successful mapping of battery cells
5. Battery physics modeling
6. Knowledge check: User-defined battery

2 Set up three user-defined cells in series - 2206 14 Topics

1. Introducing the plate cooled battery
2. Prepare parts for air and battery
3. Prepare regions for battery and metal plates
4. Lab: Prepare the air and battery parts
5. Lab: Assign the casing to a region
6. Lab answer: Assign the casing to a region
7. Preparing the mesh for battery and other parts
8. Lab: Prepare the basic mesh setup
9. Lab: Generate mesh for air and battery parts
10. Lab answer: Mesh the air and battery parts
11. Specify the fluid material around the battery
12. Lab: Select physics models for air and aluminum
13. Lab answer: Select physics models for air and aluminum
14. Knowledge check: Physics and mesh

3 Simulate three user-defined cells in series - 2206 16 Topics

1. What is the state of the meshed 3S1P module?
2. Specify multi-part solid material for the battery
3. Lab: Specify multi-part solid material for the battery
4. Create user-defined battery cells and modules
5. Lab: Create a user-defined battery module
6. What is commonly monitored in a battery simulation?
7. Why is the material a multi-part solid material?
8. Setup of battery load, solvers and monitoring
9. How are parameters referenced?
10. Considerations during the battery design
11. Knowledge check: Temperature monitoring
12. Set up total heat source for tabs
13. Lab: Finish the battery simulation setup
14. When are subgroups needed?
15. How can the heat in the tabs and busbars be accounted for?
16. Knowledge check: UDB module

4 Switching from tbm batteries to user-defined batteries - 2206 6 Topics

1. What is different in tbm and user-defined batteries?
2. Lab: Assign tabs to the solid region
3. Lab answer: Assign tabs to the solid region
4. Achieve comparable results in tbm and user-defined batteries simulations
5. Comparing the results of the tbm and user-defined battery simulations
6. Knowledge check: Switch

5 Compare two cooling materials: Liquid cooling - 2206 14 Topics

1. What is the intention behind the comparison of liquid vs. phase change cooling?
2. Introducing the objects for the liquid cooling setup
3. Finding the objects in the simulation file
4. Create and define a user-defined battery cell
5. Lab: Create the 2S1P module cooled by a liquid
6. Lab answer: Create the 2S1P module cooled by a liquid
7. Complete the operations setup for liquid cooling parts
8. Lab: Create the cooling and foam regions
9. Lab: Set up the battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
10. Lab answer: Battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
11. Set up a heat source for LC tabs
12. Lab: Set up a heat source for LC tabs
13. What remains to complete the setup of the liquid-cooled battery module?
14. Knowledge check: Liquid-cooled

6 Compare two cooling materials: Phase change material - 2206 14 Topics

1. Introducing the objects for the PCM setup
2. Why is the Volume of Fluid (VOF) model used?
3. Set up the PCM continuum and material
4. Enable melting and solidification
5. Lab: Set up the multiphase material
6. Lab: Set up the PCM battery module
7. Set up the PCM battery module
8. Execute PCM operations and create regions
9. Porous region and monitoring setup for PCM
10. Lab: PCM region and monitoring setup for PCM
11. Lab: Set up a heat source for PCM-cooled battery tabs
12. Lab answer: Set up a heat source for PCM tabs
13. Complete the regions assignment
14. Knowledge check: Phase change

7 Compare two cooling materials: Finish the setup - 2206 8 Topics

1. Use filters to select boundaries across regions
2. Lab: Complete the regions setup
3. Lab: Multi-edit the tab boundaries
4. Lab answer: Multi-edit the tab boundaries
5. Complete the simulation setup
6. Lab: Complete the simulation setup and run
7. Analyze the battery modules cooled by liquid and phase changing material
8. Knowledge check: Cooled

8 Assessment: User-defined battery simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 1 Topic

1. Assessment: User-defined battery simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

TBM batteries simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 8  Chapters

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries allow users to simulate thermal effects in batteries and their effect on surrounding flow. Tbm files are used for battery parts.

1 Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries - 2206 5 Topics

1. Introduction to Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Batteries
2. Battery terminology
3. Battery physics modeling
4. Heat generation and transfer
5. Knowledge check: Battery

2 Simulating a single cell using a tbm file - 2206 10 Topics

1. Introducing the single battery pouch cell
2. Importing a tbm file
3. Meshing the pouch cell
4. Lab: Create the mesh for a battery cell imported as tbm file
5. Setting up the battery load, boundary conditions and solver
6. Why is the material a multi-part solid material?
7. Specifying the battery material
8. Monitoring the battery module behavior during the run
9. Lab: Set up all physics and run
10. Knowledge check: Single cell

3 Setting up and meshing three cells in series - 2206 21 Topics

1. Introducing the plate-cooled battery module
2. Lab: Set up 3 cells in series
3. Lab answer: Setting up 3 cells in series
4. Adding connectors to the battery module
5. Creating and assigning the external casing part
6. Lab: Create connectors and casing
7. Knowledge check: Battery modules
8. Assigning casing part to region
9. Lab: Assign the casing part to the air region
10. Lab: Assign battery parts to regions
11. Lab answer: Assigning battery parts to regions
12. Knowledge check: Casing
13. Meshing all parts
14. Lab: Automated mesh setup for all parts
15. Lab: Disable individual meshers for parts
16. Lab answer: Disabling individual meshers for parts
17. Knowledge check: Individual meshing
18. Selecting physics models for air
19. Selecting physics models and meshing
20. Lab answer: Selecting physics models for aluminum
21. Knowledge check: Physics solver

4 Simulating flow around three cells in series - 2206 8 Topics

1. What is the state of the meshed 3S1P module?
2. Lab: Assign multi-part solid material for the battery
3. Lab answer: Assigning multi-part solid material for the battery
4. Lab: Set up the battery load
5. Lab answer: Setting up the battery load
6. What is commonly monitored in a battery simulation?
7. Lab: Finish the analysis setup
8. Knowledge check: Battery monitoring

5 Liquid vs. phase change cooling: LC module - 2206 15 Topics

1. What is the intention behind the comparison of liquid vs. phase change cooling?
2. Introducing the objects for the liquid cooling setup
3. Finding the objects in the simulation file
4. Knowledge check: LC objects
5. Aligning the module and explaining the load
6. Lab: Configure the 2S1P module cooled by a liquid
7. Lab answer: Configuring the 2S1P module for LC
8. Completing the operations setup for liquid cooling parts
9. How are parameters referenced?
10. Knowledge check: LC configuration
11. Lab: Create the cooling and foam regions
12. Lab: Set up the battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
13. Lab answer: Battery region and data analysis for liquid cooling
14. What remains to complete the setup of the liquid-cooled battery module?
15. Knowledge check: LC module

6 Liquid vs. phase change cooling: PCM module - 2206 20 Topics

1. Introducing the objects for the PCM setup
2. Why is the Volume of Fluid (VOF) model used?
3. Setting up the PCM continuum and material
4. Enabling melting and solidification
5. Lab: Set up phase materials
6. Knowledge check: VOF
7. Setting up the battery for PCM simulation
8. Lab: Set up battery module, operations and regions
9. Porous region setup for PCM
10. Lab: Porous region setup for PCM
11. Knowledge check: PCM configuration
12. Completing the regions assignments
13. Using filters to select boundaries across regions
14. Lab: Complete the regions setup
15. Lab: Multi-edit the tab boundaries
16. Lab answer: Multi-editing the tab boundaries
17. Completing the simulation setup
18. Lab: Complete the simulation setup and run
19. Analyzing the LC and PCM results
20. Knowledge check: PCM

7 Thermal runaway - 2206 17 Topics

1. Why simulate thermal runaway?
2. Introduction to the simulation setup
3. Define cell decomposition rate function
4. Lab: Define cell decomposition rate function
5. Specification of cell heat sources associated to thermal runaway
6. When are subgroups useful?
7. Lab: Specify cell heat sources associated to thermal runaway
8. Knowledge check: Heat sources
9. Specification of gas venting mass flow
10. Lab: Specify gas venting mass flow for one cell
11. Lab: Complete setup for Cell 2
12. Lab answer: Completing the setup for Cell 2
13. Explaining radiation settings
14. Setting up data analysis for thermal runaway
15. Lab: Set up data analysis for thermal runaway
16. Interpret the thermal runaway solution
17. Knowledge check: Thermal runaway

8 Assessment: TBM battery simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2206 1 Topic

1. Assessment: TBM battery simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Data Analysis in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.2 - Japanese 6  Chapters

Create basic and advanced Data Analysis to analyze the solution and highlight flow structures.

1 Learning Experience Overview - 2020.2 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Creating Reports, Plots and Scenes - 2020.2 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Reports
2. Discussing Effective Data Analysis
3. Refining Display In Scenes
4. Visualizing Boundary Heat Flux
5. Lab: Setting Up Basic Data Analysis
6. Lab Answer: Setting Up Basic Data Analysis
7. Knowledge Check: Creating Reports, Plots and Scenes

3 Color and Light Effects in Scenes - 2020.2 - Japanese 10 Topics

1. What is communication efficiency?
2. Creating a color map
3. Color Theory
4. Choosing a color map
5. Adding Light Effects in Scenes
6. Lab: Designing a color map based on color gradients
7. Lab answer: Designing a color map based on color gradients
8. Using different Views in Scenes
9. Modifying the color bar
10. Knowledge Check: Color and Light Effects in Scenes

4 Activating volume rendering in scenes - 2020.2 - Japanese 16 Topics

1. Creating a Resampled Volume
2. Using Color Maps for Rendered Volumes
3. Lab: Dealing with colormaps and resampled volumes
4. Improving Displayer Settings for Rendered Volumes
5. Lab: Light your scene up
6. Lab: Improving a Scene with Volume Rendering
7. Lab Answer: Improving a Scene with Volume Rendering
8. Knowledge Check: Volume rendering
9. What is advanced rendering?
10. Enhancing Volume Rendering
11. Casting shadows
12. Knowledge Check: Advanced rendering
13. Adding Rendering Materials
14. Emitting light locally from a displayer
15. Lab: Rendering the scene expertly
16. Knowledge Check: Activating volume rendering in scenes

5 Accessing solution data - 2020.2 - Japanese 14 Topics

1. Overview of derived parts
2. What are warp derived parts?
3. Effective communication using derived parts
4. Effective communication using plots
5. What is solution history?
6. Creating solution history
7. Analyzing solution history data
8. Lab: Creating solution history
9. Lab: Analyzing solution history
10. Lab answer: Analyzing solution history
11. How does data focus work?
12. Creating data focus in plots for scenes
13. Lab: Applying data focus
14. Knowledge Check: Accessing solution data

6 Playing screens - 2020.2 - Japanese 11 Topics

1. What is screenplay?
2. Creating a single action playing on screen
3. Lab: Playing a single action on screen
4. Creating multiple actions playing on screen
5. Lab: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
6. Lab answer: Adding multiple actions to a screenplay
7. Discovering advanced actions
8. Creating advanced actions playing on screen
9. Lab: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
10. Lab answer: Setting up advanced screenplay actions
11. Knowledge check: Discovering screenplay visualization

Fundamentals of multiphase modeling - 2020.3 - Japanese 6  Chapters

Multiphase can be modeled in various ways. Here you will learn which models are implemented in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and gain insight in their background.

1 Learning Experience Overview - 2020.3 - Japanese 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Fundamentals of multiphase modeling intro

2 Classifying multiphase flows - 2020.3 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. Multiphase and multicomponent
2. Modeling approaches
3. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part I
4. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part II
5. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part III
6. Efficient multiphase modeling of real world problems
7. Knowledge check: Classifying multiphase flows

3 Eulerian multiphase fundamentals - 2020.3 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. Conservation equations
2. Forces acting on particles
3. Drag force acting on particles
4. Introducing bubbly flows
5. Setting up Eulerian phases
6. Lab: Simulating terminal velocity
7. Knowledge check: Eulerian multiphase fundamentals

4 Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals - 2020.3 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. What is Lagrangian multiphase?
2. Lagrangian multiphase basic equations
3. Describing components and models of the Lagrangian model
4. Setting up Lagrangian phases
5. Boundary interaction modes and injecting particles
6. Lab: Following solid particles
7. Knowledge check: Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals

5 Volume of Fluid fundamentals - 2020.3 - Japanese 12 Topics

1. Thinking about the Volume of Fluid method
2. Considering numerical requirements
3. VOF meshing considerations
4. Introducing adaptive mesh refinement
5. Discussing solver parameters
6. Discussing VOF parameters
7. Activating VOF
8. Boundary conditions and turbulence
9. Lab: Simulating a free surface in a tank
10. Lab answer: Simulating a free surface in a tank
11. Knowledge check: Volume of Fluid fundamentals
12. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling - 2020.3 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling

Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 6  Chapters

Identify the physics and phase interaction models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ that are required to setup the specified multiphase flow simulation.

1 Learning Experience Overview - 2020.3 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Modeling droplets with different particle sizes - 2020.3 - Japanese 13 Topics

1. How do we start with complex models
2. Mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
3. Monitoring convergence when mixing mono-dispersed bubbles
4. Lab: Starting a mono-dispersed Eulerian multiphase simulation
5. Introducing population balance models
6. Breakup and coalescence processes
7. Details of the method of moments approach
8. Setting up the S-Gamma model
9. Lab: Allowing particles to breakup
10. Details of the method of classes approach
11. Lab: Using the A-MuSIG model
12. Lab answer: Using the A-MuSIG model
13. Knowledge check: Modeling droplets with different particle size distributions

3 Modeling multiple flow regimes - 2020.3 - Japanese 10 Topics

1. Recognizing stratified flows
2. Details of the Multiple Flow Regime model
3. Selecting physics models and Phase Interaction
4. Detecting large scale interfaces
5. Solving the multiple flow regime model
6. Lab: Setting up the LSI physics
7. Meshing for free surfaces
8. Lab: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
9. Lab Answer: Completing the mesh setup and data analysis
10. Knowledge check: Modeling multiple flow regimes

4 Modeling dissolution mass transfer - 2020.3 - Japanese 9 Topics

1. What is mass transfer?
2. Introducing dissolution mass transfer
3. Activating mass transfer in a multiphase interaction
4. Lab: Transferring mass in an oxidation ditch
5. Specifying dissolution mass transfer parameters
6. Selecting multi-component fluids
7. Lab: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
8. Lab Answer: Transferring mass in the aerated mixing vessel
9. Knowledge check: Modeling dissolution mass transfer

5 Modeling wall and bulk boiling - 2020.3 - Japanese 10 Topics

1. Introduction to Boiling
2. Vaporization in the bulk
3. Boiling at the wall
4. Evaporative and quenching heat transfer
5. Boiling parameters in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
6. Setting up boiling
7. Boiling convergence
8. Lab: Transferring heat between phases
9. Knowledge check: Modeling wall and bulk boiling
10. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Eulerian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Efficient Workflows in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.1 - Japanese 6  Chapters

The overall goal is to establish an efficient meshing workflow to support simulations containing geometries with hundreds to thousands of individual parts.

1 Preparing the Geometry - Japanese - 2020.1 7 Topics

1. Geometry Import
2. Organize and Imprint Geometry
3. Divide Surfaces
4. Bounded Shape
5. Extract Volume
6. Lab: Geometry Preparation
7. Knowledge Check: Geometry Preparation

2 Meshing Setup - Japanese - 2020.1 7 Topics

1. Chapter Introduction and Tags
2. Regions and Interfaces
3. Mesh Operations
4. Mesh Pipeline and Interface Initialization
5. Comparison Views
6. Lab: Meshing Setup
7. Knowledge Check: Meshing Setup

3 Physics Model and Value Definitions - Japanese - 2020.1 7 Topics

1. Chapter Introduction and Physics Continua
2. Solid Materials
3. Values Using Part Subgroups
4. Values Using Surface Subgroups
5. Custom Trees
6. Lab: Physics Model and Value Definitions
7. Knowledge Check: Physics Model and Value Definitions

4 Simulation Setup, Data Analysis and Reporting - Japanese - 2020.1 12 Topics

1. Introduction
2. CFL Number and Simulation Comments
3. Reports and Monitors
4. Stopping Criteria
5. Scenes
6. Window Layouts, Serial to Parallel, Run Solver, and Monitoring the Solution
7. LED Heating Power Reports
8. Data Analysis on Sub Surfaces
9. Summary Reports
10. Custom Summary Reports
11. Lab: Simulation Setup, Data Analysis, and Reporting
12. Knowledge Check: Simulation Setup, Data Analysis, and Reporting

5 Converting a simulation file into a template file - Japanese - 2020.1 11 Topics

1. Dynamic queries in the meshing pipeline
2. Dynamic Queries for Regions, Boundaries, and Interfaces
3. Lab: Setting up the first queries
4. Lab: Dynamic queries for solid material
5. Lab Answer: Dynamic queries for solid material
6. Reports with Dynamic Queries
7. Lab: Adjusting part surface selection in reports
8. Selecting Objects in Scene Displayers using Dynamic Queries
9. Lab: Completing and testing the template
10. Lab Answer: Completing and testing the template
11. Assessment: Converting a Simulation File into a Template File

6 Using Simulation Operations - Japanese - 2020.1 11 Topics

1. Discovering Simulation Operations
2. Demonstrating the setup of Simulation Operations
3. Lab: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
4. Lab answer: Mesh and run using Simulation Operations
5. Introducing the multi-time scale approach
6. Understanding the simulation setup
7. Automating the alternating solution of two physics
8. Setting up the Simulation Operation
9. Lab: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
10. Lab answer: Using Simulation Operations in a CHT simulation
11. Knowledge Check: Using Simulation Operations

Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 6  Chapters

The aim of this course is to teach the techniques needed to conduct accurate and efficient particle or droplet simulations using computational fluid dynamics.

1 Learning Experience Overview - 2020.3 - Japanese 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Keeping track of particles - 2020.3 - Japanese 12 Topics

1. What are track data?
2. Knowledge check: Parcels and particles
3. Comparing parcel and particle counts in histogram plots
4. Injectors: Hollow Cone Injector
5. Lab: Analyzing boundary sampling data tracks
6. Knowledge check: Plotting data
7. Loading and filtering track files
8. What can we do with particle track data?
9. Visualizing track data using derived parts
10. Injectors: Part Injector with direction field function
11. Lab: Analyzing track file data
12. Knowledge check: Keeping track of particles

3 Visualizing particles stuck in a hydraulic filter - 2020.3 - Japanese 11 Topics

1. Injectors: Part Injector with flow field distribution
2. Lab: Preparing a hydraulic filter simulation
3. Lab answer: Preparing a hydraulic filter simulation
4. How can different interaction modes be applied to a boundary? 
5. Lab: Adding composite boundary condition modes to a hydraulic filter simulation
6. Summarizing Lagrangian solver settings
7. Displaying tracks in scenes
8. Knowledge check: Solving particles
9. Lab: Experimenting with the visualization of transmitted and stuck particles
10. Lab answer: Experimenting with the visualization of transmitted and stuck particles
11. Knowledge check: Visualizing particles stuck in a hydraulic filter

4 Lagrangian droplets evaporating and condensing in a spray dryer - 2020.3 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. Preparing mesh and physics for humid air
2. Lab: Preparing mesh and physics for humid air
3. Lab: Injecting and evaporating droplets
4. Lab answer: Injecting and evaporating droplets
5. Monitoring the condensation process
6. Lab: Monitoring the condensation process
7. Knowledge check: Lagrangian droplets evaporating and condensing in a spray dryer

5 Modeling fluid film in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 10 Topics

1. Introducing fluid film
2. Creating a shell region
3. Knowledge check: Regions with fluid film
4. Lab: Preparing the fluid film setup
5. Lab: Injecting droplets that build a fluid film
6. Lab answer: Injecting droplets that build a fluid film
7. Fluid film evaporation and condensation
8. Pure vapor and dry walls
9. Knowledge check: Modeling fluid film in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
10. Leaving the Learning Path

6 Assessment: Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Lagrangian multiphase modeling in Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Feature highlights of Simcenter STAR-CCM+ - 2020.3 - Japanese 3  Chapters

This learning path highlights selected features in the current release of Simcenter STAR-CCM+.

1 Learning Experience Overview - 2020.3 - Japanese 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Lagrangian phase injectors - 2020.3 - Japanese 11 Topics

1. Feature highlight: Lagrangian phase injectors
2. Injectors: Part Injector with flow field distribution
3. Lab: Injecting particles into a filter
4. Lab answer: Injecting particles into a filter
5. Injectors: Part Injector with direction field function
6. Lab: Injecting water into a shower
7. Injectors: Part injector using an arbitrary section
8. Injectors: Hollow Cone Injector with particle size distribution
9. Injectors: Solid Cone Injector
10. Injectors: Film stripping injector
11. Knowledge check: Lagrangian phase injectors

3 Refining the mesh adaptively - 2020.3 - Japanese 7 Topics

1. Introducing adaptive mesh refinement
2. Activating VOF and AMR
3. Lab: Activating the adaptive mesh solver
4. Examples for AMR use
5. Lab: Inserting the AMR solver
6. Lab answer: Inserting the AMR solver
7. Knowledge check: Refining the mesh adaptively

Radial pump simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 4  Chapters

A radial (centrifugal) pump is set up from imported CAD files. We discuss mesh requirements and recommended physics models.

1 Objectives of turbomachinery simulation 12 Topics

1. Turbomachinery definitions
2. Introduction to the radial pump
3. What are target quantities?
4. Decide which mathematical models are needed
5. Models and operating conditions of the radial pump
6. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Models
7. Describe the radial pump geometry
8. Import the radial pump geometry
9. Reference: Radial pump
10. Why are mesh and physics objects separated in Simcenter STAR-CCM+?
11. Lab: Import the volute and rotor geometries
12. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Pump

2 Mesh creation for a radial (centrifugal) pump 14 Topics

1. Consider requirements for turbomachinery meshes
2. Describe the meshers for the radial pump
3. Prepare the automated mesh operation
4. Specify the rotation axis
5. Consider improvements for the first mesh
6. Lab: Create the mesh for the radial pump
7. Lab answer: Make improvements to the first mesh
8. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Mesh Requirements
9. Mesh quality and scalability
10. Check the quality of the mesh
11. Lab: Create a histogram plot for skewness angle
12. Lab: Check the quality of the mesh
13. Lab answer: Check the quality of the mesh
14. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Mesh Quality

3 Physics setup for a radial (centrifugal) pump 11 Topics

1. Describe the physics models for the radial pump
2. Lab: Prepare the physics continuum
3. Lab answer: Prepare the physics continuum
4. How does the solver work?
5. Turbulence model details and recommendations
6. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Solver
7. Decide on and calculate boundary conditions
8. Calculate turbulence parameters
9. Specify the boundary conditions for impeller and volute
10. Lab: Set up boundary conditions
11. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Physics

4 Numerical setup for a radial (centrifugal) pump simulation 6 Topics

1. Consider the accuracy of results
2. What is convergence of a simulation?
3. Specify initial conditions and solver settings
4. Lab: Create monitor-based stopping criteria
5. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Numerics
6. Assessment

Data analysis of a radial pump simulation in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ 3  Chapters

Prepare analysis to help judge convergence and post process data using turbomachinery-specific objects.

1 Introduction to the centrifugal pump setup 3 Topics

1. Summary: Radial pump geometry
2. Summary: Radial pump mesh and physics
3. Reference: Radial pump

2 Reporting on target quantities 14 Topics

1. Brief introduction to reports
2. Calculate head rise and efficiency
3. Define head rise reports
4. Lab: Define the head rise report
5. Define mass flow reports
6. Define efficiency report
7. Lab: Create reports for mass flow imbalance and efficiency
8. Lab answer: Create reports for mass flow imbalance and efficiency
9. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Analysis
10. Work with units in field functions, parameters and reports
11. Details of Coefficient of Variation
12. Lab: Create the CoV report and add as stopping criterion
13. Lab answer: Create the CoV report and add as stopping criterion
14. Knowledge check: Centrifugal CoV

3 Post-processing a radial (centrifugal) pump simulation 15 Topics

1. Post-processing hierarchy and sequence
2. Check validity of turbulence model
3. What is a turbomachinery parameterization?
4. Create a turbomachinery parameterization
5. Create an isosurface using the parameterization
6. Lab: Use a parameterization to define an isosurface
7. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Parameterization
8. Visualize relative-frame velocity in an unrolled blade-to-blade plane
9. Use average surfaces and profiles
10. Lab: Visualize velocity in various plots
11. Lab: Plot pressure at mid-span
12. Lab answer: Plot pressure at mid-span
13. Further tasks in production cases
14. Knowledge check: Centrifugal Post-Processing
15. Assessment

Fundamentals of multiphase modeling 6  Chapters

Multiphase can be modeled in various ways. Here you will learn which models are implemented in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ and gain insight in their background.

1 Learning Experience Overview 2 Topics

1. Welcome: Navigation Overview
2. Fundamentals of multiphase modeling intro

2 Classifying multiphase flows 7 Topics

1. Multiphase and multicomponent
2. Modeling approaches
3. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part I
4. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part II
5. Modeling multiphase in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Part III
6. Efficient multiphase modeling of real world problems
7. Knowledge check: Classifying multiphase flows

3 Eulerian multiphase fundamentals 8 Topics

1. Conservation equations
2. Forces acting on particles
3. Drag force acting on particles
4. Introducing bubbly flows
5. Setting up Eulerian phases
6. Data analysis of an Eulerian multiphase simulation
7. Lab: Simulating terminal velocity
8. Knowledge check: Eulerian multiphase fundamentals

4 Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals 7 Topics

1. What is Lagrangian multiphase?
2. Lagrangian multiphase basic equations
3. Describing components and models of the Lagrangian model
4. Setting up Lagrangian phases
5. Boundary interaction modes and injecting particles
6. Lab: Following solid particles
7. Knowledge check: Lagrangian multiphase fundamentals

5 Volume of Fluid fundamentals 21 Topics

1. Thoughts about the VOF method
2. Mathematical considerations for free surface flows
3. Numerics of the VOF method
4. Should a VOF case be simulated steady or transient?
5. How to select the time-step?
6. Knowledge check: VOF thoughts
7. Which mesh type is suitable for VOF?
8. What is a proper mesh resolution for free surface flows?
9. Lab: Select models for a VOF simulation
10. Lab answer: Select models for a VOF simulation
11. Turbulence and initialization of the free surface
12. What is the Adaptive Mesh Refinement model?
13. Add VOF Waves and AMR to the model selection
14. Lab: Initialize the free surface
15. Lab: Visualize the sloshing fuel
16. Lab answer: Visualize the sloshing fuel
17. Knowledge check: VOF mesh
18. Recommendations for solver settings
19. Is adaptive time-stepping useful for VOF?
20. Why does the steady solver struggle with free surface flows?
21. Knowledge check: VOF advanced

6 Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Fundamentals of multiphase modeling

Turbulence and turbulence modeling - 2302 12  Chapters

Turbulence is mainly modeled in CFD simulations. This course summarizes the fundamentals of turbulence and how it can be modeled in a CFD simulation.

1 Learning Experience Overview 1 Topic

1. Introduction to the Learning Path

2 Fundamental equations and concepts 8 Topics

1. Governing equations
2. Classifying flows
3. Comparing laminar and turbulent flows
4. Knowledge Check: Fundamental concepts
5. When and why does a flow become turbulent?
6. Characterizing turbulent flow
7. Knowledge check: Fundamental concepts
8. References: Fundamental equations and concepts

3 Velocity profiles in turbulent flows 5 Topics

1. Velocity profiles in turbulent flow
2. Lab: Use data analysis to judge the suitability of the mesh
3. Inspect the mesh and physics settings for the flat plate
4. Judge the suitability of the mesh based on the Wall Y+ value
5. Knowledge Check: Pipe flow

4 Theoretical concepts in turbulent flows 6 Topics

1. Changing the flow with time
2. What is the energy cascading process
3. Characterizing turbulent scales
4. Inconsistencies leading to turbulence
5. Knowledge Check: Theoretical concepts
6. References: Theoretical concepts in turbulent flows

5 Fundamental concepts of turbulence modeling 6 Topics

1. Approaches to solving turbulence
2. When to use DNS or an averaging approach
3. Explaining the Reynolds decomposition
4. Explaining the RANS equations and turbulence models
5. Knowledge Check: Modeling concepts
6. References: Fundamental concepts of turbulence modeling

6 Modeling turbulence in simulation 8 Topics

1. What do we know about turbulence modeling?
2. Deriving and modeling the Reynolds stresses
3. Reynolds Stress Transport model
4. Introducing the eddy viscosity models
5. Knowledge Check: Simulate turbulence
6. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Spalart-Allmaras model
7. Knowledge check: Spalart-Allmaras
8. References: Modeling turbulence in simulation

7 Modeling turbulence using two-equation models 13 Topics

1. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Standard k-Epsilon model
2. Knowledge Check: K-Epsilon
3. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the Realizable k-Epsilon model
4. Use the Realizable K-Epsilon model on an S-Bend case
5. Analyze the solution of the S-Bend case run with the Realizable K-Epsilon model
6. Lab: Run Realizable K-Epsilon model on an S-Bend case
7. Knowledge Check: Realizable K-Epsilon
8. Modeling Reynolds stresses using the k-Omega model
9. Lab: Run the K-Omega SST model on an sBend case
10. Lab answer: Use the K-Omega SST model on an sBend case
11. Compare the S-Bend case using two RANS turbulence models
12. Knowledge Check: Two-Equations
13. References: Modeling turbulence using two-equation models

8 How is turbulence modeled at walls? 7 Topics

1. Limits of the eddy viscosity models
2. How to account for near wall turbulence effects?
3. The elliptic relaxation idea
4. Blending the elliptic relaxation model
5. Summary of RANS turbulence models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
6. Knowledge Check: Near-wall turbulence
7. References: Turbulence modeling near walls

9 Explain what scale resolving simulations are 5 Topics

1. Accepting the challenge: Applied LES
2. Explaining the subgrid scale models
3. DES: Mixing RANS and LES
4. Knowledge Check: Scale resolving
5. References: Explaining large eddy simulations

10 Switch from a RANS simulation to LES 19 Topics

1. Propose a workflow for a LES setup
2. Describe the RANS setup of a turbulent HVAC simulation
3. Store the RANS solution using a Data Mapper
4. Lab: Store the RANS solution using a Data Mapper
5. Lab: Define the physics for LES
6. Define the physics for LES
7. Describe how LES is initialized
8. How to calculate the mesh and time-step sizes
9. Lab: Investigate turbulent length scales
10. Lab answer: Identify the cell size and time-step based on turbulent length scales
11. Prepare operations to create the new region and mesh
12. Lab: Prepare the LES region and mesh operation
13. Lab: Create custom controls for the LES mesh
14. Lab answer: Create custom controls for the LES mesh
15. Specify Time-Step and stopping criteria
16. Lab: Define stopping criteria and run
17. Interpret the LES solution
18. Knowledge Check: LES
19. Continued reading

11 Transition modeling 5 Topics

1. Transition modeling
2. Transition models in Simcenter STAR-CCM+
3. Knowledge check: Transition
4. References: Transition modeling
5. Outro Video

12 Assessment: Turbulence and turbulence modeling 1 Topic

1. Assessment: Turbulence and turbulence modeling