STAR-CD

Course Duration: 3 Days
Course Schedule: Monthly (Bi-monthly in Germany)

Who Should Attend

Any new user to the STAR-CD code or past user requiring a refresher course to improve their experiance.

Course Aims

The course is aimed at giving users new to STAR-CD an understanding of the processes involved in setting up a typical CFD simulation give extensive hands-on experience in using the software. The hands-on experience is in the form of worked examples which incorporates the use of the pro-STAR Graphical User Interface (GUI), graphics and command windows and the on-line help facilities. The course also gives the User the opportunity to discuss the application of STAR-CD to their field of interest with an experienced Engineer.

Course Structure

The course structure is designed to take the User through the processes normally associated with setting up, running and post-processing a typical CFD simulation.

Course Content

The contents of the course, based on the above aims and structure, are as follows;

1) Introduction to CFD : This section gives a general introduction to CFD, what it can be used for and the modelling capabilities of STAR-CD.

2) Running pro-STAR : This sections shows how to start pro-STAR from a terminal window. It then demonstrates the use of the graphics and command windows and the GUI. It also discusses the various files associated with pro-STAR and STAR and the file connectivity between them.

3) Creating and Running a Simple Model : This section takes the User through the processes of running a complete session to include the building of a simple model, running the solver and viewing the results.

4) Meshing - Basic Strategies : This section gives an outline of the basic meshing strategies in pro-STAR to include meshing simple geometries, extruding a 3D model from a 2D surface and block meshing.

5) Meshing - Fundamental Entities : This section provides an understanding of the fundamental geometric entities that can exist within pro-STAR and which allow the definition and manipulation of a model geometry. The entities discussed are co-ordinate systems, vertices, splines, cells, couples and boundaries.

6) Meshing - Worked Example : This section gives hands-on experience in building a mesh in pro-STAR using the various meshing techniques previously covered. It also demonstrates the importing of a CAD surface and a volume mesh previously created in other packages.

7) Thermophysical Models and Properties : This section demonstrates how to set up the physical properties of differing materials that can occur in a computational domain and how these materials are linked to cell types and other settings that can be used to define a model. It also demonstrates the setting of the various modelling options available in pro-STAR such as turbulence models, bouyancy, scalars, porous media, etc.

8) Boundary Condition Specification : This section discusses all the types of boundary condition types that can be specified in pro-STAR as well as discussing the various settings and options that can be applied to each boundary type.

9) Analysis Controls : This section shows how to select the analysis type, ie steady or transient. It then demonstrates the selection of the solution algorithm, discretisation methods and how to control the analysis output.

10) Post-processing : This section demonstrates the post-processing capabilities of pro-STAR. It covers the plotting of vector and contours plots, section slices, particle tracks, graphs, manipulation of post and graph registers and dumping data to and reading data from external files. Throughout the course, the User is given the opportunity to get hands-on experience through the use of worked examples at the end of each section.