es-ice New User Training Course Description

Course duration: 5 days
Course schedule: every 6 months in London, Nuremberg, and North America or as needed

Course description

es-ice (Expert System Internal Combustion Engines) is a meshing and analysis tool developed and used by CD-adapco to simplify the meshing and analysis setup for transient in-cylinder flow and combustion calculations for reciprocating engines. This course is intended to provide users with the ability to use es-ice to model realistic engine geometries.

Who should attend

Any user new to simulating reciprocating engine in-cylinder processes with es-ice.

Course Aims and Prerequisites

This course is an introduction to in-cylinder modeling with es-ice and STAR-CD. Upon completion of the course, users will have all of the tools needs to generate models with es-ice for their engine geometries, set up simple simulations, perform STAR-CD analyses, and post process their results. Basic pro-STAR and STAR-CD abilities are necessary to participate in this course. The key abilities being mouse driven plotting functionality, understanding the boolean set manipulations, NavCenter basics, and transient analysis problem setup.

Course Content

Day 1: Introduction, Geometry Preparation, and Template Generation

• Introduction to es-ice
  
  • Data Preparation
    
  • pro-STAR/surf
    
  • pro-STAR
    
• es-ice Environment
  
  • Geometry
    
  • Valves
    
  • Stub surfaces
    
• Mapping Method 2D Meshing
  
  • Sections
    
• Mapping Method 3D Meshing
  
  • Template Generation
    

Days 2: Template Generation, Mapping, Analysis Setup

• Mapping Method 3D Meshing (cont)
  
  • Template Generation
    
  • Edges and Splines
    
  • Mapping
    
  • Checking and Modifying
    
• Analysis Setup
  
  • In es-ice
    
  • In pro-STAR
    
• STAR-CD Analysis

Days 3: Analysis Review, Post Processing, Piston Modeling

• Analysis Review
  
  • es-ice Post Processing
    
  • Animations
    
• Model Modifications
  
• Piston Modeling
  
  • Flat Piston
    
  • Project Piston
    
  • Shape Piston
    
• Extrusion Layers

Days 4: Trimming

• Trimming Method
  
  • Geometry
    
• Csets & Splines
  
• Trimming Method 2D Meshing
  
  • Sections
    
• Trimming Method 3D Meshing
  
  • Template Generation
    
  • Trimming
    
  • Checking & Fixing
    
  • Assembly

Days 5: Spray Optimized Meshing, Advanced Topics

• Spray Optimized Meshing
  
  • Axisymmetric
    
  • Full Model
    
  • No-valve Topology
    
• Advanced Topics
  
  • Making Modifications
    
  • Multi-Cylinder Modeling
    
  • Port Template Generation
    
• Review/Questions
  
• Feedback
  
• User Models