es-ice

Course Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisites

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.

Who Should Attend

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

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. The es-ice course is intended to provide users with the ability to use es-ice to model realistic engine geometries. It 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 needed to generate models with es-ice for their engine geometries, set up simple simulations, perform STAR-CD analyses, and post process their results.

Course Content

Day 1: Introduction, Geometry Preparation, and Template Generation

  • Introduction to es-ice
    • es-ice Environment
    • Data Preparation
    • STAR-CCM+ Surface Meshing
  • Trimming Method Geometry Preparation
    • Surface Identification
    • Valves
    • Stub Surfaces
    • Csets & Splines
  • Trimming Method 2D Meshing
    • Sections
  • Trimming Method 3D Meshing
    • Template Generation
    • Trimming
Day 2: Checking, Prism Layers, Assembly, Analysis Setup
  • Trimming Method 3D Meshing
    • Checking & Fixing
    • Prism Layers
    • Assembly
    • Checking Results
  • Trimming Method Template Improvements
    • Trim Panel Details
    • Retrimming
  • Analysis Setup
    • In es-ice
    • In pro-STAR
  • STAR-CD Analysis
Day 3: Analysis Review, Post Processing, Diesel Meshing, Advanced Topics
  • Analysis Review
    • es-ice Post Processing
    • Animations
  • Analysis Details
    • ‘ahead’ Files
    • mvmesh.sh
    • star Command Line
  • Spray Optimized Meshing
    • Axisymmetric
    • Full Model
    • No Valve Topology
  • Advanced Topics
    • HTC Cycle
    • Multi-Cylinder Modeling
    • Port Template Generation
  • Review/Questions
  • Feedback