Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics

Course Duration: 2 Days

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for civil engineers and environmental scientists and engineers. Prior experience with STAR-CCM+, is strongly recommended, but not required.

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to teach STAR-CCM+ users techniques and best practices for analyzing problems in hydrology and environmental hydraulics. Typical applications include: river mechanics and open channel flows, environmental systems analysis, and dams, spillways and fish ladders.

Course Content

• Day 1
  • Lecture: 3D-CAD, Geometry Data Import and Surface Wrapping
  • Workshop: Geometry Import, Surface Repair & Surface Wrapping
  • Lecture: Free Surface Meshing & Analysis Strategies and Best Practices
  • Workshop: Free Surface Analysis of Flow in a River Bed
  • Lecture: Post-Processing of Free Surface Analyses
• Day 2
  • Lecture/Demo: Wave Generation Boundary Conditions using VOF Waves
  • Lecture: Introduction to Multi-DOF Analyses (DFBI)
  • Workshop: Heave Response of a Floating Buoy
  • Workshops: Dam/Spillway/Fish Ladder Analyses
  • Review and Open Session (Time permitting)