Introduction to CFD for the Naval Architect

Course Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisites

None.

Who Should Attend

Engineers and Naval Architects who are involved in research, design or development of naval or marine systems including hull and platform design etc, and who wish to acquire knowledge of how advanced simulation techniques may lead to novel designs and/or faster time-to-market.

Note: This course is part of the 2011 SNAME Annual Meeeting & Expo and will be held at the:
Hyatt Regency Houston
1200 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas, USA 77002

Course Description

This course will introduce Naval Architects to the simulation and analysis of naval engineering problems using the STAR-CCM+ Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) toolset. There will be a brief discussion of the theory of CFD covering the models used, boundary conditions and discretization. Engineers will then learn how to use the STAR-CCM+ software, including geometry preparation, meshing and setting boundary conditions. Finally, the Naval Architect will be shown how to apply STAR-CCM+ to marine problems as a virtual tow tank which will include meshing complex geometries such as ducted propellers, to setting up seakeeping problems in waves. This is a complete getting-started course for users in the marine industry interested in applying STAR-CCM+ and CFD to their problems.