High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Aug 6: New dates for the course: Monday Sep 28 - Friday Oct 2, 2020. The course will be online using Zoom.

The course deals with current numerical methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics in the context of high performance computing. An emphasis is placed on explicit methods for compressible flows, but classical numerical methods for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations are also covered. A brief introduction to turbulence modelling is also provided by the course. Additional topics are high order numerical methods for the solution of systems of partial differential equations. The last day is dedicated to parallelization. 

Hands-on sessions will manifest the contents of the lectures. In most of these sessions, the application Framework APES will be used. They cover grid generation using Seeder, visualization with ParaView and the usage of the parallel CFD solver Ateles on the local HPC system. 

The course is organized by HLRS, IAG (University of Stuttgart) and STS, ZIMT (University of Siegen).

Location

Online course
Organizer: HLRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Start date

Sep 28, 2020
09:00

End date

Oct 02, 2020
12:30

Language

German

Entry level

Basic

Course subject areas

Simulation

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Program

See link to the detailed program (preliminary, similar to the analogous course in Siegen).

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of partial differential equations and physics. The working environment is a cluster system, where shell and Unix experience is recommended. Programming experience is not required.

Installation of the following software is required on your local system in advance:

  • FortiVPN to access the HLRS compute resources (you will receive username and password shortly before the course)
  • TurboVNC and Paraview for visualisation
  • The Zoom App (not the browser version)

All three applications can be installed for free.

Content levels

Community: 30 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Teachers

Dr.-Ing. Harald Klimach (STS, Uni. Siegen), 
Jakob Dürrwächter, M.Sc. and Michael Schollenberger, M.Sc. (IAG, Uni. Stuttgart),
Dr. Albert Ruprecht (IHS, Uni. Stuttgart), and
Dipl.-Phys. Christoph Niethammer (HLRS, Uni. Stuttgart)

Language

The course language is German.

Handouts

Each participant will get a paper copy of all slides.

Slides and Exercises for the ONLINE course

Are available here.

Registration

The course is over, therefore registration is closed.

Deadline

for registration is Sep. 20, 2020 (extended deadline).

Fee

Students without Diploma/Master: 40 EUR
Students with Diploma/Master (PhD students) at German universities: 90 EUR
Members of German universities and public research institutes: 90 EUR
Members of universities and public research institutes within EU or PRACE member countries: 180 EUR.
Members of other universities and public research institutes: 360 EUR
Others: 960 EUR

Our course fees includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

Organization

PRACE PATC and bwHPC-C5

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), which is one of the six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs)
that started in Feb. 2012.
HLRS is also member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC-C5.
This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC-C5 user Support.
This course is not part of the PATC curriculum and is not sponsored by the PATC program.

Contact

Rolf Rabenseifner phone 0711 685 65530, rabenseifner(at)hlrs.de
Lorenzo Zanon phone 0711 685 63824, zanon(at)hlrs.de

Shortcut-URL & Course Number

http://www.hlrs.de/training/2020/CFD-S

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Contact & Location

+49 711 685-87269 info(at)hlrs.de

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