HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart: CFD with OpenFOAM®

Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

To take full advantage of the course offering, it would be advisable to have a standing knowledge of using Linux, as it is used for all exercises.

Basics in programming will be required for some of the exercises as well as some insights into CFD theory: See e.g. the recording and material of the spring 2024 CFD course (password required, which can be obtained for free, please refer to Self-study-materials).

Content levels

Community-target and domain-specific content: 33 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Dr.-Ing. Andreas Ruopp (HLRS, Universität Stuttgart), Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Harlacher (ZIMT, Universität Siegen),
Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Zirwes (IRST, Universität Stuttgart), M.Sc. Elisabeth Beer (Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, co-author only).

Learning outcomes

After this course, participants will:

have gained insight into the case setup, meshing tools like snappyHexMesh and cfMesh.
be able to perform pre- and postprocessing tasks with available OpenFOAM® utilities and additional libraries.
have a detailed understanding of the basic solvers and major aspects of code structure.
be able to code with CFD examples.

Agenda

All times are in the Central European Time zone (Berlin).

The preliminary course outline can be found here (PDF).

Handout

Each participant will get a paper copy of all slides.

Registration information

Apply for this course via the button at the top of this page (will be available soon).

Fees

0 Euro: Employees of the HLRS, or the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), or the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)
40 Euro: Students without master’s degree or equivalent
90 Euro: PhD students or employees at a German university or public research institute
180 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute in an EU, EU-associated or PRACE country other than Germany
360 Euro: PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute outside of EU, EU-associated or PRACE countries
960 Euro: Other participants, e.g., from industry, other public service providers, or government

Link to the EU and EU-associated (Horizon Europe), and PRACE countries.

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

Contact

Flavio Galeazzo, phone 0711 685 65828, training(at)hlrs.de

Andreas Ruopp, phone 0711 685 87259, andreas.ruopp(at)hlrs.de

HLRS concept for on-site courses

Besides the content of the training itself, an important aspect of this event is the scientific exchange among the participants. We try to facilitate such communication by

a social event on the evening of the first course day,
possibily further events such as a visit to the HLRS CAVE and server room,
offering common coffee and lunch breaks and
working together in groups of two during the exercises. Laptops wil be provided.

Lunch breaks

We plan to have lunch in the unversity's canteen (Mensa Stuttgart-Vaihingen, have a look at their menu online, paying by card only). Two other near possibilities for lunch are on all days:

A food truck from 11:00-14:00 in Allmandring 35, approximately 300 m from HLRS,
Bakery Sehne, near bus stop "Im Lauchhau", approximately 400 m from HLRS.

We will update this information if opening times etc. change and inform you more precisely before the course starts.

HLRS training collaborations in HPC and AI

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), together with JSC in Jülich and LRZ in Garching near Munich. EuroCC@GCS is the German National Competence Centre (NCC) for High-Performance Computing. HLRS is also a member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC. Since 2025, HLRS coordinates HammerHAI.

This course is provided within the framework of the bwHPC training program.

This offering is not approved or endorsed by ESI Group or ESI-OpenCFD®, the producer of the OpenFOAM® software and owner of the OpenFOAM® trademark.

Further courses and training team

See the training overview and the Supercomputing Academy pages.
See also information about the HLRS training department and staff.

CFD with OpenFOAM®

Location

Prerequisites and content levels

Instructors

Learning outcomes

Agenda

Handout

Registration information

Fees

Contact

HLRS concept for on-site courses

Lunch breaks

HLRS training collaborations in HPC and AI

Further courses and training team

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