Course program:

• 1. Basics

  • Basics of numerical Simulation using Lagrangian Particle Tracking (LPT)

  • Configuration of OpenFOAM environment

     

• 2. Numerical simulation of particle laden flows
  

  • Governing equations

  • 1/2 and 4 way coupling

  • Model build up

  • Mesh requirements

  • Variation of OpenFOAM settings

  • Runtime-Analysis

  • PostProcessing of the results

• 3. Numerical implementation in OpenFOAM

  • Overview of paricle classes

  • Understanding of the source code

  • Using OpenFOAM Syntax

  • Tutorial: Simulation of simple particle laden flows in OpenFOAM

• 4. Coupling Euler / LPT in OpenFOAM

  • Concept of implentation and usage

  • Numerical failure analysis / mesh settings 

  • Solversettings for simulation speed up 

  • Variation of particle properties 

  • Tutorial: Implementation of a new Euler-Lagrange solver

• 5. Usage of LPT algorithmn

  • Application of the implemented solver

  • Running the solver / steady and transient eulerian fluid

  • Variation of boundary conditions and particle properties 

  • Best practice guides

  • Simulation speed up

  • Tutorials: Practial usage for different examples