Day 1

Go back to "3 weeks" series.

First simulation

In this tutorial you will get a first hangs-on glimpse into the workflow of CFD simulations with OpenFOAM. The following topics will be covered:

• basic case setup
• initial values
• mesh
• simulation (2D elbow case with three meshes)
• postprocessing

Cavity tutorial

This is one of the most basics tutorials. You will revisit this example, so it is a good idea to try it out now. Here, you will get a fast walkthrough with a good explanation about

• the mesh
• running the case
• postprocessing the results.

OpenFOAM basics

Here you will find a video on the very basics of OpenFOAM. You will hear about

• OpenFOAM and what it is good for
• the history and philosophy behind it
• the basics and the structure.

blockMesh 1

As already mentioned, we now revisit the cavity case with a special focus on the the OpenFOAM internal simple meshing utility called blockMesh. Study

• the dictionaries (e.g. blockMeshDict)
• mesh your case
• run and postprocess your simulation

blockMesh 2

In this second tutorial video you will try out the OpenFOAM internal utility blockMesh in order to create a simple mesh for a simulation.

blockMesh 3

Here you will find a summary on the basics of meshing with blockMesh.