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The most widely used method in Computational Fluid Mechanics is the Finite Volume Method (FVM), but there are very suitable alternative techniques with specific applications that are very useful in this field. In order to get the most out of this series of techniques, specific and very advanced knowledge is required, which means that professionals in this area are increasingly in demand.

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Module 1. Advanced Methods for CFD

1.1. Finite Element Method (FEM)

1.1.1. Domain discretization. Finite Elements 
1.1.2. Form functions. Reconstruction of the continuous field 
1.1.3. Assembly of the coefficient matrix and boundary conditions 
1.1.4. Solving the system of equations

1.2. FEM Case Studies Development of a FEM simulator 

1.2.1. Form functions 
1.2.2. Assembling the coefficient matrix and applying boundary conditions 
1.2.3. Solving the system of equations 
1.2.4. Post-Process

1.3. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) 

1.3.1. Fluid field mapping from particle values
1.3.2. Evaluation of derivatives and particle interaction 
1.3.3. The smoothing function. The kernel 
1.3.4. Boundary Conditions

1.4. SPH: Development of a simulator based on SPH 

1.4.1. The kernel 
1.4.2. Storage and sorting of particles in voxels 
1.4.3. Development of boundary conditions 
1.4.4. Post-Process

1.5. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) 

1.5.1. Kinetic-molecular theory 
1.5.2. Statistical mechanics 
1.5.3. Molecular equilibrium 

1.6. DSMC: Methodology 

1.6.1. Applicability of the DSMC method 
1.6.2. Modeling 
1.6.3. Considerations for the applicability of the method 

1.7. DSMC: Applications 

1.7.1. Example in 0-D: Thermal relaxation 
1.7.2. Example in 1-D: Normal shock wave 
1.7.3. Example in 2-D: Supersonic cylinder 
1.7.4. Example in 3-D: Supersonic corner 
1.7.5. Complex example: Space Shuttle 

1.8. Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) 

1.8.1. Boltzmann equation and equilibrium distribution 
1.8.2. De Boltzmann a Navier-Stokes. Chapman-Enskog Expansion 
1.8.3. From probabilistic distribution to physical magnitude 
1.8.4. Conversion of units. From physical quantities to lattice quantities 

1.9. LBM: Numerical approximation 

1.9.1. The LBM Algorithm. Transfer step and collision step 
1.9.2. Collision operators and momentum normalization 
1.9.3. Boundary Conditions 

1.10. LBM: Case Study 

1.10.1. Development of a simulator based on LBM 
1.10.2. Experimentation with various collision operators 
1.10.3. Experimentation with various turbulence models

Module 2. Advanced CFD Models

2.1. Multi-physics 

2.1.1. Multi-physics Simulations 
2.1.2. System Types 
2.1.3. Application Examples 

2.2. Unidirectional Co-simulation 

2.2.1. Unidirectional Co-simulation Advanced Aspects 
2.2.2. Information Exchange Schemes 
2.2.3. Applications 

2.3. Bidirectional Co-simulation 

2.3.1. Bidirectional Co-simulation Advanced Aspects 
2.3.2. Information Exchange Schemes 
2.3.3. Applications 

2.4. Convection Heat Transfer 

2.4.1. Convection Heat Transfer. Advanced Aspects 
2.4.2. Convective heat transfer equations 
2.4.3. Methods for solving convection problems 

2.5. Conduction Heat Transfer 

2.5.1. Conduction Heat Transfer. Advanced Aspects 
2.5.2. Conductive heat transfer equations 
2.5.3. Methods of solving conduction problems 

2.6. Radiation Heat Transfer 

2.6.1. Radiation Heat Transfer. Advanced Aspects 
2.6.2. Due to Radiation heat transfer equations 
2.6.3. Methods of solving Radiation problems 

2.7. Solid-fluid-heat coupling 

2.7.1. Solid-fluid-heat coupling 
2.7.2. Solid-fluid thermal coupling 
2.7.3. CFD and FEM 

2.8. Aeroacoustics 

2.8.1. Computational aeroacoustics 
2.8.2. Acoustic analogies 
2.8.3. Resolution methods 

2.9. Advection-diffusion problems 

2.9.1. Advection-diffusion problems 
2.9.2. Scalar Fields 
2.9.3. Particle methods 

2.10. Coupling models with reactive flow 

2.10.1. Coupling models with reactive flow. Applications 
2.10.2. System of differential equations. Solving the chemical reaction 
2.10.3. CHEMKINs 
2.10.4. Combustion: flame, spark, Wobee 
2.10.5. Reactive flows in non-stationary regime: quasi-stationary system hypothesis
2.10.6. Reactive flows in turbulent flows
2.10.7. Catalysts

Module 3. Post-processing, validation and application in CFD

3.1. Post-processing in CFD I 

3.1.1. Postprocessing on Plane and Surfaces 
3.1.1. Post-Process in the Plane 
3.1.2. Post-processing on surfaces 

3.2. Post-processing in CFD II 

3.2.1. Postprocessing Volumetric 

3.2.1.1. Post-processing Volumetric I 
3.2.1.2. Post-processing Volumetric II 

3.3. Free CFD post-processing software 

3.3.1. Free Postprocessing Software 
3.3.2. Paraview 
3.3.3. Paraview usage example 

3.4. Convergence of simulations 

3.4.1. Convergence 
3.4.2. Mesh convergence 
3.4.3. Numerical convergence 

3.5. Classification of Methods 

3.5.1. Applications 
3.5.2. Types of Fluid 
3.5.3. Scales 
3.5.4. Calculation machines 

3.6. Model validation 

3.6.1. Need for Validation 
3.6.2. Simulation vs Experiment 
3.6.3. Examples of validation 

3.7. Simulation methods. Advantages and Disadvantages 

3.7.1. RANS 
3.7.2. LES, DES, DNS 
3.7.3. Other Methods 
3.7.4. Advantages and Disadvantages

3.8. Examples of methods and applications 

3.8.1. Case of a body subjected to aerodynamic forces 
3.8.2. Thermal case 
3.8.3. Multiphase case 

3.9. Good Simulation Practices 

3.9.1. Importance of Best Practices 
3.9.2. Best Practices 
3.9.3. Simulation errors 

3.10. Free and commercial software 

3.10.1. FVM Software 
3.10.2. Software for other methods 
3.10.3. Advantages and Disadvantages
3.10.4. CFD Simulation Futures  

A Postgraduate diploma in Unconventional CFD Techniques, with a wide variety of additional material to study in depth those aspects that interest you most”