Fourth OpenFOAM Workshop, June 1-4 2009, Montreal, Canada

Preliminary Basic Training Outline

This is a preliminary outline of the basic training on 1st of June 2009 in conjunction with the fourth OpenFOAM workshop in Montreal:

Installation from:
openfoam.org
openfoam-extend
Live-DVD/USB
(Participants who want to follow the training on their own laptop must make sure to have a working OpenFOAM installation, or make sure that the distributed Live-DVD/USB works on their laptop before the training)
Directory and file structure, and Linux environment
Pre-compiled solvers, utilities, and the test-directory
Pre-configured solver and utility tutorials
A thorough march through the icoFoam cavity tutorial
How to learn more from Allrun scripts and dictionary files
File structure of applications and libraries, and compilation
Basics of C++ for OpenFOAM
High-level coding in OpenFOAM:
How to add an application
How to add a turbulence model
How to add a boundary condition
How to add a functionObject
Alternative ways of linking with new libraries
The global controlDict file - debugging and run-control
Post-processing with: paraFoam, sample, probes, foamLog, foamCalc, and Gnuplot
Advanced usage - parallel processing, multi-physics, ...