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= <center>Fourth OpenFOAM Workshop, June 1-4 2009, Montreal, Canada</center> =
= <center>Preliminary Basic Training Outline</center> =

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:<br> openfoam.org<br> openfoam-extend<br> Live-DVD/USB<br> (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: <br>How to add an application<br> How to add a turbulence model<br> How to add a boundary condition<br> How to add a functionObject<br> 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, ...