FLOW-3D General and Hydraulics Training Sessions

FLOW-3D general and hydraulics training sessions will be held September 22, the day before the 2010 FLOW-3D World Users Conference. Conference attendees can attend one or both of the training sessions. Attendees can sign up for training when registering for the users conference. A FLOW-3D training credit can be used to attend BOTH sessions. One session is $300 and two sessions are $500. A continental breakfast and lunch are included in the cost of training. The topics for both sessions are below.

FLOW-3D Training — Automne Room

Continental breakfast: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Hydraulics Training: 9:30 - 11:30 am
Lunch provided for all training class attendees: 11:30 - 1:00 pm
General Training: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Hydraulics Training Session

Turbulence modeling and shear stress calculations
- Pros/Cons of available turbulence models
- Slip conditions
- Accuracy of shear stress calculations
- Methods of specifying roughness
- Choosing a cell size to maximize accuracy of shear stress
Sedimentation and scour modeling
- Simulation of the 2008 Houfeng bridge collapse
- Understanding the model: governing equations and limitations
- Model setup and results analysis tips
Cavitation modeling options
Over-specification of hydraulics simulations
- Boundary conditions and problem specifications
- Examples of over-specification

General Training Session - How to Achieve Faster, More Accurate Simulations

Methods for speeding up simulations
- Factors that make a simulation run long
- How can runtimes be reduced
  - Numerical options
  - Meshing/Multi-block approaches and best practices
  - Parallel options
  - Hardware options
Numerical options – why we have them, how they work, when to use
- F-packing – why we need it, how does it work
- AVRCK
- VOF advection options
- Momentum advection options
The DTS STL geometry repair tool