Finite Volume Method for CFD: A Survey

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This course will provide students with an overview of the subjects necessary to perform robust simulations of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) problems. After an initial overview of the finite volume method and fluid mechanics, students will use the finite volume library OpenFOAM to explore the different components that make up a modern CFD code (discretization, linear algebra, timestepping, boundary conditions, splitting schemes, and multiphysics) and learn how to navigate a production scale software library.