CFD Showcase
I have extensively developed and refined my CFD skills from working on my Thesis and completing an Advanced Fluid Dynamics course. My CFD experience includes OpenFOAM and ANSYS Fluent.
OpenFOAM
MCE 455: Advanced Fluid Dynamics
During my first semester as a graduate student, I completed an Advanced Fluid Dynamics course that focused on analyzing fluid dynamics concepts in a CFD simulation environment. This included analysis and computation of steady flows involving practical geometries, comparisons between exact and numerical solutions, laminar and turbulent flows, boundary layers, flow separation, and three-dimensional simulation. All simulation work was completed using OpenFOAM.
This course gave me an excellent introduction into the world of CFD. Throughout the course's duration, I completed a total of 7 "White Papers" that each studied a unique fluid dynamics concept. OpenFOAM served as a great platform for learning, as the program required me to construct my own case files and directories to successfully execute the simulation without the help of a dedicated UI. This significantly enhanced my overall understanding of the CFD process as I had to have intimate knowledge of the control dictionary, mesh, parameter, scheme, solution, and boundary condition files used for the specific problem.
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ANSYS Fluent
Graduate Thesis Project
ANSYS Fluent (student) was used as the primary CFD simulation package throughout the duration of my graduate Thesis project. A majority of the simulation work I completed for my Thesis focused on impeller design and dual-channel nozzle development. My previous OpenFOAM experience made the transition to the ANSYS Workbench platform seamless.
