OpenFoam Beginner to Advanced Level CFD

Master lid driven cavity flow with an OpenFOAM icoFoam simulation, from copying tutorials and creating the mesh with blockMesh to visualizing results in Paraview.

Utilize the blockMesh dict to build simple structured meshes (cubes, channels, cavities) by defining vertices, blocks, and boundaries, and adjust mesh resolution via scale and x, y, z block counts.

Explore how OpenFOAM uses parallel processing to speed up CFD simulations by decomposing the domain into subdomains, distributing workload across processors, and using MPI for communication.

Learn to run an OpenFOAM case in parallel by decomposing with decomposePar, solving with mpirun, and reconstructing results with reconstructPar. Refine the mesh and view post-processed results in Paraview.

Use Python for post-processing of CFD data to automate data extraction and analysis. Create visualizations and reports with NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, and Paraview API, enabling batch processing and KPI comparisons.

Apply Python post processing to OpenFOAM CFD results to extract, visualize, and compare sand depth across three cases in multiphase flows, using Python scripts and ParaView for clear insights.

Explore bench-top simulation of Bénard cells with OpenFOAM, revealing buoyancy-driven convection, the critical Rayleigh number, and the transition from conduction to organized convection visualized via Paraview.

OpenFOAM basics cover the offset cylinder case, teaching how to set up flow around an offset cylinder, analyze wake formation, vortex shedding, and pressure variations.

Explore rotating square in OpenFOAM, using dynamic mesh, moving zones, and topo set to simulate mesh motion, boundary conditions, and solver control for incompressible flow.

Explore the square bump case in OpenFOAM to analyze boundary layer, flow separation, wake formation, drag, and mesh resolution near geometry on a flat plate.