SW Flow Simulation - resources and further reading

akatz · January 15, 2016, 11:38

Greetings,
I am a user of SW Flow Sim, which from what I understand is just a Flo EFD software packaged into the SW client. I have been using this software as my primary working tool since summer of 2014. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of the basic and intermediate features of the software at this point, but I'm wondering what you all would recommend for extending my knowledge.

My background is experimental fluid dynamics research. I did not focus rigorously on the theory. Similarly my experience with CFD is limited to a few software packages (Flow Sim and Icepak), I'm not a student of CFD theory or the academic/research side of this technology. I am looking for resources to shore up weaknesses. Things like recommended books, blogs, communities, etc. Keep in mind that I am a working professional so my time is limited, however if there training courses you would recommend I'm sure I could convince my bosses to allow me to do that during work hours.

Thanks in advance!

Boris_M · January 18, 2016, 07:31

Do you want to understand more about FloEFD/SWFS or about CFD in general?

There are white papers from Mentor Graphics on several topics and some webinars show the capabilities of it. For anything more specific for an application you work on you should get a more advanced training on things you have questions for.
Mentor Graphics offers trainings to their users after the initial training once they gained some experience and got used to the software, the user can then go deeper on topics he thinks he has questions about such as more advanced meshing or on specific features.

As for general courses you can always look at some of the conferences such as NAFEMS who have courses offered on some of the fundamentals of CFD but if you don't want to get into CFD itself too much then those will probably be not the right thing.

Boris

akatz · January 18, 2016, 08:14

Thanks for the quick reply Boris. I have read the white papers and I understood *most* of it, I was just wondering if there are any "bibles" in the CFD community that are widely regarded as great literature on the fundamentals of the technology, or if there are any known gurus with active blogs or website. I will look into NAFEMS.

Boris_M · January 18, 2016, 10:59

There are some books on fluid flow in general such as McGraw-Hill (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computationa...fluid+dynamics) and some other books. Depending on how deep you want to go or if it should only be on some basics.

Here on CFD-online is also some useful information such as the Wiki site and some other stuff under "Links" in the menu bar. Unfortunately the "Books" section is currently under maintenance. Have a look at the resources you can find up here in this site in the menu bar.

Boris

January 15, 2016, 11:38	SW Flow Simulation - resources and further reading	#1
akatz New Member amit Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 12	Greetings, I am a user of SW Flow Sim, which from what I understand is just a Flo EFD software packaged into the SW client. I have been using this software as my primary working tool since summer of 2014. I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of the basic and intermediate features of the software at this point, but I'm wondering what you all would recommend for extending my knowledge. My background is experimental fluid dynamics research. I did not focus rigorously on the theory. Similarly my experience with CFD is limited to a few software packages (Flow Sim and Icepak), I'm not a student of CFD theory or the academic/research side of this technology. I am looking for resources to shore up weaknesses. Things like recommended books, blogs, communities, etc. Keep in mind that I am a working professional so my time is limited, however if there training courses you would recommend I'm sure I could convince my bosses to allow me to do that during work hours. Thanks in advance!

January 18, 2016, 07:31		#2
Boris_M Disabled Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 616 Rep Power: 23	Do you want to understand more about FloEFD/SWFS or about CFD in general? There are white papers from Mentor Graphics on several topics and some webinars show the capabilities of it. For anything more specific for an application you work on you should get a more advanced training on things you have questions for. Mentor Graphics offers trainings to their users after the initial training once they gained some experience and got used to the software, the user can then go deeper on topics he thinks he has questions about such as more advanced meshing or on specific features. As for general courses you can always look at some of the conferences such as NAFEMS who have courses offered on some of the fundamentals of CFD but if you don't want to get into CFD itself too much then those will probably be not the right thing. Boris

January 18, 2016, 08:14		#3
akatz New Member amit Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 12	Thanks for the quick reply Boris. I have read the white papers and I understood most of it, I was just wondering if there are any "bibles" in the CFD community that are widely regarded as great literature on the fundamentals of the technology, or if there are any known gurus with active blogs or website. I will look into NAFEMS.

January 18, 2016, 10:59		#4
Boris_M Disabled Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 616 Rep Power: 23	There are some books on fluid flow in general such as McGraw-Hill (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computationa...fluid+dynamics) and some other books. Depending on how deep you want to go or if it should only be on some basics. Here on CFD-online is also some useful information such as the Wiki site and some other stuff under "Links" in the menu bar. Unfortunately the "Books" section is currently under maintenance. Have a look at the resources you can find up here in this site in the menu bar. Boris