Starting point for OpenFOAM
 

Hi everybody,

I am a beginner in OpenFOAM. I just went through tutorials in user guide. But in order to learn and dive in more, how should I manage ?

I am just trying to open varios tutorial cases, open the folder contents and try to understand. But is there any other systematic approach with which we can learn it in a proper manner?

I mean, when I started learning FLUENT or CFX, there were properly placed documentation to learn various cases. But in OpenFOAM apart from 3 cases, there is no discussion. So where can I find it in a proper manner?

Till now all I felt was, "if its open source, its easy to have access and learn". But OpenFOAM is different than others!!

Please help me.

Thank You, Have a great day! :)

Hi,

http://www.dicat.unige.it/guerrero/O...ourse2013.html

or

http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD/
MSc/PhD course in CFD with OpenSource software, 2013
also read the courses of the previous years 2012 back to 2007 http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD_2012
http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/kurser/OS_CFD_2007

http://www.openfoamworkshop2013.org/...p?Main=2&sub=1
take a look at the previous Workshops as well
http://www.openfoamworkshop2013.org/...p?Main=1&sub=2
=>http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.n...7_Program.html

There are also many commercial offers (usually with a pricetag >1000€)
=>I point to a commercial course offer with a low price tag, but the teachers are experienced
http://www.technicalcourses.net/port...icio_index.php
http://www.technicalcourses.net/port...php?curso_id=8 at 400€
http://www.technicalcourses.net/port...hp?curso_id=15 at 200€

visit OpenFoam Meetings related websites like
http://www.forwind.de/sowe/Site/Program.html
http://www.opensourcecfd.com/confere..._Programme.pdf

I would agree it is easy to have access, but definitely not easy to learn! I was new too a semester ago so here are some questions that may help people help you:

1) What operating system are you running this on?
2) How familiar are you with C++?
3) What release of OpenFOAM are you running?

OpenFOAM is much more difficult than a commercial code because you have to know the proper things to type into the terminal - there are no buttons to click.