[bachelor]

Hey there,

i am an absolutely beginner in OpenFoam, had some issues with the installation, but now it's working. At least the tutorials i tried. Now, i started with my bachelorthesis, but don't know, how to start and i hope you can help me, where and how to begin

In the thesis i want to simulate a flow of a visco(elastic) fluid.

My goal is:
- 3D simulation of a viscoelastic material

- a box, which contains the fluid (like a glass of water)

- a surface, which puts the top surface of this fluid in a kind of spheric shape (first step would be a half-sphere and then adjust it to a more complex aspheric geometry)
- remove the shape/surface and adjust the parameter of the fluid, so that the relaxation/behavior of the fluid comes up with the real behavior of this fluid

Therefore my supervisor recommended the case "breaking of a dam" and then adjust the different parameter.

At the moment I don't know where to start, my supervisors don't work with OpenFoam, so i can't ask them.

Do you maybe have any suggestions, what's the best way to start and learn OpenFoam, especially for this case? Is this case suitable for my problem? Can i start with this tutorial case and change step by step the case ( like 2d -> 3d , fluid is filled in the whole box, the sharp straight surface gets a spheric surface, ....) or is there another (better) way?

Thanks a lot for helping!