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Practical Introduction To FEA and CFD

This three-day course provided by NAFEMS aims to teach engineers how to effectively apply finite element analysis (FEA) in a practical manner. The course covers how to plan an FEA task by understanding objectives and choosing an appropriate analysis method. It also addresses interpreting and gaining confidence in results. Students work on examples of planning an complete FEA project. The guidance is intended to help engineers derive maximum benefit from FEA tools.

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Practical Introduction To FEA and CFD

This three-day course provided by NAFEMS aims to teach engineers how to effectively apply finite element analysis (FEA) in a practical manner. The course covers how to plan an FEA task by understanding objectives and choosing an appropriate analysis method. It also addresses interpreting and gaining confidence in results. Students work on examples of planning an complete FEA project. The guidance is intended to help engineers derive maximum benefit from FEA tools.

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Practical Introduction to FEA

An opportunity to ensure that your


organisation gets maximum benefit from
using FEA
FEA has become widely used and universally accepted in many
industry sectors. In order to derive maximum benefit from the
available technology, engineers should learn about the strengths
of numerical techniques and how to apply them. At the same
time, guidance on how to avoid the inevitable pitfalls will prove invaluable throughout the
engineer’s career.

NAFEMS, the only vendor neutral, not-for-profit organization with the aim of promoting the
effective and reliable use of FEA, addresses this requirement by providing this three day
example-driven, practical course.

The course offers excellent guidance on how to assess and plan the task of carrying out a
structural analysis using FEA. A clear understanding of the objectives of each analysis is vital
and a road map for achieving this is presented. A review of the tradeoff between available
resource and analysis methodology is given.

Students are shown the various approximation methods and how to judge which are acceptable
and appropriate for solving a wide range of practical problems. Practical considerations of
loadings, boundary conditions and structural details are shown by numerous examples.

Of equal importance is the assessment and interpretation of results. A process is shown which
provides confidence in the results and aims to provide conservative, reliable and qualified
results.

Interaction is encouraged throughout the course, with the planning and design of a complete FEA
project and examples of simple hand calculations, mesh designs and solution designs being set
for the class to complete. The course is completely code independent.

Who Should Attend?


This course is aimed at practicing engineers who wish to learn more about how to apply finite
element techniques to their particular problems in the most effective manner. The material that is
presented is independent of any particular software package, making it ideally suited to current
and potential users of all commercial finite element software systems. This course is a must for
all engineers aiming to use FEA as a reliable predictive tool for thermal, stiffness and stress
analysis.

The course is open to both members and non-members of NAFEMS.

To book your place, please select the suitable date and location from the list below. If you wish
to enquire about in-house courses, please contact Jo Davenport at NAFEMS to discuss your
needs.

Practical CFD Analysis


Two Day Course - 8th & 9th June 2011
NAFEMS, the only independent not-for-profit organisation with the aim of promoting the effe

ctive and reliable use of CFD, addresses this requirement by providing this
two day example driven, practical course.  The course offers excellent guidance on how to judge
which numerical approximations are acceptable and appropriate for solving a wide range of
practical problems.  Of equal importance is the manner in which results are interpreted.  Advice
is provided which allows the correct decisions to be taken, based on results which are known to
be reliable.  Interaction is encouraged throughout the course, with the planning and design of a
complete CFD project and examples of simple hand calculations, mesh designs and solution
designs being set for the class to complete.  The course is completely code independent.

Who Should Attend?


This course is aimed at practising engineers who wish to understand CFD methods and learn
how to apply CFD techniques to their particular problems in the most effective manner.  All
aspects of successful CFD application are covered, including:

 The Finite Volume Method


 The computational mesh
 Turbulence
 Sources of error
 Interpretation of results
 Validation

Attendees should have a graduate engineering background including some knowledge of fluid
dynamics and engineering mathematics

The material that is presented is independent of any particular software package, making it
ideally suited to current and potential users of all commercial finite volume method CFD
software systems.  Anyone who wishes to use CFD in an industrial context would benefit from
this course and it is a must for engineers who wish to use advanced CFD as an effective
predictive tool for industrial flow analysis.

The course is open to both members and non-members of NAFEMS.

Topics Covered
DAY 1
 Introduction
- Examples of CFD Simulations / Advantages and Disadvantages of CFD
 Basics of Fluid Mechanics
- Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics (Continuity, Momentum and Energy Equations)
 Introduction to Numerical Methods
- Mathematical Background
- Finite Volume Method
- Spatial Discretization
- Temporal Discretization
- Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations (Pressure Correction)
- Grid Generation
- Solution of Systems of Linear Equations
 Special flows
- Turbulent Flows
- Multiphase Flows

DAY 2
 From Reality to the Simulation Model
- What to do Before Starting a Simulation
- Assumptions? Why? Effect of Assumptions?
- Boundary Conditions? Which?
- Grid Generation? How?
- Examples
 Quality of CFD Simulations
- Checking of CFD Results
- Interpretation of CFD Results
- Improvements / What to do?
 Summary and Perspectives
- Outlook, Trends in Simulation Methods
- Optimization
- Coupled Simulations

Venue
The Legacy Falcon Hotel
Chapel Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6HA
Tel: 0844 411 9005
Website: http://www.legacy-hotels.co.uk/legacy-thefalcon/

Ideally located in the heart of Stratford Upon Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, is The
Legacy Falcon Hotel a 16th Century Inn. The hotel is just five minutes walk from Stratford-
upon-Avon train station and also has free on-site car parking.

Accommodation
We have secured a limited number of rooms at the venue hotel, at a special rate of £80, including
VAT on a bed & breakfast basis. Please contact the hotel directly, quoting reservation number
61480 , to book rooms at the discounted rate. This reduced rate is applicable to NAFEMS
delegates until the middle of April.

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