DISEÑO DE UN TALLER CFD PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DE FUNDAMENTOS DEL MÉTODO DE VOLÚMENES FINITOS

CÉSAR I. PAIRETTI; NICOLÁS TRIVISONNO; DARIO M. GODINO; CESAR VENIER

Concordia-Argentina y Salto-Uruguay

Congreso; MECOM 2023 - Congreso Argentino de Mecánica Computacional; 2023

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Concordia. Universidad de la República de Uruguay

This article focuses on the pedagogical design of activities for an elective subject focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), aimed at fifth-year students of Mechanical Engineering. The course begins with a review module to reinforce concepts related to Continuum Mechanics and fundamentals of numerical methods. Subsequent classes take a workshop-type dynamic to understand the fundamentals of the Finite Volume Method applied on three disciplinary areas: aerodynamics, heat transfer, and multi-phase flows. The evaluation of each topic incluedes the resolution of benchmark cases using the OpenFOAM platform. The results of those simulations are presented in a report and exposed in front of their peers. The present work concludes with a overall review on the highlights of the first experience, offering suggestions in terms of a schedule and pedagogical materials to guarantee a more balanced workload in future iterations of the course.