Collecting Resources
- Angela Chao
- Dulasi V
- Former user (Deleted)
This is to track and plan the process of reaching out to other teams and university resources. The goal is to gain feedback and learn effective ways of performing and analyzing CFD on the aerobody.
Contacts
| Name | Contact Information | Responsible | Contacted | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Gordon Stubley | Set up meeting through Kathy Becker | Talked to Prof. Stubley briefly after class. His expertise is with ANSYS CFX (as opposed to Fluent). He recommended going through airfoil tutorials to learn how to use Fluent. However, it might be valuable to meet with him to get a better understanding of CFD overall. I've reached out to Kathy Becker to set up a meeting hopefully next week (Mar 20-24). | ||
| U of T Solar Car Team | Eugene Du (Aero Lead) | Skyped on Sat, Mar 18 to get an overview of U of T's process for CFD. Meeting Notes: CFD Notes from U of T - Blue Sky Solar Racing Team Skyped on Sun, Mar 26 to run through U of T's full CFD Process Resources from Eugene posted in: CFD Notes from U of T - Blue Sky Solar Racing Team | ||
| Watsub | -Mustafa -Hull team -Gonzalez | Dulasi V | Mustafa used ANSYS in 2nd co-op placement (doesn't remember much) for naval company. Used online tutorial: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/FLUENT+Learning+Modules Gonzalez is head of hull team and does CFD, but wasn't present and is apparently really busy. People there told me to contact Prof Chris Kohar/TA Zhang, who are experts in CFD. | |
| UW Supermileage | Dulasi V | Using previous models for competition. Not doing any CFD and they were not sure what was done in the past. | ||
| Waterloop | Graydon McDonnell (Deactivated) |
Priorities
- Setting up the simulation
- Creating an appropriate mesh
- Performing the analysis (settings, parameters, iterations, etc.)
- Analyzing results
Note 1) Approach when talking to other teams: what is their current process & how did they choose their parameters?
Note 2) When talking to professors or grad students: Show them our process & reasoning to gather their feedback, what are some key factors to be thinking about, what are we overlooking?
In terms of the actual exchange of information for learning how to set up a simulation (from more preferable to less preferable):
- Interactive walk through of simulation from start to finish:
- in the bay
- in another location
- online (i.e screen sharing)
- Recorded video of their process
- Screenshots
- Written instructions
Results
Document what was learned and attach useful resources here.