Short course/CPD
CFD for Environmental Flows
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
Given current challenges due to global warming, population growth and ambitious architects, CFD is being increasingly employed to determine the likelihood of flooding, pollution dispersion in the atmosphere, sediment transport in rivers, wind loading on buildings, and wind distributions for wind farm placement.
This short course gives an introduction to all of the above environmental flows with an emphasis on detailing the theoretical problem, then describing current empirical engineering design standards and finally the role of cutting-edge CFD methods such as Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes and Large-Eddy-Simulation.
It also includes hands on experience using commercial software for environmental flows.
Location
Cranfield University is located at the very heart of the UK – within the innovation triangle between London and the cities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Our central location provides easy access from the M1, excellent main line rail service as well as proximity to key international airports. Set in rolling countryside, Cranfield offers a rich, rural landscape complemented by thriving towns and picturesque villages.
- Road: We are just 10 minutes from Junctions 13 & 14 of the M1 motorway. There is free parking on campus.
- Rail: Milton Keynes or Bedford
- Air: London Luton (22 miles), Heathrow (50 miles) or Birmingham (70 miles).
Course fee:
£1,200
Speakers
For further information about this course, please contact:
Dr Ben Thornber
T: +44 (0) 1234 754624
E: b.j.r.thornber@cranfield.ac.uk
How to register
Further information
For more information on this course or booking details please contact:
Academic Operations Unit
T: + 44 (0) 1234 754192
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
Course description
Who should attend
This course is ideal for those who are:
- looking to employ CFD for environmental problems
- architects or civil engineers who need a refresher course on prediction of wind loading or pedestrian wind environments
- currently working in the wind engineering industry or in flood prediction.
Benefits
This course will give you a concise introduction to environmental flow problems in wide ranging areas. Most notably, you will be able to critically assess a given flow; will be aware of empirical results which can be used for software validation, and will appreciate which CFD models can be applied.
Given the wide range of flow types present in environmental flows, this short course will benefit the sponsoring organisation by training providing a broad appreciation of the many facets of environmental flows in one compact course. It also includes hand-on experience with an environmental flow software package.
Topics
The course features lectures on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer; Pollution dispersion; Rivers, estuaries and tidal flows; sediment transport; building and urban aerodynamics; Free-surface and shallow-water flows (flood prediction). Hands-on session using an environmental flow software package.
