[CFD | ENG] Introduction to CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). Part I: What is CFD?

In this video, I will introduce myself and talk briefly about my academic profile. I will also explain the main goals of this channel and the motivation that has led me to create it.

Then, I will proceed to give a general introduction to computational fluid dynamics (CFD), its applications, and its importance in the industry and in technological development for our society. I will also discuss the basic knowledge required to learn CFD, the conservation laws expressed as partial differential equations used in this field, and the most common numerical methods to solve them.

Lastly, I will briefly talk about open-source CFD software and the most popular software used to carry out computational simulations of fluid flow, including some examples and a CFD project I was part of.

Timestamps
00:00 Personal introduction and goals of the channel
07:17 Beginning of the presentation
19:23 General knowledge needed to learn CFD
21:33 Equations used in CFD
29:26 Numerical methods used in CFD
32:37 Description of CFD software
38:01 The OpenFOAM and the HiGFlow systems
46:04 Computational meshes and example of a simulation

This video is part of a course called "Introduction to CFD", which I will be offering for free here in the channel. I encourage you to watch all the videos from the course. Enjoy the content!

Links of interest
The OpenFOAM system: https://openfoam.org/
The foam-extend system: https://sourceforge.net/projects/foam...
Article that describes fully the finite-difference numerical method used by the HiGFlow system: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Dr. Jasak's PhD thesis that describes the finite volume numerical method used by both OpenFOAM and foam-extend systems:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Personal webpage where you can read more about my research on CFD and other popular science articles: https://hugocastillocom.wordpress.com