About the Course Computational thermal analysis (CTA) is a critical discipline that drives all stages of the engineering design process. It has evolved as a sub-discipline of engineering analogous to CFD. The present course provides a singular focus on the thermal analysis process, providing a unique perspective by developing all concepts with practical examples. The course will take the student inside the basic simulation codes used today, giving them the ability to understand and appreciate all phases of the thermal modelling process.
Who Would Benefit The CTA course is designed as a fundamentals course for the practicing thermal engineer, but is considerably detailed to engage high-level analysts more interested in the theoretical underpinnings of CTA. An introductory knowledge of heat transfer and numerical analysis is required to fully participate.
Course Content The CTA course is designed around 8 lectures which descend from a structured thermal modelling paradigm. Each of the lecture topics is then broken into a series of detailed subjects.
Lecture 1Introduction to Computational Thermal Analysis (CTA) Lecture 2Formulation of the Basic Equations of Heat Transfer Lecture 3Decoupling Systems and Deriving Boundary Conditions Lecture 4Discretization of the Governing Equations and Geometry Lecture 5Computational Solutions to the Discrete Equations Lecture 6Validation of Computational Models and Solutions Lecture 7Reconstitution and Repackaging Computational Models Lecture 8Special Topics in Heat Transfer
The CTA course will feature a multimedia delivery by mixing overheads, video animations and InterLab sessions. Overheads will present integrated text,graphics and equations. The course emphasizes a strong pictorial representation, carefully defined nomenclature and transient animations. The entire presentation will be delivered electronically using screen projection of a laptop monitor. There are approximately 600 overheads which make up the entire lecture series.
The CTA course provides a unique integration of a laboratory environment with the compulsory question and answer sessions during lectures. During InterLab, which stands for interactive laboratory, the TFS thermal analysis code will be applied to enhance the learning process by setting up fast computational examples. The rapid simulation environment of TFS, allows a thermal problem to literally be built and analyzed in seconds.
Course Length and Deliverables The course length is nominally 2 to 2.5 days depending on the number of questions, but can also be tailored both in length and content for specific user needs. Each student will receive the following deliverables with their tuition:
1) Complete bound hard copy of lecture overheads (black and white)
2) CD-ROM containing each entire lecture series in complete color readable with Adobe Acrobat ® Reader TM, thermal animations (.AVI format) which are imbedded in the lecture series, keyed, played and viewed with Adobe Acrobat ® Reader TM
3) Fully functional version of the general purpose CFD and CHT solver Hyperion-TFS and Hyperion-Mesh3D. Note the software licenses for TFS and Mesh3D will be a single annual license extending one year from the date of the course.
