Any aerodynamicists here? How to learn CFD?

[OliverSedlacek]

For a while now I've been thinking of getting to grips with CFD, but I'm wondering how people learn CFD if not through a degree course. Any advice?

 

[TomcatViP]

If you have your basics in fluid flows, just grab a paper copy of Ansys Fluent manuals and go for It (you'll need a copy of the software too).

Aerodynamics need also some specifics. You'll find some good literature out there. No worries.

Then, if you want really master it, numerical math is a prerequisite. But don't worry, many professionals don't have it, or haven't gone through that seriously.

 

[publiusr]

There is some news on that front:

Mathematicians resolve a longstanding open problem for the so-called 3D Euler singularity

The motion of fluids in nature, including the flow of water in our oceans, the formation of tornadoes in our atmosphere, and the flux of air surrounding airplanes, have long been described and simulated by what are known as the Navier–Stokes equations.

phys.org

Stable nearly self-similar blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth data I: Analysis

Inspired by the numerical evidence of a potential 3D Euler singularity \cite{luo2014potentially,luo2013potentially-2}, we prove finite time blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with smooth initial data of finite energy and boundary. There are several essential...

arxiv.org

 

[OliverSedlacek]

There is some news on that front:

Mathematicians resolve a longstanding open problem for the so-called 3D Euler singularity

The motion of fluids in nature, including the flow of water in our oceans, the formation of tornadoes in our atmosphere, and the flux of air surrounding airplanes, have long been described and simulated by what are known as the Navier–Stokes equations.

phys.org

Stable nearly self-similar blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D Euler equations with smooth data I: Analysis

Inspired by the numerical evidence of a potential 3D Euler singularity \cite{luo2014potentially,luo2013potentially-2}, we prove finite time blowup of the 2D Boussinesq and 3D axisymmetric Euler equations with smooth initial data of finite energy and boundary. There are several essential...

arxiv.org

Not a problem I was aware existed, but the result is going to upset some people.