Quality and Reliability in CFD II: Industrial Challenges

JOINT NAFEMS – ERCOFTAC AWARENESS SEMINAR

Industrial, environmental and academic applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are increasingly relied upon to provide qualitative and quantitative data for design, safety assessment and understanding of complex flow systems. Direct validation against comprehensive test data is often impractical. The level of confidence which can be placed on the results of CFD is therefore an important and current issue in engineering simulation.

This seminar brings together users of CFD to examine issues of accuracy, reliability and trust in the context of practical applications in engineering design, the environment, and health and safety management. The underlying theme is the useful exploitation of CFD in the face of uncertainty and complexity. The presentations will illustrate, through case studies, how to reduce uncertainty in CFD and how to derive most benefit from the technology, as well as raising awareness of current initiatives to enhance the quality and trust of CFD simulation.

This is the second joint meeting on this theme co-organised by NAFEMS and ERCOFTAC. It follows the successful first meeting held on 9 th March 2004.

Programme

09:30 Coffee and registration

09:50 Morning Chairman's Welcome Address
Chris Lea, Lea CFD Associates

10:00 Verification and Validation in Uncertain Worlds
Herve Morvan & Nigel Wright, University of Nottingham

10:30 Industrial CFD and the Importance of Best Practice
Colin Young, Rolls Royce

11:00 Using CFD in the Chemical Industry
Derek Colman, BP

11:30 The QNET-CFD Knowledge Base - A mechanism for improving quality and reliability in industrial CFD
Tony Hutton, Qinetiq

12:00 LUNCH

13:00 Afternoon Chairman's Welcome and Discussion
Herve Morvan, University of Nottingham

13:30 Examples of complex CFD within the power generation industry
Peter Stephenson, RWE npower

14:00 Development of Best Practice Guidelines for the application of CFD to gas turbine safety
Matthew Ivings, Health & Safety Laboratory

14:30 COFFEE/TEA

14:45 Meeting the challenges for CFD in the construction industry
Nick Waterson, Mott MacDonald

15:15 NAFEMS guidance on fit for purpose, validated, complex CFD applications
Chris Lea, Lea CFD Associates

15:45 Final Discussion

16:00 Close of Seminar