WEEKLY UPDATES

teamstuttgart2018

Jan 7, 20191 min read

Week 12 Update

Week 12 has seen the project come to completion with enormous success. The mesh convergence study was completed and demonstrated how the...

teamstuttgart2018

Dec 7, 20181 min read

The team have been adapting to the non-cyclic set-up required due to Swak4foam not working. The team aim to have all results by the end...

teamstuttgart2018

Nov 30, 20181 min read

In Week 10, the continuation of the ANSYS study was conducted with the expectation that all results are gathered by the end of next week....

teamstuttgart2018

Nov 23, 20182 min read

Since the modelling of the project was complete, the team decided to reassign roles for the last few weeks. One member of the modelling...

teamstuttgart2018

Nov 16, 20181 min read

Week 8 saw the team complete the final geometry for the simulations. The 3-pin model was made with the fluid also modelled. All required...

teamstuttgart2018

Nov 9, 20182 min read

Week 7 saw the team make great progress in all aspects of the project. The modelling team tested the splitting up of faces for extraction...

teamstuttgart2018

Nov 2, 20181 min read

During Week 6, the team submitted the Statement of Purpose to the University of Strathclyde for marking. The team expect results from the...

teamstuttgart2018

Oct 26, 20181 min read

During Week 5 the team made the main preparations for the Interim Report due at the end of the month. This report outlines the project...

teamstuttgart2018

Oct 19, 20181 min read

Week 4 saw the team make good progress within all aspects of the project. The modelling team have now got access to PythonOCC which is a...

teamstuttgart2018

Oct 12, 20181 min read

Week 3 saw the team make great progress in developing their OpenFOAM skills. The team successfully ran a conjugate heat transfer...

teamstuttgart2018

Oct 5, 20181 min read

During Week 2, the team began to research the background of the project and we started tutorials on OpenFOAM. Progress was made on...

teamstuttgart2018

Sep 28, 20181 min read

We started the project with an introductory meeting with our project advisor, Dr Sebastian Spring. He proposed two different project...