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Introduction of background knowledge regarding flow physics and CFD as well as detailed information about the use of AcuSolve and what specific options do.
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AcuSolve is a leading general purpose CFD solver that is capable of solving the most demanding industrial and scientific applications.
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This section on mathematical background covers the various notations and operators used to formulate and define the equations of fluid flow.
This section on basics of fluid mechanics covers topics describing the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, such as the concept of continuum, the governing equations of a fluid flow, definition of similitude and importance of non-dimensional numbers, different types of flow models and boundary layer theory.
This section on turbulence covers the topics describing the physics of turbulence and turbulent flow. It also covers the modeling of turbulence with brief descriptions of commonly used turbulence models.
This section on numerical approximation techniques covers topics, which describe the numerical modeling of the fluid flow equations on a computational domain, such as spatial discretization using finite difference, finite element and finite volume techniques, temporal discretization and solution methods.
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
AcuSolve command descriptions and corresponding examples.
AcuSolve utility programs covering preparatory and post-processing as well as user-defined functions and utility scripts.
Customization of AcuSolve allowing you to customize certain capabilities of the solver.
Commands of AcuTrace, a particle tracer that runs as a post-processor to or a co-processor with AcuSolve.
Instructions to define additional solution quantities of AcuTrace called user equations.
Instruction of the AcuReport tool, a standalone post-processor batch tool used to generate a report from an AcuSolve solution database.
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