CFD Simulation Workflow: Students comprehend the standard workflow for setting up CFD-simulations, including preprocessing, meshing, boundary condition set-up, simulation execution, and postprocessing. (K3)

Material-Flow Interactions in Polymer Processing: Students can account for material properties and flow behavior in laminar flow simulations of polymer melts, applying theoretical principles to practical problems. (K4)

Independent Problem-Solving in CFD: Students can independently prepare and execute simulations for simple flow problems and interpret the computational results in the context of polymer processing. (K5)

• Simplify geometry for CFD-simulations and troubleshoot geometry problems (K3)
• Generate suitable mesh for simulation and evaluate the quality (K4)
• Define and set boundary conditions for calculation (K3)
• Identify physical convergence of numerical simulations and adapted set up if not reached (K4)
• Interpret and evaluate CFD simulation results and suggest changes in the polymer processing process (K5)
• Highlight possible errors in results (K4)

• Differences between numerical methods like finite difference, finite element, finite volume methods (K2)
• Differences between stationary, transient, turbulent, laminar, isothermal and non-isothermal flow problems (K2)
• Basic concept of numerical and physical convergence of numerical simulations (K2)
• Commonly applied boundary conditions (like for example wall adhesion or adiabatic wall) and their limitations (K2)
• Grid and element types including their advantages and disadvantages (K2)
• Parameters to determine the quality of numerical meshes and important requirements to the numerical mesh (K2)
• Different rheological and thermodynamic models and their application (K2)
• Common assumptions and simplifications used in the context of polymer processing (K2)