The focus of this short course is to provide to beginners in High Performance Computing (HPC) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) a crash course like introduction to the following essential knowledge:

• Introduction to the LRZ Linux Cluster Systems and computing environment
• Introduction to a typical user environment on LRZ Linux Cluster systems
• Linux terminal access and file transfer tools
• Usage of the module system
• The batch queuing or scheduling system SLURM
• Introduction to a typical CFD-oriented workflow on the example of ANSYS CFD and StarCCM+
• Aspects of licensing of commercial CFD software at LRZ
• Q & A

Type of methodology: Lecture

Paid training activity for participants: No, it's free of charge

Participants prerequisite knowledge: This course is addressed to students and young scientists wanting to use LRZ-systems for their research. No further pre-existing HPC knowledge is required.