Driving Innovation in Virtual Prototyping with OpenFOAM®

EuroCC Italy course

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, innovation and growth are no longer optional – they are strategic imperatives for any company aiming to remain competitive. HPC plays a pivotal role in this transformation, enabling the creation of advanced digital prototypes that accelerate, optimize, and enhance every phase of experimentation and design within industrial production processes.

Among the most powerful tools available to engineers and researchers, OpenFOAM®, the renowned open-source computational platform, stands out for its versatility and high performance in engineering applications. To foster these skills and promote the use of HPC technologies in industry, EuroCC Italy presents the training course: “Driving Innovation in Virtual Prototyping with OpenFOAM®”, scheduled for November 24–25, 2025, at CINECA.

Driving Innovation in Virtual Prototyping with OpenFOAM®: the new EuroCC Italy Training Course

November 24–25, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
CINECA – Casalecchio di Reno (BO)

Organized by EuroCC Italy in collaboration with CINECA, the course is designed for researchers and engineers in Computational Engineering who already use or wish to start using open-source computational tools for fluid-dynamics modeling in HPC environments.

This training provides a valuable opportunity to explore the foundations of OpenFOAM®, understand its direct applications to virtual and engineering prototyping, and gain insight into the finite volume method and the increasing complexity of fluid-dynamics problems that can be solved using the platform.

Prerequisites
  • Knowledge of continuum mechanics
  • Familiarity with Linux
  • Basic understanding of distributed parallel programming
  • Understanding of linear system solvers
Why Attend

Participants will:

  • Learn and apply the fundamentals of open-source tools for computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
  • Strengthen their basic skills in the use of HPC environments.
  • Explore numerical methods and techniques for CFD applications.
  • Acquire practical knowledge of pre- and post-processing tools.
Course Topics
  • Using HPC resources for simulation
  • Fundamentals of the finite volume method
  • Introduction to OpenFOAM®
  • Meshing with blockMesh and snappyHexMesh
  • Solving a laminar flow problem
  • Solving a laminar problem with thermal coupling
  • Solving a turbulent flow problem
Programme
Day 1

10:00 – Introduction to HPC and the finite volume method
11:00 – OpenFOAM® overview
11:30 – Meshing (Part I)
12:30 – Lunch break
13:30 – Solving a potential flow problem
15:00 – Solving a laminar flow problem using the PISO method
17:00 – End of Day 1

Day 2

10:00 – Solving a laminar flow problem using the SIMPLE method
11:30 – Meshing (Part II)
12:30 – Lunch break
13:30 – Solving a turbulent flow problem
15:30 – Solving a turbulent problem with thermal coupling
17:00 – End of course

Instructors

The course will be led by CINECA experts Simone Bna and Eric Pascolo, who will share their extensive experience and expertise in applying OpenFOAM® to computational engineering challenges.

Registration

Register now by completing the online registration form available at the dedicated link.