Welcome! - Introduce yourself :)

dgeeetech · July 3, 2020, 6:59am

Hi Anna and members of the community,

i just got started in 3d printing and am navigate the warters of it.

cheers.

Dan

jousefm · July 3, 2020, 5:08pm

Hi Dan and a warm welcome to our SimScale community!

To get started please have a look at the following resources:

The “Get Started Tutorials”
Some random tutorials in general
Learning by doing with the SimScale Workshops
The documentation of SimScale

Happy SimScaling!

Jousef

Robert01 · July 26, 2020, 11:02pm

Hello.

My name is Rob and I’m interested in simulating some ideas I have involving the Magnus and Coanda effects. I am also interested in concepts related to hovercraft technology. I’m very new to CFD so it will take me awhile to know what I’m doing. Thanks for making Simscale available for community users!

jhorv_th · July 27, 2020, 5:48am

Hello @Robert01,

welcome, good to have you here!
Fortunately, there are vast amount of resources online. Based on your preferred learning style, you can start by the tutorials under the “Help” menu, the Youtube channel of Simscale, or by tweaking public projects and see how they are set,
Enjoy your time learning CFD, and feel free to ask your questions via the forum!

Best regards,
Jani

karimdib · August 27, 2020, 3:44pm

Hello,

I am a mechanical engineer from Lebanon. I am interested in the assessment of thermal comfort in auditoriums and lecture rooms and that what brought me to Simscale. I am currently working on a small auditorium in Lebanon. I run the simulation but its giving me errors. I hope that I can find some assistance in the forum to solve this problem.
I have done 6 runs but the error persists; Gauge pressure field started diverging. Please check the mesh quality near the reported location and try refining the mesh. If the problem occured near a boundary, please check the boundary conditions.
I appreciate your technical support.

Best Regards,

jousefm · August 27, 2020, 6:07pm

Hey @karimdib and welcome to our SimScale forum!

As for your problem I would advise you to post your project along with a project link in the #project-support section of the forum! Thanks a lot and enjoy your stay here!

Jousef

tonyowens_uk · August 30, 2020, 8:14pm

I’m Tony from Ireland. I’m an engineering consultant with 35 years of product and process engineering and other adventures behind me. For CAD work I use PTC’s Creo, and in the past I did a great deal of structural analysis with Creo Simulate, a very wieldy P-element code. I do a bit of multiphysics work also with COMSOL, but the cumulative and rising cost of what are pretty mature codes, and our occasional pattern of use, is a problem for our little business. We are looking at Fusion 360.
I have occasional need for structural nonlinear analysis and its time to look for something new. I hope Simscale can do that, though I have some concerns about productivity issues with nonlinear contacting multi-part assemblies, based on what I’ve seen. The CFD (OpenFOAM-based) end of things looks a bit friendlier than COMSOL so we shall see.
I mostly do medical device and precision optics work but am pretty flexible. In my own time, I like working on flexure-based mechanisms, thermo-fluidic and optical instruments, and performing patent landscaping studies. I have a large but buggy delta 3D printer and lots of astronomical telescopes to keep me amused.

jousefm · August 30, 2020, 11:32pm

Welcome to our forum @tonyowens_uk!

Seems like you have used a good amount of tools so far! If you need anything from my side, feel free to contact me either here in the forum or via email (jmurad@simscale.com) - happy to help you out!

All the best!

Jousef

steven_tri · September 13, 2020, 8:31am

Hi,
My name is Steven and I am a hobbyist electronics engineer teaching myself FEA. Wish me luck.

jousefm · September 14, 2020, 5:49pm

Welcome Steven

Feel free to open a new topic in the forum in case you have questions, we are jumping in as soon as possible!

All the best!

Jousef

drcoole · October 3, 2020, 5:58pm

Hello: I’m exploring SimScale for the first time.
David - Victoria BC CAN

jhorv_th · October 4, 2020, 1:25pm

Hello David,

nice to have you here!

Best regards,
Janos

jake_steidinger · October 6, 2020, 4:17pm

Hello everyone ,

I have been using simscale for over a year now, I am from Pennsylvania USA. I have been using it for the CFD aspects mostly, but in my free time I hope to learn more about FEA and be able to use it for personal projects.

Best,
Jake

jousefm · October 6, 2020, 7:02pm

Welcome on board Jake aka. PowerUser-to-be

Cheers mate!

Jousef

caneroqf · November 9, 2020, 6:25am

Hello there,
Im Caner. Just realised there is a website like this on youtub on one of your webinars. my field is cfd. (at least im trying for it ) im openmind for any kind of suggestions for cfd.
kind regards,

tsite · November 9, 2020, 9:15am

Welcome Caner! Feel free to have a look at the fluid dynamics tutorials then: SimScale Tutorials and User Guides | Cloud-Based CAE | SimScale
Cheers!

fgonz_lez_mart · December 1, 2020, 4:51pm

Hi There, I’m from México, and I work in the construction área, What bring me here is that I want to simulate air comfort in a store with 2 intake holes and one exhaust extractor.
So what I’m looking for is where to place the intakes.
I’m 53 years old, and I have a MD in Project Engineering. I’m a electrical-mechanical engineer as well.
So let´s see what can I learn from this group.

jousefm · December 4, 2020, 11:36am

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jairogut · December 7, 2020, 3:09pm

Hello all, my name is Jairo Gutiérrez, I’m from Colombia and I’m finishing a PhD in mechanical engineering.

My main area of expertise is CFD, more specifically, thermofluids, including sprays and atomization and heat transfer. My main area of interest is the use of low-cost eddy-resolving methods in industrial / parametric applications. Besides CFD, I have professional experience in aircraft manufacturing and aerodynamics.

Discovering SimScale a couple of years ago was indeed a nice surprise, after being a user (and suffering ) OpenFoam for the last 7+ years).

Looking forward to learning from you all and contributing!

Jairo

dborowsk · December 7, 2020, 5:46pm

Hi, I’m an architect and design professor. I try to stress performance and evidence-based design in both my practice and the studio/classroom. Its been a while (10 yrs or so) since I’ve run CFD/FEA simulation, but with the recent concerns over airflow , I’m hoping to get back into it enough just enough to teach my students and get them started on using it in their projects.

Just setting up my first project now and can already tell I’m gonna need some advice !!!

Best!
Darrick