STAR-CCM+ Turbomachinery CFD Masterclass

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

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Some audio narration in this course is generated using artificial intelligence (text-to-speech technology) to ensure clear, consistent, and high-quality delivery of the content.

STAR-CCM+ Expert Applications, Vol 2, Turbomachinery is a comprehensive, project-based training in turbomachinery simulation using STAR-CCM+. It is designed to take you from geometry creation to full CFD analysis and validation through a series of realistic engineering projects. Unlike traditional tutorials that focus only on isolated concepts, this course is built around complete industrial workflows where every chapter represents a fully developed engineering case.

You will learn how to build and simulate complex turbomachinery systems such as centrifugal pumps, propellers, wind turbines, and turbine stages directly inside STAR-CCM+. One of the key strengths of this course is the heavy use of STAR-CCM+ built-in tools for geometry creation, meaning that external CAD software is minimized. This allows you to focus on simulation-driven design and understand how real engineering problems are handled within a single integrated environment.

The course covers the full CFD pipeline: geometry creation, meshing strategies, physics setup, solver configuration, post-processing, and performance evaluation. You will work with rotating machinery models using industry-standard approaches such as MRF and rotating reference frames, and you will learn how to extract meaningful engineering parameters such as head, efficiency, torque, power, and thrust.

Each project is based on real-world or validated engineering cases, and the results are compared against benchmark or experimental data whenever applicable. This ensures that you are not only learning how to run simulations, but also how to interpret and validate them in a practical engineering context.

By the end of the course, you will be able to independently build, simulate, and analyze turbomachinery systems in STAR-CCM+, and develop robust CFD workflows suitable for aerospace, energy, and industrial applications. This course is ideal for engineers and students who want to move beyond basic CFD setups and gain real-world simulation skills used in industry.