OpenFOAM Fundamentals
Case structure, meshing and post-processing workflows.
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LEARNING HUB · TWO CLEAR TRACKS
Learning content split into professional and academic tracks
To make the website clear for both employers and PhD supervisors, the learning content is separated into two tracks: professional engineering learning in fire protection, and academic learning in CFD and numerical methods.
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PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LEARNING
Professional and industrial learning
This section supports the professional side of the website: fire protection, water-based suppression, fire-resistant coatings, site inspection and practical design checks.
COURSE 01💧
Sprinkler and water-based fire protection
Sprinkler fundamentals, system types, hazard classification, positioning, piping layouts and hydraulic calculations.
Open course →COURSE 02🔥
Fire-resistant coatings for steel structures
Passive fire protection, mineral coating, intumescent paint, adhesion, mesh, thickness and field quality control.
Open course →COURSE 03🌫️
Car park smoke exhaust and ventilation
A professional overview of daily ventilation, smoke clearance, smoke zoning, ducted exhaust, jet fans, shafts and coordination checks for car parks.
Open course →COURSE 04🚨
Fire detection and alarm systems
A professional overview of BS5839-1 concepts: fire alarm categories, system architecture, detector selection, detection zones, alarm zones, warning devices and design coordination.
Open course →
Professional use:
This track is useful for engineering interviews, fire protection design discussions, site execution review and technical documentation.
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ACADEMIC RESEARCH LEARNING
Academic and research learning
This section supports PhD applications and supervisor review; it shows CFD as numerical reasoning, validation, meshing and research reporting, not just software use.
ACADEMIC MODULE∂
CFD learning path inside the main website
A compact one-page course: governing equations, FVM, mesh, boundary conditions, turbulence, convergence and validation.
Open short course →FULL STARTER LAB🌊
CFD Starter Lab — full standalone version
The richer standalone version in a separate folder: modules, cheatsheets, documentation and a dedicated CFD learning experience.
Open CFD Starter Lab →OPENFOAM TRAINING⚙️
Basic OpenFOAM training notes
A professional summary of blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, codeStream, codedFixedValue, initial conditions and high-level OpenFOAM programming.
Open training notes →CERTIFICATE🎖️
OpenFOAM course certificate
Privacy-safe display of the Basic OpenFOAM certificate in the certificates section.
View certificate →
Academic use:
This track is ideal for PhD supervisors, research emails and demonstrating your CFD foundation beyond Fluent/OpenFOAM software familiarity.
NAVIGATION IDEA
The paths are now clear: employers go Professional, supervisors go Academic.
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ENGINEERING LEARNING NOTES
A small technical library for fire safety, CFD and mechanical engineering topics.
These notes are clear professional overviews without confidential project calculations or raw training files.
Car Park Smoke Exhaust
Ventilation, smoke clearance and coordination checks.
Fire Alarm Systems
Categories, detector selection and zoning logic.
CFD Fundamentals
Numerical methods and simulation workflow.