Comment on that's some fucking aerodynamics bro

• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do it! It’s great fun to play around with!

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  • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ive worked with Ansys Fluent in university but really fucking love CFD and could probably use the practice regardless.

    Ah…right…old laptop and AI-driven component shortages… Someday I’ll have a shitload of compute, just you all wait!

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depending on how heavy simulations you want, it’s surprising how light hardware you can get away with in OpenFOAM. I used it for some university courses on a 2012 MacBook Pro (dual booted with Ubuntu) around 2021, and I could run 2D, two-phase simulations just fine.

      Of course, if you want to run 3D stuff with large shear forces or turbulence and high time resolution you’re gonna have to grab a veeeery big coffee while you wait. However, the ability to stop and restart the simulation is really nice, and lets you see what’s been simulated so far.

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