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Volume 28, Issue 3
May 2020
Pages 490-496
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Machine learning driven interpretation of computational
uid dynamics simulations to develop student intuition
Nathan J. Patterson Advertisement
First published: 03 March 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.22216
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Abstract
Employers need engineers capable of leveraging CFD simulations to make
intelligent design decisions, but undergraduate computational uid dynamics
(CFD) courses are not adequately preparing students for this type of work.
CFD courses commonly familiarize students with topics, such as method
derivation, domain creation, boundary conditions, mesh convergence,
turbulence models, numerical convergence, and error analysis. This Related Information
approach is an e ective way to teach novices how CFD software works and
how to prepare CFD analyses. However, it neglects development of higher
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level CFD skills and intuition important to engineering analysis and design,
deferring this task to future study and training. This paper introduces the
“Machine Learning Driven Interpretation of Fluid Dynamics Simulations to
Develop Student Intuition” (MIFoS) software, a program designed to help CFD
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novices develop the high‐level skills and intuition that employers need in their
engineers. A data‐driven approach was used to create the MIFoS software, © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
which allows the submission of arbitrary geometries, automates an external
ow simulation, and returns expert‐level graphical interpretation of
simulation data. MIFoS's automated CFD simulation and feedback space
allows novices to experiment with expert‐level suggestions on their own
designs, enabling the skill and intuition development typically gained through Keywords
years of study, practice, and expert guidance.
arti cial intelligence
computational uid dynamics
Supporting Information machine learning
simulation driven design
undergraduate education
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