Pre-conference workshop
Hydroelectric Simulations with TCAE
Lead Instructors:
Radek Máca and Lubos Pirkl (CFD Support)
Local Instructors:
Rodolfo Pienika and Bruno López (IMFIA)
Language:
English
Description: The course will be delivered in a hybrid format, allowing students to choose between attending in person or participating remotely via the virtual platform. In-person classes will be held at the Faculty of Engineering, Montevideo (Uruguay). The course will be delivered in four modules of two hours each, spread between Monday, October 27 and Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Those wishing to obtain a certificate of completion may choose to complete a final project. The proposal will be sent to them after the course ends and they will have two weeks to submit the written report.
Participants will be granted a license to the software for a trial period.
The course costs US$75 for those who only attend, and US$100 for those who choose to obtain a certificate of completion. Undergraduate and graduate students are exempt from paying tuition.
Payment methods
Residents in Uruguay
Registration fees must be paid via bank transfer to the following account:
Bank: BROU
Account type: Checking account
Account number: 001570693-00002
Account holder: Andrea Cavallo
Non-residents
Payment will be made by credit card through the FATUM platform, the official event organizer.
This option will be available soon.
Workshop Schedule
Day 1 – October 27, 2025
⏰ 09:00 – 11:00 | TCAE
🔹 General introduction to CFD
🔹 Hydropower applications
🔹 TCAE workflow
🔹 Kaplan turbine workshop geometry
🔹 Pre-processing: Geometry properties, Geometry cleaning, STL generation
☕ 11:00 – 11:30 | Break
📐 11:30 – 13:30 | TMESH
🔹 Meshing parameters
🔹 Mesh generation
🔹 Mesh quality and visualisation
Day 2 – October 28, 2025
⏰ 09:00 – 11:00 | TCFD
🔹 CFD simulation setup
🔹 Physics, numerics, solver, boundary conditions
🔹 Cavitation modelling
🔹 Simulation management
☕ 11:00 – 11:30 | Break
📊 11:30 – 12:30 | Post-processing
🔹 Results analysis
🔹 Integral values: Efficiency, Head, Power, etc.
🔹 Results visualization
💡 12:30 – 13:30 | TFEA and TOPT
🔹 Brief introduction to finite element analysis and optimisation
🔹 Discussion and Q&A