From physical question to reproducible numerical evidence
This course follows the live FRC Studio V02 workflow rather than a generic simulation tutorial. TheFRC Studio project pageprovides the current public status; the technical repository remains authority for exact capability and qualification.
You will learn how geometry, materials, mesh, excitation, solver settings and runtime identity shape a result, and why a successful numerical run is not automatically physical validation.
What you will produce
- a versioned model statement and geometry review;
- a mesh-quality and refinement note;
- a harmonic/RMF study with explicit phase and material assumptions;
- a ParaView result review with provenance and limitations;
- a capstone comparison plan connecting simulation to future measurement.
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 31 Lessons
- 60 Days
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- 1. What are we modelling?Separate the physical system, mathematical model, discretisation and result before opening a solver.6
- 1.1🆕 FRC Studio V02 scope, provenance and limits
- 1.2🆕 Physical system → model → mesh → equations → result
- 1.3🆕 Maxwell, finite elements and plasma assumptions
- 1.4🍎🔌⚡ 📮 Electric Current, Alessandro volta voltaic cells, resistance, ohms law, equation for voltage, ampere and James watt power
- 1.5🔌⚡💡🥽 LAB: Resistance in a Electric-Wire Resistivity Resistance Circuits
- 1.6🍎🔌⚡💡🥽 LAB: Basics Capacitor – Parallel Plate Capacitor Capacitance RC Circuit Circuits
- 2. Application and project stateUnderstand why Python/Qt and a versioned semantic project model are part of the scientific workflow.2
- 3. Geometry and physical rolesPrepare STEP/STL geometry, units, body identity, roles and material assumptions before meshing.3
- 4. Gmsh meshing and convergence thinkingDiscretise the domain, inspect quality and test whether conclusions survive a meaningful refinement.2
- 5. Harmonic fields and rotating magnetic fieldsConnect phasors, frequency, phase sequence and coil geometry to the four-coil RMF study.4
- 6. Elmer FEM executionUnderstand the typed export, solver case identity, local/Docker boundaries and failure evidence.4
- 7. ParaView and result interpretationInspect fields, units, scales and provenance before drawing a physical conclusion.3
- 8. Research adapters: OpenFUSIONToolkit and GkeyllUnderstand what optional research tools add and why availability remains separate from scientific qualification.2
- 9. RF plasma waves, BORAY and scientific qualificationUse source-first ray-tracing theory, model-applicability gates and the real R15 B1 evidence chain to distinguish cold propagation, hot absorption, convergence and physical validation.2
- 10. Engineering choices and capstoneUse explicit state, fail-closed evidence and a bounded parameter study to produce a reproducible result note.3
Instructor
Free
