CONVERGE CFD Software

User Resources

The Convergent Science Hub offers many resources for registered CONVERGE users, including the CONVERGE and CONVERGE Studio manuals, training materials, example case guides, and on-demand training. If you are not a registered user, you can register for an account on the Hub. Please note that every Hub account must be approved by the Convergent Science team before you can access our CONVERGE resources.

Manuals

Getting Started Guide

The Getting Started Guide walks you through the process of getting CONVERGE up and running on your machine. The guide covers how to install CONVERGE, how to obtain a license and start the license server, the workflow of running a CONVERGE simulation, and how to install and run CONVERGE Studio. The Getting Started Guide is available on the Convergent Science Hub and on the CONVERGE website.

CONVERGE Manual

CONVERGE can simulate incompressible or compressible, transient or steady-state, chemically reacting or non-reacting flows in complex geometries with stationary or moving surfaces. The CONVERGE manual describes the physical models, numerical methods, and grid settings you can use to simulate three-dimensional flow problems. In addition, this manual details CONVERGE’s input and output files, zero- and one-dimensional chemistry tools, and options for coupling with third-party software packages. The enhancements and bug fixes included in every major and minor release of CONVERGE are documented in the CONVERGE release notes. 

CONVERGE Studio Manual

Prior to running a CONVERGE simulation, you can use CONVERGE Studio to prepare your surface geometry, configure your input files, create a reduced reaction mechanism, and more. After running a CONVERGE simulation, you can use CONVERGE Studio to create line plots and generate 3D visualizations of your data. The CONVERGE Studio manual describes the tools and options in CONVERGE’s graphical user interface, including geometry manipulation tools, input file configurations tools, the Chemistry module, the CONGO module, the Line Plotting module, and the Post-Processing 3D module. In addition, the enhancements and bug fixes included in every major and minor release of CONVERGE Studio are documented in the CONVERGE Studio release notes. 

UDF Manual

A user-defined function (UDF) is a function or subroutine that provides additional capability to CONVERGE. The UDF manual contains instructions for installing, compiling, and running CONVERGE UDFs, along with basic information about UDF structure. You can find the UDF manual on the Convergent Science Hub as well as in the main CONVERGE installation package. This documentation explains the CONVERGE API functions and data types that you can use to build UDFs.

Example Case Guides & Notes

CONVERGE Studio’s example cases cover a wide variety of applications, from a port fuel injected engine to a rotary water pump to a lean direct injected gas turbine. You can quickly load an example case to study the geometry and case settings, or you can use an example case as a starting point for your own simulation. The example case guides and example case notes provide details about the example cases and discuss the case setup and results. Example case guides are more in depth and are available on the Hub for select example cases. The example case notes are available for all example cases and can be accessed directly in CONVERGE Studio. 

CONVERGE Studio contains example cases in the following categories:

  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Gas Turbines
  • Fuel Injectors and Sprays
  • Exhaust Aftertreatment
  • Compressors, Fans, and Blowers
  • Pumps
  • Valves
  • Burners
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Electromobility
  • General
Convergent Science Hub

ON-DEMAND TRAINING AND TRAINING SLIDES

Convergent Science offers CONVERGE training courses on a wide variety of applications and features—you can learn more about the available courses on our training page. If you are a registered CONVERGE user, you have access to a number of on-demand trainings on the Convergent Science Hub. Log in to the Hub to find a variety of introductory and advanced training sessions, all on demand at your fingertips. If you are unable to attend one of our live trainings, our on-demand courses are an excellent way to level up your CONVERGE skills. You also have access to the training slides from all of our courses. You do not need to have taken the corresponding course to view the training slides, but we still recommend attending training for the opportunity to learn directly from CONVERGE experts. You can find the training schedule on our website.

Other Resources

There are many good resources for CONVERGE users in addition to those on the Convergent Science Hub:

  • The CONVERGE YouTube channel features tutorials for setting up cases, webinars on a variety of topics, and other educational content. 
  • CONVERGE FAQs are available on our website and CFD Online and provide answers to common questions from CONVERGE users.
  • The CFD Online CONVERGE forum is a platform where you can discuss CONVERGE questions with our support engineers, who regularly monitor the forum, and other CONVERGE users.
  • Convergent Science’s white papers discuss a variety of technical topics relating to CFD and CONVERGE.

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