General information
Course taught ONLINE. The course content is 40 hours and the maximum time to complete it is 8 weeks. Students who pass the course will receive a diploma.
The course structure is as follows:
• 7 capítulos de teoría y ejercicios resueltos.
• Compulsory exercises in line with the skills learned in each chapter.
• Optional exercises to help students improve their level.
All teaching materials (manuals, videos, and tutorials) will be available from day one so that each student can work at their own pace.
SALOME is free software for 3D CAD design, meshing, and post-processing of CFD or numerical simulations in general. It can be downloaded free of charge from www.salome-platform.org for both Windows and Linux.
Note: The course is taught entirely in English.
| Duration: | 40 hours, ONLINE |
| Start date: | 15 de mayo de 2026 |
| Maximum time: | 8 weeks |
| Price: | 250 € |
Description
Aimed at:
Engineers, technical engineers, physics graduates, scientists, teachers, students, and anyone interested in using SALOME free software for 3D design, meshing, and post-processing of CFD simulation results and numerical simulations in general.
Objectives:
The aim of this course is to acquire the knowledge and practical skills necessary to use SALOME-MECA. Students will learn how to create a 3D CAD design, generate finite element meshes for use in numerical simulations of solid mechanics and fluid mechanics problems, and also cover post-processing.
Overview of SALOME free software:
SALOME es un software libre que proporciona herramientas de modelado, pre-procesado y post-procesado para simulaciones CFD y numéricas en general. Incluye aplicaciones para generar modelos de CAD 3D y mallas. Permite crear, modificar, importar/exportar diversos formatos como IGES, STEP, BREP, etc. También permite mallar modelos de CAD, editar mallados, comprobar calidades de malla e importar/exportar mallas en diversos formatos. Como post-procesador, SALOME también presenta herramientas para visualizar resultados de CFD y simulaciones numéricas en general.
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Introductory video for the course:
Methodology:
The course is delivered online through our virtual campus in a convenient and flexible environment, eliminating the need for travel and rigid schedules associated with face-to-face training. Course assessment will be carried out through theoretical and practical tests, also in online format.
Program
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Open software for CAD and modeling
1.2 Open software for Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING SALOME-MECA
2.1 Windows
2.2 Linux
2.3 Mac-OS
CHAPTER 3 THE SALOME-MECA PLATFORM
3.1 Presentation of the Salome-Meca platform
3.2 The Salome-Meca modules
3.3 Online documentation
CHAPTER 4 DRAWING SKETCHES: THE SHAPER MODULE
4.1 Introduction to SHAPER module
4.2 The SHAPER interface
4.3 Description of the main entities of SHAPER
4.4 Drawing sketches
4.5 Exporting/importing geometries
4.6 Exercises
CHAPTER 5 MODELING: THE GEOM MODULE
5.1 Introduction to GEOM module
5.2 Geometric entities
5.3 The GEOM interface
5.4 Creating elements
5.5 Examples of creation of elements
5.6 Creating primitives
5.7 Examples of creation of primitives
5.8 Editing elements
5.9 Boolean operations: fuse, common, cut, intersection
5.10 Translation, rotation, multi-translation, multi-rotation
5.11 More operations: partition, compound, extrusion, revolution
5.12 Creating groups
5.13 Importing/exporting geometries
5.14 Exercises
CHAPTER 6 MESHING: THE MESH MODULE
6.1 Introduction to MESH module
6.2 The MESH interface
6.3 Algorithms for meshing
6.4 Hypotheses for meshing
6.5 Creating meshes
6.6 Creating groups
6.7 Modifications of the mesh
6.8 Clipping meshes
6.9 Control of the mesh
6.10 Exercises
CHAPTER 7 POSTPROCESSING: THE PARAVIS MODULE
7.1 The PARAVIS postprocessor
7.2 The PARAVIS interface
7.3 Postprocessing with PARAVIS
7.4 The ASTER Study postprocessor
Teachers
Miguel Cerrolaza Rivas
Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Visiting professor at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris) and the Colorado School of Mines (USA). He is currently a professor at the International University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). He has more than 30 years of experience in finite element analysis and the use of software for numerical calculation and computer modelling. Author of numerous publications in journals and nearly 10 books in the field. He has been invited to give more than 40 lectures in Europe, Asia, the USA and Latin America.
Enrolment information
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Our contact details:
Contact number: +34604859663
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