Insight - Whitewater CFD

Talking CFD

In our third insight episode, Kurt Smithgall, formally of S20 Design, takes us into the fast-flowing world of whitewater-park design or, to borrow a phrase from Kurt - “recreational hydraulics.” Kurt gives us an insight into how CFD is helping in the design of whitewater parks & some of the challenges therein - including: • mitigating the risk of building a water park that doesn’t work • dealing with uncertainty in geometry & flow conditions • scale - both in terms of the mesh/physics, but also the length of the transient simulations • the importance of domain expertise & whether you need to be a paddler to do this job • the future - mixing CFD post-pro & virtual reality to “paddle” features before they’ve even been built Shownotes • Connect with Kurt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-smithgall-a4802b66/ • Find out more about S20 Design - https://s2odesign.com/ Check out these two video to get a better idea of what we discuss: • Boise River Park - https://bit.ly/boise-whitewater • Overview of S20 Design - https://youtu.be/p6kzWenthMw