Fundamentals of Compressible Flows - Associate Certification

Format of the Certification Exam

• This certification exam consists of 1 theory-based quiz and 2 simulation quizzes. You will have two attempts to pass within 30-days from your purchase.
• The theory quiz is 1 hour (60 mins) in timed duration where you are presented with 30 questions that are based on the lecture videos. This quiz tests your knowledge on the usage and the various aspects of Ansys Fluent.
• The simulation quizzes are 1 hour (60 mins) each in timed duration where you are presented with 5 questions to answer. This quiz is designed to be taken after successfully setting up and performing simulation.
• The certification exam questions will include both single-answer and multiple-answer questions.
• You will have 30 days to complete the entire certification exam process, allowing for sufficient time to download the model, setup the workflow and generate the volume mesh before starting the certification exam.
• You may start each quiz at your convenience (within the 30-day period), but once started, you must complete it; there is no option to pause and start again later.
• A passing grade of 75% is required for each of the theory and the workshop quizzes.

Simulation-based Quiz Requirements and Details
• The simulation-based quiz tests your basic understanding of Ansys Fluent for setting up and interpreting results of some basic compressible fluid flow simulations.
• You will be provided with a starting mesh file and instructions for the simulation problem.
• Note: You will need Ansys Fluent 2023 R1 to load the provided files.
• All the exercise problems must be fully completed in order to be able to answer the associated quiz questions.
• The settings have been designed to create meshes within the limits of the free Ansys Student product, found here. (Be sure to install Ansys Student software, not Ansys Discovery Student software). Alternatively, you may use a standard commercial or academic license of Ansys Fluent software if you already have access to one through school or work.
• You must use the latest version of Ansys software. The files may not open in older releases of Ansys software, so attempting to setup and solve the simulation with older releases might not be possible.
• Before proceeding with the certification exam, you should confirm that you can set up, solve and post-process any model inside Ansys Fluent, hence confirming your ability to run the software.
• Starting the simulation-based quiz without access to Ansys Fluent software will result in a failed certification exam.
• As a guide, the actual setup and solving of the simulation should not take longer than 2 hours per simulation, but you have 30 days to complete this along with the certification exam itself.
If you do not pass the certification exam, you will be permitted to retry one additional time (i.e., 2 attempts in total) within 30 days from the time you purchased the certification exam.