Enhancing Computational Fluid Dynamics Research and Education through AI: The Role of ChatGPT

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about transformative changes across various fields, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is no exception. This presentation explores the potential of OpenAI's language model, ChatGPT, as a tool for enhancing both research and education in CFD. ChatGPT, trained on a diverse range of internet text, can serve as an interactive tool for explaining complex CFD concepts, answering queries, and providing valuable resources for further learning. When proper prompts are utilized, it can be shown that ChatGPT can help to simplify intricate topics such as turbulence modeling, finite volume method, and boundary conditions, making them more accessible to students. We also demonstrate that ChatGPT can assist in problem-solving, from mathematical issues like the discretization of differential equations to practical challenges in debugging CFD simulation code. Additionally, ChatGPT can be a valuable assistant, offering summaries of research papers, suggesting relevant literature, aiding in data analysis, and even assisting in drafting research papers and reports. We use a newly created plugin called AMReX-Doc to demonstrate how ChatGPT can help users quickly search through document content.