OpenFOAM
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| - | OpenFOAM is a general purpose open-source CFD code. OpenFOAM is written in C++ and uses an object oriented approach which makes it easy to extend. The package includes modules for a wide range of applications | + | OpenFOAM is a general purpose open-source CFD code. OpenFOAM is written in C++ and uses an object oriented approach which makes it easy to extend. The package includes modules for a wide range of applications. |
| - | + | FOAM was written by Henry Weller and others at Imperial College. For a few years FOAM was sold as a commercial code by the company Nabla Ltd. However, in 2004 FOAM was released under GPL and was renamed to OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is currently distributed by OpenCFD Ltd. | |
| + | OpenFOAM is a very capable code which you definitely should check out if you are looking for a state-of-the-art CFD code with source-code access. The numerics implemented in OpenFOAM uses the Finite Volume Method on unstructured meshes. OpenFOAM provides many capabilities, including free-surface and multi-phase flow modelling, lagrangian spray model and automatic mesh motion. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| - | *[http://www.openfoam.org OpenFOAM Home Page] | + | * [http://www.openfoam.org OpenFOAM Foundation Home Page] |
| + | ** [http://www.openfoam.com OpenFOAM Home Page] - commercial side by OpenCFD Ltd | ||
| + | ** [http://www.opencfd.co.uk/ OpenCFD Ltd] - automatically redirects to [http://www.openfoam.com www.openfoam.com] | ||
| - | *[http:// | + | * [http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/ OpenFOAM Discussion Forum] |
| - | *[http:// | + | * [http://openfoamwiki.net (unofficial) OpenFOAM Wiki] |
| - | *[http://www. | + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20130621230342/http://www.foamcfd.org/ www.foamcfd.org - FOAM CFD] - website no longer operational, was acting as an historic reference. The current link is pointing to a snapshot in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. |
| + | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/20150107024926/http://www.foamcfd.org/Nabla/ www.foamcfd.org/Nabla/ - Nabla Ltd. Home Page] - backup of the old nabla.co.uk, kept as an historic reference at foamcfd.org, but the link is now pointing to a snapshot in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. | ||
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| + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20041209084008/http://www.nabla.co.uk/ www.nabla.co.uk - 9th of December 2004] - last website snapshot of the old nabla.co.uk website, before OpenFOAM was released. | ||
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| + | * [http://wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenFOAM OpenFOAM on Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:58, 26 February 2019
OpenFOAM is a general purpose open-source CFD code. OpenFOAM is written in C++ and uses an object oriented approach which makes it easy to extend. The package includes modules for a wide range of applications.
FOAM was written by Henry Weller and others at Imperial College. For a few years FOAM was sold as a commercial code by the company Nabla Ltd. However, in 2004 FOAM was released under GPL and was renamed to OpenFOAM. OpenFOAM is currently distributed by OpenCFD Ltd.
OpenFOAM is a very capable code which you definitely should check out if you are looking for a state-of-the-art CFD code with source-code access. The numerics implemented in OpenFOAM uses the Finite Volume Method on unstructured meshes. OpenFOAM provides many capabilities, including free-surface and multi-phase flow modelling, lagrangian spray model and automatic mesh motion.
External Links
- OpenFOAM Foundation Home Page
- OpenFOAM Home Page - commercial side by OpenCFD Ltd
- OpenCFD Ltd - automatically redirects to www.openfoam.com
- www.foamcfd.org - FOAM CFD - website no longer operational, was acting as an historic reference. The current link is pointing to a snapshot in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
- www.foamcfd.org/Nabla/ - Nabla Ltd. Home Page - backup of the old nabla.co.uk, kept as an historic reference at foamcfd.org, but the link is now pointing to a snapshot in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
- www.nabla.co.uk - 9th of December 2004 - last website snapshot of the old nabla.co.uk website, before OpenFOAM was released.
