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.

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

• OpenFOAM Discussion Forum

• (unofficial) OpenFOAM Wiki

• FOAM CFD - website still operational, acting as an historic reference
  • Nabla Ltd. Home Page - backup of the old nabla.co.uk, kept as an historic reference

• OpenFOAM on Wikipedia