OpenFOAM
Sign in to saveOpenFOAM (Open Field Operation And Manipulation) is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, most prominently including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Key facts
- Software.name
- OpenFOAM
- Software.logo
- OpenFOAM logo.svg
- Software.screenshot
- ControlDict simple.jpg
- Software.caption
- The main configuration file of OpenFOAM (controlDict)
- Software.author
- Henry Weller and Hrvoje Jasak
- Software.developer
- CFD Direct Ltd. / OpenCFD Ltd. / Wikki Ltd., and community
- Software.latest release version
- v13 / v2312
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.operating system
- Unix / Linux / Windows
- Software.genre
- Computational fluid dynamics, simulation software, fluid structure interaction
- Software.license
- GPL-v3.0-or-later
- Software.website
- /
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.openfoam.com
- Image
- Screenshot OpenFOAM smallPoolFire2D ParaView 3.12.0.png
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- software version identifier
- 13
- Commons category
- OpenFOAM
- source code repository URL
- github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev
- inception
- 2004-00-00
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- OpenFOAM Governance
- Structure
- Software structure
- Simulation structure
- See also
- References
- External links
OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation And Manipulation) is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, most prominently including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
The OpenFOAM software is used in research organisations, academic institutes and across many types of industries, for example, automotive, manufacturing, process engineering, environmental engineering and marine energy.