Main ContribExamples

This page contains user contributed input files for OpenFOAM calculations. The purpose of this is to augment the tutorials that come with OpenFOAM.

1 Introductory Examples

• Simple 2D Laminar Flow Example
• How to create axisymetric case
• How to use the oscillatingFixedValue boundary condition
• Creating a 2D Mesh with snappyHexMesh

For more examples that are not on this wiki, have a look into this sub-page: Main ContribExamples/Sample cases

2 Verification cases

Cases that reproduce experimental results (used to gauge the quality of OpenFOAM-solvers).

• Benchmark of OpenFOAM solvers to analytical Blasius flat-plate flow solution

• PISOvsTransientSimple Tutorial comparing a PISO- and a SIMPLE-based solver in transient incompressible CFD

• TaylorGreenVortex Tutorial on the Taylor Green Vortex Case

• OpenFOAM V&V SIG Miscellaneous V&V test cases
  • TurbulentBackstep Tutorial case analyzing turbulent backward-facing step flow
  • AirConditionedRoom Tutorial case analyzing thermal flow in air-conditioned room
  • FourWayCassetteTypeAirConditioner Tutorial case analyzing flow in a room with a four-way cassette type air conditioner

• OpenFOAM V&V SIG test cases related to AIJ guidelines for practical applications of CFD to pedestrian wind environment around buildings
  • 441ShapeBuildingModel Benchmarking OpenFOAM to wind-tunnel measurements of flow past a 4:4:1 block
  • HighRiseBuildingInCityBlocks Tutorial case analyzing wind environment around high-rise building in city blocks
  • ActualUrbanAreaNiigata Tutorial case analyzing wind environment around simple building shape in actual urban area Niigata in Japan

2.1 Comparisons with other solvers

• Comparison with FLUENT for a backward-facing step