Difference between revisions of "Main OFSolvers"

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The solvers that are supplied with OpenFOAM. This page is structured according to the directory structure of the solver-sources.

1 basic

• laplacianFoam Solves a simple Laplace equation, e.g. for thermal diffusion in a solid.

• potentialFoam Simple potential flow solver which can be used to generate starting fields for full Navier-Stokes codes.

• scalarTransportFoam Solves a transport equation for a passive scalar.

2 combustion

• coldEngineFoam Solver for cold-flow in internal combustion engines.

• dieselEngineFoam Diesel engine spray and combustion code.

• engineFoam Solver for internal combustion engines.

• XiFoam Compressible premixed/partially-premixed combustion solver with turbulence modelling.

• Xoodles Compressible premixed/partially-premixed combustion solver with large-eddy simulation (LES) turbulence modelling.

3 compressible

• rhopSonicFoam Pressure-based compressible flow solver using density-weighted variables.

• rhoSonicFoam Density-based compressible flow solver.

• sonicFoam Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible gas.

• sonicFoamAutoMotion Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible gas with mesh motion.

• sonicLiquidFoam Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible liquid.

• sonicTurbFoam Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of a compressible gas.

4 Direct numerical simulation (DNS) and large eddy simulation (LES)

• channelOodles Incompressible LES solver for flow in a channel.

• dnsFoam Direct numerical simulation solver for boxes of isotropic turbulence.

• oodles Incompressible LES solver.

5 electromagnetics

6 financial

7 heatTransfer

8 incompressible

9 multiphase

10 stressAnalysis

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