The solvers that are supplied with OpenFOAM. This page is structured according to the directory structure of the solver-sources.
Contents
1 Basic CFD codes
- 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 flow
- 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
- electrostaticFoam Solver for electrostatics.
- mhdFoam Solver for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD): incompressible, laminar flow of a conducting fluid under the influence of a magnetic field.
6 Finance
financialFoam Solves the Black-Scholes equation to price commodities.
7 Heat transfer
- buoyantFoam Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer.
- buoyantSimpleFoam Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer.
8 incompressible
9 multiphase
10 stressAnalysis
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