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boundaryFoam
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Steadystate solver for 1D turbulent flow, typically to generate boundary layer conditions
at an inlet, for use in a simulation
Example Problems:
boundaryLaunderSharma model which has the ability to in model cases and predict
bypass transition, using the Launder equations.
boundaryWallFunctions solves a 1D turbulent model with two walls and one cyclic
boundaries.
bubbleFoam
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Solver for a system of two incompressible fluid phases with one phase dispersed, e.g. gas
bubbles in a liquid
Example Problem:
bubbleColumnclassic bubble column problem with an inlet and outlet for the foam and
bubbles and two walls.
buoyantFoam
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Transient Solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and
heattransfer
Example Problem:
hotRoom 3D environment with one inlet, the “floor”, which the user
can make any temperature and watch the thermal effects.
i.e., thermal plume emanating from a 600 degree
source on the floor
buoyantSimpleFoam
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Steadystate solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and
heattransfer
Example Problem:
hotRoom same as the first hot room, however this solver is steady
state, showing a longer process, rather than transient.
buoyantSimpleRadiationFoam
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Steadystate solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids with radiation, for
ventilation and heattransfer
Example Problem:
hotRadiationRoom a much finer mesh room than the previous two hotRoom
cases, along with an elevated heating source, radiation
channelOodles
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Incompressible largeeddy simulation (LES) solver for flow in a channel
Example Problem:
channel395 solves for channel flow, with several cyclic patches and
only two top and bottom walls. Able to keep the mass flow
rate in the channel constant, by calculating the velocity at
each step, takes a long time to run.
chtMultiRegionFoam
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Solver that couples conjugate heat transfer in a solid to a buoyancydriven flow
simulation
Example Problem:
multiRegionHeater same as the hotRoom example problems, however this
has multiple sources for heat, not just one
compressibleLesInterFoam
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Solver for 2 compressible, isothermal immiscible fluids using a volume of fluid (VOF)
phasefraction based interface capturing approach, with LES
Example Problems:
depthCharge2D modeled on a scale, a charge is blown in the mixture
and the turbulence is modeled in a 2D environment
based off the run time and a single momentum equation
depthCharge3D same thing as the first, but in a 3D environment.
coodles
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Coodles is a generic singlephase compressible LES solver
Example Problem:
pitzDaily a simple 2D compression, inlet turbulence case with
propane for the fluid, with an applicable mesh
dieselFoam
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Diesel spray and combustion code
Example Problem:
aachenBomb block filled with air, a diesel injector is placed on the top
center of the block and nHeptane is injected, evaporates
and combusts
dnsFoam
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Direct numerical simulation solver for boxes of isotropic turbulence
Example Problem:
boxTurb16 a box made up of six cyclic patches to model isotropic
turbulence
electrostaticFoam
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Solver for electrostatics
Example Problem:
chargedWire an electrostatic solver with user input values for the electric
field strength
engineFoam
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Solver for internal combustion engines
Example Problem:
kivaTest a very complex mesh of a combustion engine of a cylinder
four pistons
financialFoam
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Solves the BlackScholes equation to price commodities
Example Problem:
europeanCall gives the price C of the trading cost S, the mesh is 1D
gnemdFoam
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General purpose molecular dynamics solver to simulate atoms in arbitrary shaped
domains and average atomic/molecular quantities to the mesh to create field data
Example Problems:
constrictedChannel demonstrates multiple species, tethered molecules, field
plots and the flexibility offered by molConfig
nanoNozzle a channel with a complex shape of solid walls, where a
section of neon is driven along with mixes of argon, used
to demonstrate molecule demonstration
icoDyMFoam
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Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids with dynamic
mesh
Example Problem:
movingCone a dynamic moving mesh that the user can manipulate to
produce desired outcome, simplest moving mesh
icoFoam
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Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids
Example Problems:
cavity enclosed square flow field with one moving boundary
cavityClipped the same cavity, but a square of length of 0.04 m is
removed from the bottom right of the cavity
cavityGrade same as the cavity mesh, however there are now four
individual blocks in the cavity
elbow models the same simulation as the cavity cases, however it
is not the traditional block mesh, but bent into an elbow
interDyMFoam
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Solver for 2 incompressible fluids, which captures the interface using a VOF method with
optional mesh motion
Example Problems:
damBreakWithObstacle a wall of water falls, and crashes into an obstacle inside a
3D environment
sloshingTank2D a 2D environment that creates sloshing water to simulate
crashing and oscillating waves
sloshingTank2D3DoF Couldn’t find anything
sloshingTank3D a 3D environment that created sloshing water to simulate
crashing and oscillating waves
sloshingTank3D3DoF Couldn’t find anything
sloshingTank3D6DoF Couldn’t find anything
interFoam
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Solver for 2 incompressible fluids, which captures the interface using a VOF method
Example Promblem:
damBreak: simulation of a breaking wall, the water runs into an object
and is projected around the 2D environment, modeled from
user defined time steps
laplacianFoam
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Solves a simple Laplace equation, e.g. for thermal diffusion in a solid
Example Problem:
flange a complex mesh of a flange, shows thermal diffusion
through the solid
lesCavitatingFoam
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Transient cavitation code with LES turbulence
Example Problems:
throttle a 2D mesh consisting of two main chambers and a small
connecting tube, from the tube there is a thrusting source
throttle3D same case as seen in 3D
lesInterFoam
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Solver for 2 incompressible fluids capturing the interface. Turbulence is modeled using a
runtime selectable incompressible LES model
Example Problem:
nozzleFlow2D a nozzle is inserted into the bottom left of a wedge
container, pouring in a liquid, very applicable but runs
slower than rasInterFoam
mdEquilibrationFoam
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Solver that equilibrates and/or preconditions molecular dynamics systems
Example Problem:
periodicCube a cubic domain with a periodic boundary in each direction,
there is a lattice of molecules, each in a block, heated to a
target temperature
mhdFoam
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Solver for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD): incompressible, laminar flow of a conducting
fluid under the influence of a magnetic field
Example Problem:
hartmann this solves the coupled MaxwellNavierStokes equations
for an incompressible fluid, with a presumed constant
electrical conductivity
MRFSimpleFoam
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Steady state solver for incompressible turbulent flow with Multiple Reference Frames
regions
Example Problem:
mixerVessel2D a 2D rotator or impellor working in a constant flow, can
work at any RPM
multiphaseInterFoam
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Solver for an arbitrary number of incompressible immiscible fluids, capturing the
multiple interfaces using a VOF method
Example Problem:
damBreak4phase same as the damBreak case, however this case contains
different fluids at different levels in the mesh
damBreak4phaseFine same, just with a finer mesh for greater resolution
nonNewtonianIcoFoam
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Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of nonNewtonian fluids
Example Problem:
offsetCylinder same as the icoFoam tutorial, however in the mesh there is
a cylinder, and it is made to investigate laminar flow
around the cylinder
oodles
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Incompressible LES solver
Example Problems:
pitzDaily same as the coodles case with a very fine mesh, 244k cells.
So it runs very slowly
pitzDailyDirectMapped the same as the pitzDaily case with a longer inlet,
the mesh is still composed of mainly walls
potentialFoam
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Simple potential flow solver which can be used to generate starting fields for full Navier
Stokes codes
Example Problems:
cylinder nonorthogonal mesh, investigate potential flow around a
cylinder
pitzDaily same as the other pitzDaily examples however, this case
considers the NavierStokes equations and can be any fluid
rasCavitatingFoam
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Transient cavitation code with RAS turbulence
Example Problem:
throttle same thruster problem just as in lesCavitatingFoam,
however, it doesn’t use LES turbulence for the thrust
rasInterFoam
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Solver for 2 incompressible fluids capturing the interface. Turbulence is modeled using a
runtime selectable incompressible RAS model
Example Problem:
damBreak same as the other damBreak cases, however this has a RAS
liquid, therefore the turbulence isn’t as great from the other
cases
rhoCentralFoam
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Densitybased compressible flow solver based on centralupwind schemes
Example Problems:
biconic2555Run35 a rather simple mesh made for thermodynamics, with an
and a field stream, this case contains a “perfect gas”
forwardStep a flow of Mach 3 at an inlet to a rectangular geometry with
a step near the inlet region that generates shock waves, can
generate a supersonic flow
LadenburgJet60psi Couldn’t Find Anything
obliqueShock 2D aerodynamic test problem, there is a supersonic inlet
into the simple rectangular mesh, made to represent the
reflection of an oblique shock, such as a plane going mach
shockTube traditional shock tube problem, a 2D environment in which
a shock wave is produced and the highpressure and
temperature gasses are shown
wedge15Ma5 very similar to the oblique shock case, however the meshes
bottom right side has been cut out, the supersonic inlet has
now been moved to the vertex of the cut
rhoPimpleFoam
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Transient solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heattransfer
Example Problem:
angledDuct a simple mesh of a duct that is bent at an angle, gas is thrust
through the inlet and makes its way to the outlet while
heating the mesh as well
rhoPorousSimpleFoam
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Steadystate solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids with implicit or explicit
porosity treatment
Example Problems:
angledDuctExplicit duct with a rectangular cross section with a sharp 45_ bend
at the center. The porous media is added where the duct is
bending and it goes halfway up the angled duct
angledDuctImplicit same as the other solver, the difference is the porosity of
examples, this example has a finer mesh, and therefore is
far more robust
rhopSonicFoam
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Pressuredensitybased compressible flow solver
Example Problems:
shockTube a one dimensional unsteady case where a discontinuity,
normally in pressure, is introduced in the middle of the
domain
wedge15Ma5 same as the first wedge case, without the upward scheme,
as the solver is also pressure based
rhoSonicFoam
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Densitybased compressible flow solver
Example Problems:
forwardStep same as the first forward step without the applied upward
scheme
shockTube same tube and solver again, however this one is neither
pressure or centralupwind scheme based
rhoTurbFoam
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Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow
Example Problem:
cavity the same as the icoFoam case however this isn’t a laminar
flow, as well the lid is no longer the transient side but the
back wall
rhoTurbTwinParcelFoam
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Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with two thermoclouds
Example Problem:
simplifiedSiwek multiregion lagrangian clouds, in a squar 2D mesh with a
long inlet in the top left corner, shows turbulent flow into
compression of the gas
scalarTransportFoam
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Solves a transport equation for a passive scalar
Example Problem:
pitzDaily scalar transport, swirl test: nonuniform initial field, using
field algebra
settlingFoam
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Solver for 2 incompressible fluids for simulating the settling of the dispersed phase
Example Problems:
dahl a very fine 2D mesh in which two 2 fluids are released, one
one from the top and the other from the bottom, they then
settle together
tank3D Couldn’t find anything
simpleFoam
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Steadystate solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of nonNewtonian fluids
Example Problems:
airFoil2D a 2D airfoil in a large square mesh, that is put into the flow
of turbulent nonNewtonian fluids
pitzDaily same as all the others, however this version has a turbulent
flow
pitzDailyExptInlet same thing with a different inlet
simpleSRFFoam
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Steady, incompressible, rotating reference frame
Example Problem:
mixer a large 3D rotor, can be applied in many different ways
snappyHexMesh
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Automatic meshing tool
Example Problems:
iglooWithFridges exactly as advertised, an igloo with 2 fridges in it, simply
used to show how the tool works
motorBike once again, simply here to show how the tool works
solidDisplacementFoam
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Transient segregated finitevolume solver of linearelastic, smallstrain deformation of a
solid body, with optional thermal diffusion and thermal stresses
Example Problem:
plateHole a square mesh with a quarter circle cut out of the bottom
left corner, pressure is applied to the plate for stress
analysis
solidEquilibriumDisplacementFoam
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Steadystate segregated finitevolume solver of linearelastic, smallstrain deformation of
a solid body
Example Problem:
beamEndLoad a rectangular beam is strained, testing the elastic properties
of the material, as well stress is shown in the beam
sonicFoam
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Transient solver for transsonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible gas.
Example Problems:
forwardStep same as the other forwardStep problems, however this
contains a laminar flow rather than turbo
shockTube another version of a shock tube problem with a laminar
flow and compressible gas
sonicLiquidFoam
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Transient solver for transsonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible liquid
Example Problem:
decompressionTank a simple tank under high pressure becomes decompressed
by a nozzle inserted in the side of the tank
sonicTurbFoam
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Transient solver for transsonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of a compressible gas
Example Problems:
nacaAirfoil a supersonic flow around a 2D NACA airfoil
prism a supersonic flow blown around a 2D prism
turbFoam
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Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow
Example Problem
cavity same as the last cavity case, however it contains
incompressible gas
twoPhaseEulerFoam
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Solver for a system of 2 incompressible fluid phases with one phase dispersed, e.g. gas
bubbles in a liquid
Example Problems:
bed a simulation of a fluidized flow to show a two phase flow
with the solver, through a simple 2D mesh
bed2 same as the bed problem, bubbling fluidized bed
simulations, except the natural orientation of the mesh is
different and the mesh is finer
bubbleColumn a bubble column module using a two flow phase for the
base
XiFoam
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Compressible premixed/partiallypremixed combustion solver with turbulence modeling
Example Problem:
moriyoshiHomogeneous based on the Weller amelet combustion model with a
mesh this module has premixed gasses that are ready to
combust
Xoodles
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Compressible premixed/partiallypremixed combustion solver with largeeddy simulation
(LES) turbulence modeling
Example Problems:
pitzDaily a jet is blowing a premixed fuel into the mesh for ignition,
otherwise it’s the same as the other pitzDaily cases
pitzDaily3D the same case except with a finer mesh and in 3D