OpenFOAM 5.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 5.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 5.0 is a snapshot of the OpenFOAM development version that is...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 4.1 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 4.1 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 4.1 is a patch release of version 4.0 with approximately 50 commits that fix...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 4.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 4.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 4.0 increases CFD productivity by significant improvements and changes to...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 4.1 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 4.1 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 4.1 is a patch release of version 4.0 with approximately 50 commits that fix...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 4.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 4.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 4.0 increases CFD productivity by significant improvements and changes to...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 3.0.1 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 3.0.1 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 3.0.1 is a patch release of version 3.0.0 with approximately 50 code commits...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 3.0.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 3.0.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. The change in major version number from 2 to 3 is the first since 2011 and indicates...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.4.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 2.4.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. The version number 2.4.0 has been chosen following a request on the issue tracking...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.1 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 2.3.1 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. The release coincides with the 10th Anniversary of the first release of OpenFOAM...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.0 Released
The OpenFOAM Foundation are pleased to announce the release of version 2.3.0 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 2.3.0 is distributed under the General Public Licence by the OpenFOAM...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.0: Post-processing
Function ObjectsOpenFOAM can carry out post-processing automatically while the simulation is running using function objects. In v2.3.0, a distinction is made between when a function object evaluates,...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.0: Parallel Running
Mesh Decomposition and ReconstructionThe following improvements have been made to mesh decomposition and reconstruction utilities:reconstructPar, reconstructParMesh and decomposePar now decompose,...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.0: Numerical Methods
Polynomial Surface Normal GradientThe surface normal gradient calculation, snGrad, is integral to pressure-velocity algorithms on unstructured meshes and the choice of method has an important impact on...
View ArticleOpenFOAM 2.3.0: Physical Modelling
Particle TrackingIn previous versions of OpenFOAM, patch injection models would inject new parcels at locations between the centres of the boundary face and near-wall cells, leading to a parcel...
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