OpenFOAM Tutorial Standard Solvers

boundaryFoam

======== Steady-state solver for 1D turbulent flow, typically to generate boundary layer conditions at an inlet, for use in a simulation Example Problems: boundaryLaunderSharma boundaryWallFunctions model which has the ability to in model cases and predict by-pass transition, using the Launder equations. solves a 1D turbulent model with two walls and one cyclic boundaries.

bubbleFoam

======== 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
========= Transient Solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer 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

============= Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer Example Problem:

hotRoom

same as the first hot room, however this solver is steady state, showing a longer process, rather than transient.

buoyantSimpleRadiationFoam
=================== Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible fluids with radiation, for ventilation and heat-transfer Example Problem: hotRadiationRoom a much finer mesh room than the previous two hotRoom cases, along with an elevated heating source, radiation

channelOodles

========= Incompressible large-eddy 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

============= Solver that couples conjugate heat transfer in a solid to a buoyancy-driven flow simulation Example Problem: multiRegionHeater same as the hotRoom example problems, however this has multiple sources for heat, not just one

compressibleLesInterFoam
================= Solver for 2 compressible, isothermal immiscible fluids using a volume of fluid (VOF) phase-fraction 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

===== Coodles is a generic single-phase compressible LES solver Example Problem: pitzDaily a simple 2D compression, inlet turbulence case with propane for the fluid, with an applicable mesh

dieselFoam

======= 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 n-Heptane is injected, evaporates and combusts

dnsFoam
====== 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
=========== Solver for electrostatics Example Problem: chargedWire an electrostatic solver with user input values for the electric field strength

engineFoam

======== Solver for internal combustion engines Example Problem: kivaTest a very complex mesh of a combustion engine of a cylinder four pistons

financialFoam

========= Solves the Black-Scholes equation to price commodities Example Problem: europeanCall gives the price C of the trading cost S, the mesh is 1D

gnemdFoam
======== 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 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

nanoNozzle

icoDyMFoam
========= 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

====== Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids Example Problems: cavity cavityClipped cavityGrade enclosed square flow field with one moving boundary the same cavity, but a square of length of 0.04 m is removed from the bottom right of the cavity 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

========== Solver for 2 incompressible fluids, which captures the interface using a VOF method with optional mesh motion Example Problems: damBreakWithObstacle sloshingTank2D sloshingTank2D3DoF sloshingTank3D sloshingTank3D3DoF sloshingTank3D6DoF a wall of water falls, and crashes into an obstacle inside a 3D environment a 2D environment that creates sloshing water to simulate crashing and oscillating waves Couldnt find anything a 3D environment that created sloshing water to simulate crashing and oscillating waves Couldnt find anything Couldnt find anything

interFoam

======= 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
========= 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
============ 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

========= 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

============== 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
======= 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 Maxwell-Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible fluid, with a presumed constant electrical conductivity

MRFSimpleFoam
=========== 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
============== Solver for an arbitrary number of incompressible immiscible fluids, capturing the multiple interfaces using a VOF method Example Problem: damBreak4phase damBreak4phaseFine same as the damBreak case, however this case contains different fluids at different levels in the mesh same, just with a finer mesh for greater resolution

nonNewtonianIcoFoam
=============== Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of non-Newtonian 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

==== Incompressible LES solver Example Problems: pitzDaily pitzDailyDirectMapped same as the coodles case with a very fine mesh, 244k cells. So it runs very slowly the same as the pitzDaily case with a longer inlet, the mesh is still composed of mainly walls

potentialFoam

========= Simple potential flow solver which can be used to generate starting fields for full NavierStokes codes Example Problems: cylinder non-orthogonal mesh, investigate potential flow around a cylinder

pitzDaily

same as the other pitzDaily examples however, this case considers the Navier-Stokes equations and can be any fluid

rasCavitatingFoam

============ Transient cavitation code with RAS turbulence Example Problem: throttle same thruster problem just as in lesCavitatingFoam, however, it doesnt use LES turbulence for the thrust

rasInterFoam

========= 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 isnt as great from the other cases

rhoCentralFoam

=========== Density-based compressible flow solver based on central-upwind schemes Example Problems: biconic25-55Run35 forwardStep LadenburgJet60psi obliqueShock shockTube wedge15Ma5 a rather simple mesh made for thermodynamics, with an and a field stream, this case contains a perfect gas 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 Couldnt Find Anything 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 traditional shock tube problem, a 2D environment in which a shock wave is produced and the high-pressure and temperature gasses are shown 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

========== Transient solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer 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
============== Steady-state solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids with implicit or explicit porosity treatment Example Problems: angledDuctExplicit angledDuctImplicit 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 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

========== Pressure-density-based compressible flow solver Example Problems: shockTube wedge15Ma5 a one dimensional unsteady case where a discontinuity, normally in pressure, is introduced in the middle of the domain same as the first wedge case, without the upward scheme, as the solver is also pressure based

rhoSonicFoam
========= Density-based 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 central-upwind scheme based

rhoTurbFoam

========= Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow Example Problem: cavity the same as the icoFoam case however this isnt a laminar flow, as well the lid is no longer the transient side but the back wall

rhoTurbTwinParcelFoam
================ Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with two thermo-clouds 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

============== Solves a transport equation for a passive scalar Example Problem: pitzDaily scalar transport, swirl test: non-uniform initial field, using field algebra

settlingFoam

======== Solver for 2 incompressible fluids for simulating the settling of the dispersed phase Example Problems: dahl tank3D 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 Couldnt find anything

simpleFoam

======== Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids Example Problems: airFoil2D pitzDaily pitzDailyExptInlet a 2D airfoil in a large square mesh, that is put into the flow of turbulent non-Newtonian fluids same as all the others, however this version has a turbulent flow same thing with a different inlet

simpleSRFFoam
========== Steady, incompressible, rotating reference frame Example Problem: mixer a large 3D rotor, can be applied in many different ways

snappyHexMesh

========== Automatic meshing tool Example Problems: iglooWithFridges motorBike exactly as advertised, an igloo with 2 fridges in it, simply used to show how the tool works once again, simply here to show how the tool works

solidDisplacementFoam
=============== Transient segregated finite-volume solver of linear-elastic, small-strain 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

====================== Steady-state segregated finite-volume solver of linear-elastic, small-strain 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
======= Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a compressible gas. Example Problems: forwardStep shockTube same as the other forwardStep problems, however this contains a laminar flow rather than turbo another version of a shock tube problem with a laminar flow and compressible gas

sonicLiquidFoam
=========== Transient solver for trans-sonic/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
========== Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of a compressible gas Example Problems: nacaAirfoil prism a supersonic flow around a 2D NACA airfoil a supersonic flow blown around a 2D prism

turbFoam

====== Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow Example Problem

cavity

same as the last cavity case, however it contains incompressible gas

twoPhaseEulerFoam
============= Solver for a system of 2 incompressible fluid phases with one phase dispersed, e.g. gas bubbles in a liquid Example Problems: bed bed2 bubbleColumn a simulation of a fluidized flow to show a two phase flow with the solver, through a simple 2D mesh same as the bed problem, bubbling fluidized bed simulations, except the natural orientation of the mesh is different and the mesh is finer a bubble column module using a two flow phase for the base

XiFoam
===== Compressible premixed/partially-premixed 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
===== Compressible premixed/partially-premixed combustion solver with large-eddy simulation (LES) turbulence modeling Example Problems: pitzDaily pitzDaily3D a jet is blowing a premixed fuel into the mesh for ignition, otherwise its the same as the other pitzDaily cases the same case except with a finer mesh and in 3D