OpenFOAM tutorials list

Basics

• laplacianFoam
  • Heat conduction analysis of flange
• potentialFoam
  • Potential flow around a cylinder
  • Potential flow in backstep geometry
• scalarTransportFoam
  • Scalar transport in backstep flow

Direct numerical simulation (DNS)

• dnsFoam
  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulence at periodic boundaries

Incompressible fluid

• adjointShapeOptimizationFoam
  • Optimization of backstep flow channels with Adjoint Method
• boundaryFoam
  • Creating distributions for boundary conditions by a low Reynolds number k-ε model
  • Creating distributions for boundary conditions
  • Validation of wall function calculations
• icoFoam
  • Cavity flow
  • Cavity flow (mapping data to different shape meshes)
  • Cavity flow (mapping data to different mesh)
  • Bent pipe with multiple inlets
• nonNewtonianIcoFoam
  • Non-newtonian fluid flow around a cylinder
• pimpleDyMFoam
  • Rotor with moving mesh function
  • Flow around a cone-shaped piston
  • Oscillating channel
  • Flow around a propeller
  • Flow around an oscillating airfoil
• pimpleFoam
  • Channel flow (LES)
  • Flow around an elliptic column with the kkl-ω model
  • Backstep flow
  • Flow in a T-shaped branch pipe
  • Flow in a T-shaped branch pipe with a fan
• pisoFoam
  • Flow around an obstacle of a porous media
  • Flow around a running motorcycle (LES)
  • Backstep flow
  • Backstep flow (Inflow rate mapping)
  • Cavity flow
  • Cavity flow (PBiCCCG solver)
• porousSimpleFoam
  • Bending channel with a porous media region (explicit method)
  • Bending channel with a porous media region (implicit method)
  • Straight flow channel with porous media area
• shallowWaterFoam
  • Flow by shallow water equation
• simpleFoam
  • Steady flow around a 2-dimensional airfoil
  • 2-dimensional analysis of a cylindrical mixer
  • Flow around a running motorcycle
  • Swirling flow through a pipe (1/4 model)
  • Backstep flow
  • Backstep flow with inflow distribution
  • Flow around a rotating disk
  • Analysis of wind turbines placed on terrain data
  • Wind environment around buildings
• SRFPimpleFoam
  • Rotor wit SRF function
• SRFSimpleFoam
  • Rotating mixer with SRF function

Compressible fluid

• rhoCentralDyMFoam
  • Flow around a cone-shaped piston moving at high speed (Center-upwind scheme, density-based solver)
• rhoCentralFoam
  • Axisymmetric supersonic flow and Maxwell slip model
  • Supersonic flow hitting a rectangular obstacle
  • Axisymmetric subsonic flow and shock diamonds
  • Oblique shock
  • Shock tube
  • Supersonic flow hitting a wedge-shaped obstacle
• rhoPimpleDyMFoam
  • Mixing flow by rotating blades
• rhoPimpleFoam
  • Helmholtz Resonance (entire field)
  • Helmholtz Resonance (Plenum Pressure Model)
  • Backstep flow
  • Bending channel with a porous media region
  • Bending channel with a porous media region (Local time stepping)
  • Cavity flow
  • 2-dimensional analysis of a cylindrical mixer
• rhoPorousSimpleFoam
  • Bending channel with a porous media region (explicit method)
  • Bending channel with a porous media region (implicit method)
• rhoSimpleFoam
  • Bending channel with a porous media region
  • Square channel with a curved section
• sonicDyMFoam
  • Flow around a cone-shaped piston moving at high speed
• sonicFoam
  • Supersonic flow hitting an obstacle
  • Shock tube
  • Supersonic flow around an 2-D NACA airfoil
  • Supersonic flow around a triangular prism
• sonicLiquidFoam
  • Leakage from high-pressure tank

Heat transfer

• buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam
  • Natural convection in a rectangular domain (Unsteady, Boussinesq approximation)
• buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam
  • Natural convection in a rectangular domain (Steady, Boussinesq approximation)
  • Flow around the refrigerator in the igloo (ice chamber)
• buoyantPimpleFoam
  • Natural convection in a rectangular domain (Unsteady)
• buoyantSimpleFoam
  • Flow between plates with different temperatures
  • Air cooling of heating plate
  • Flow between plates with different temperatures (working with external programs)
  • Natural convection in a rectangular region with radiation
  • Natural convection in a rectangular region with radiation (fvDOM model)
• chtMultiRegionFoam
  • Heat transfer between multiple solids and fluids
  • Heat transfer between multiple solids and fluids (snappyHexMesh)
• chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam
  • Heat exchanger
  • Heat transfer between multiple solids and fluids (with radiation)

Multiphase

• cavitatingFoam
  • Cavitation at the narrow flow path (LES)
  • Cavitation at the narrow flow path (3D, LES)
  • Cavitation at the narrow flow path (RANS)
• compressibleInterDyMFoam
  • Sloshing of water in the tank
• compressibleInterFoam
  • Expansion of an air bubble in water (2D)
  • Expansion of an air bubble in water (3D)
• compressibleMultiphaseInterFoam
  • Dam-break problem with water, oil, and mercury
• driftFluxFoam
  • Mud accumulation in the flow channel
  • Agitation of liquid by a cylindrical mixer
  • Inflow and outflow of muddy water into the tank
• interDyMFoam
  • Dam-break problem (3D, Adaptive mesh)
  • Flow around the ship hull
  • Motion of a rigid body floating on a liquid surface
  • Agitation tank with AMI function
  • Sloshing of water in a tank (2D)
  • Sloshing of water in a tank (2D, 3 degree of freedom)
  • Sloshing of water in a tank (3D)
  • Sloshing of water in a tank (3D, 3 degree of freedom)
  • Sloshing of water in a tank (3D, 6 degree of freedom)
  • Liquid agitation in a rotating and oscillating prism
• interFoam
  • Capillary rise
  • Dam-break problem (Laminar)
  • Dam-break problem (RANS)
  • Agitation of liquid by a cylindrical mixer
  • Fuel injection from a nozzle
  • Water inflow into a bending channel with porous media region
  • Dam break problem with thin film that cause pressure drop
  • Flow around the ship hull
  • Water channel and measuring the outlet flow
  • Overflow weir
• interMixingFoam
  • Dam-break problem with two types of liquids
• interPhaseChangeDyMFoam
  • Cavitation around a propeller
• interPhaseChangeFoam
  • Cavitation around a bullet
• multiphaseEulerFoam
  • Blowing air into water column
  • Dam-break problem with water, oil, and mercury
  • Dam-break problem with water, oil, and mercury (High resolution mesh)
  • Centrifugal separation of air, water, oil and mercury
• multiphaseInterDyMFoam
  • Mixing air, water, oil and mercury in a cylindrical mixer
• multiphaseInterFoam
  • Dam-break problem with water, oil, and mercury
  • Dam-break problem with water, oil, and mercury (High resolution mesh)
  • Mixing air, water, oil and mercury in a cylindrical mixer
• potentialFreeSurfaceDyMFoam
  • Waves generated by the oscillation of an object floating on the liquid surface
• potentialFreeSurfaceFoam
  • Waves generated by the oscillation of an object floating on the liquid surface
• reactingMultiphaseEulerFoam
  • Blowing air into water column
  • Centrifugal separation of air, water, oil and mercury
• reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam
  • Blowing air into water column (Laminar)
  • Blowing air into water column (RANS)
  • Blowing air into water column (LES)
  • Blowing air into water column with evaporation
  • Blowing air into water column with evaporation and dissolution
  • Blowing air into water column (Laminar, IATE model)
  • Fluidized bed (Laminar)
  • Fluidized bed (RANS)
  • Blowing gas into a liquid
  • Centrifugal separation of air and water
  • Blowing steam into a liquid
  • Reforming of carbon monoxide mixture gas by water-gas shift reaction
  • Accumulation of solid particles in gas to a bending pipe
  • Boiling at high temperature wall
• twoLiquidMixingFoam
  • Mixing of two types of liquids
• twoPhaseEulerFoam
  • Blowing air into water column (Laminar)
  • Blowing air into water column (RANS)
  • Blowing air into water column (LES)
  • Blowing air into water column (Laminar, IATE model)
  • Fluidized bed (Laminar)
  • Fluidized bed (RANS)
  • Blowing gas into a liquid
  • Centrifugal separation of air and water

Combustion

• chemFoam
  • Combustion of hydrogen (Ordinary differential equations)
  • Combustion of methane (Ordinary differential equations)
  • Combustion of isooctane (Ordinary differential equations)
  • n-Combustion of n-heptane (Ordinary differential equations)
• engineFoam
  • Calculation of combustion in the engine cylinder
• fireFoam
  • Combustion of methane (2D)
  • Combustion of methane
  • Combustion of walls that facing each other
  • Combustion of walls covered with a water film
• PDRFoam
  • Flame propagation in a space with obstacles
• reactingFoam
  • Mixing combustion of methane and air (2D)
  • Mixing combustion of methane and air (2D, local time stepping)
• XiFoam
  • Flame propagation (2D)

Discrete method

• dsmcFoam
  • Direct simulation Monte Carlo of oxygen/nitrogen mixtures (periodic boundary)
  • Direct simulation Monte Carlo of oxygen/nitrogen mixtures (uniform flow)
  • Direct simulation Monte Carlo of supersonic argon gas flow
  • Direct simulation Monte Carlo of supersonic flow hitting on a slope
• mdEquilibrationFoam
  • Molecular dynamics calculation for equilibrium state of argon
  • Molecular dynamics calculation for equilibrium state of water
• mdFoam
  • Molecular dynamics calculation of water in a nanoscale nozzle

Electromagnetics

• electrostaticFoam
  • Electric potential and charge density around a high voltage wire
• mhdFoam
  • Steady flow of electromagnetic fluid between parallel plates with magnetic fields

Lagrangian

• coalChemistryFoam
  • Ignition of mixture gas with coal dust and lime dust (2D)
• DPMFoam
  • Calculation of a fluid bed using Discrete Particle Modelling
• icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam
  • Dropping liquid from a funnel (Calculating the initial state)
  • Dropping liquid from a funnel
• MPPICFoam
  • Free fall and heaping of discrete particles
  • Mass particle inflow into cyclone flow
  • Calculation of a fluid bed
  • Collision of 2 jet streams
• reactingParcelFilmFoam
  • Water dripping onto a convex floor
  • Cooling objects with sprinklers
  • Water flowing down the wall
  • Water droplets onto a floor surface
• reactingParcelFoam
  • Mixing combustion of methane and air (2D, local time stepping, with reaction particle function)
  • Spraying water into a channel with a filter
  • Injection of water droplets into the flow channel
  • Phase change of water in a vertical 3 way channel (unsteady)
  • Phase change of water in a vertical 3-way channel (steady, local time stepping)
• simpleReactingParcelFoam
  • Phase change of water in a vertical 3-way channel (steady)
• sprayFoam
  • Spraying and burning of heptane

Mesh

• foamyHexMesh
  • Blob
  • Flange
  • Mixing tank
  • Simple shapes
• foamyQuadMesh
  • Making 3D mesh from 2D contours (by extrusion)
  • Making 3D mesh from 2D outline and Calculating the flow
  • Making 3D mesh from 2D contours (by rotational extrusion)
• moveDynamicMesh
  • Mesh deformation
• refineMesh
  • Mesh refinement
• snappyHexMesh
  • Flange

Stress analysis

• solidDisplacementFoam
  • Stress analysis of a flat plate with holes
• solidEquilibriumDisplacementFoam
  • Stress analysis of a beam

Financial

• financialFoam
  • Calculation of the option price for European call options

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