The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 7 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 7 is a snapshot of the OpenFOAM development version which, through sustainable development, is always-releasable. It provides new functionality and major improvements to existing code, with strict demands on usability, robustness and extensibility. OpenFOAM 7 includes the following key developments:
- Heat transfer: consolidated solvers and improved convergence and robustness.
- Particle tracking: improved robustness and optimized computation.
- Multiphase: wave damping, configurable inlet phase properties, better settling numerics.
- Reacting multiphase models: heat transfer, population balance, breakup, coalescence, etc.
- Reactions/combustion: simplified case setup.
- Turbulence: improved consistency and stability of wall functions, added sources.
- Thermophysical: thermodynamic functions, temperature-strain-dependent viscosity.
- Other models: atmospheric, rigid body dynamics, boundary conditions, sources.
- Mesh: standardized dynamic mesh capability, improved motion solvers.
- Case Configuration: improved data visualization, setup tools, function objects.
- Computation: improvements to containers, fields, parallel running, etc.
For Ubuntu 16.04LTS, 18.04LTS, 19.04
OpenFOAM 7 for 64 bit distributions of Linux including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v7+, CentOS v7+, Fedora v22+, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12+, openSuSE v13+ and Debian 8+. Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
OpenFOAM 7 for macOS 10.10.3+ . Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
For Compilation on GNU/Linux
For Ubuntu 16.04LTS, 18.04LTS, 18.10, 19.04
OpenFOAM-dev for 64 bit distributions of Linux including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v7+, CentOS v7+, Fedora v22+, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v12+, openSuSE v13+ and Debian 8+. Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
OpenFOAM-dev for macOS 10.10.3+ . Uses Docker to provide a self-contained environment that includes code, runtime, system tools and libraries, independent of the underlying operating system.
For Compilation on GNU/Linux
The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 6 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 6 is a snapshot of the OpenFOAM development version which, through sustainable development, is always-releasable. It provides new functionality and major improvements to existing code, with strict demands on usability, robustness and extensibility. OpenFOAM 6 includes the following key developments:
- Conjugate heat transfer (CHT): improved usability, with simplified set up and running.
- Rotating/sliding geometries: more robust AMI, and support for periodic cases.
- Particle tracking: optimised computation and improved robustness.
- Reacting multiphase models: phase change, reactions, drag, breakup, coalescence, etc.
- Reactions/combustion: faster, full algebraic Jacobian, significant code redesign.
- Other models: water waves and films, turbulence, thermophysics, atmospheric flows.
- General: new case setup tools, boundary conditions, function objects, etc.
