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| ‘Basic’ CFD codes
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laplacianFoam |
Laplace equation solver for a scalar quantity |
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overLaplacianDyMFoam |
Laplace equation solver for a scalar quantity |
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potentialFoam |
Potential flow solver which solves for the velocity potential,
to calculate the flux-field, from which the velocity field is
obtained by reconstructing the flux |
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overPotentialFoam |
Potential flow solver which solves for the velocity potential,
to calculate the flux-field, from which the velocity field is
obtained by reconstructing the flux |
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scalarTransportFoam |
Passive scalar transport equation solver |
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| Incompressible flow
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adjointOptimisationFoam |
An automated adjoint-based optimisation loop. Supports
multiple types of optimisation (shape, topology etc) |
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adjointShapeOptimizationFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of
non-Newtonian fluids with optimisation of duct shape by
applying ”blockage” in regions causing pressure loss as
estimated using an adjoint formulation |
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boundaryFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible, 1D turbulent flow,
typically to generate boundary layer conditions at an inlet |
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icoFoam |
Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian
fluids |
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nonNewtonianIcoFoam |
Transient solver for incompressible, laminar flow of
non-Newtonian fluids |
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pimpleFoam |
Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of
Newtonian fluids on a moving mesh |
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overPimpleDyMFoam |
Transient solver for incompressible flow of Newtonian fluids on
a moving mesh using the PIMPLE (merged PISO-SIMPLE)
algorithm |
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SRFPimpleFoam |
Large time-step transient solver for incompressible flow in a
single rotating frame |
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pisoFoam |
Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow, using the
PISO algorithm |
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shallowWaterFoam |
Transient solver for inviscid shallow-water equations with
rotation |
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simpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flows |
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overSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible flows with turbulence
modelling |
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porousSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow with
implicit or explicit porosity treatment and support for
multiple reference frames (MRF) |
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SRFSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of
non-Newtonian fluids in a single rotating frame |
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| Compressible flow
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rhoCentralFoam |
Density-based compressible flow solver based on
central-upwind schemes of Kurganov and Tadmor |
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rhoCentralDyMFoam |
Density-based compressible
flow solver based on central-upwind schemes of Kurganov and
Tadmor with support for mesh-motion and topology changes |
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rhoPimpleAdiabaticFoam |
Transient solver for laminar or turbulent flow of weakly
compressible fluids for low Mach number aeroacoustic
applications |
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rhoPimpleFoam |
Transient solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids for
HVAC and similar applications, with optional mesh motion
and mesh topology changes |
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overRhoPimpleDyMFoam |
Transient solver for laminar or turbulent flow of compressible
fluids for HVAC and similar applications |
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rhoSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for compressible turbulent flow |
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overRhoSimpleFoam |
Overset steady-state solver for compressible turbulent flow |
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rhoPorousSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for compressible turbulent flow, with
implicit or explicit porosity treatment and optional sources |
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sonicFoam |
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of
a compressible gas |
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sonicDyMFoam |
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of
a compressible gas, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes |
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sonicLiquidFoam |
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar flow of a
compressible liquid |
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| Multiphase flow
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cavitatingFoam |
Transient cavitation solver based on the homogeneous
equilibrium model from which the compressibility of the
liquid/vapour ’mixture’ is obtained |
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cavitatingDyMFoam |
Transient cavitation solver based on the homogeneous
equilibrium model from which the compressibility of the
liquid/vapour ’mixture’ is obtained, with optional mesh
motion and mesh topology changes |
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compressibleInterFoam |
Solver for two compressible, non-isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach |
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compressibleInterDyMFoam |
Solver for two compressible, non-isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes including adaptive re-meshing |
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compressibleInterFilmFoam |
Solver for two compressible, non-isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach |
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compressibleInterIsoFoam |
Solver derived from interFoam for two compressible,
immiscible fluids using the isoAdvector phase-fraction based
interface capturing approach, with optional mesh motion and
mesh topology changes including adaptive re-meshing |
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compressibleMultiphaseInterFoam |
Solver for N compressible, non-isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach |
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driftFluxFoam |
Solver for two incompressible fluids using the mixture
approach with the drift-flux approximation for relative motion
of the phases |
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icoReactingMultiphaseInterFoam |
Solver for N incompressible, non-isothermal immiscible
fluids with phase-change. Uses a VOF (volume of fluid)
phase-fraction based interface capturing approach |
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interCondensatingEvaporatingFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, non-isothermal immiscible
fluids with phase-change (evaporation-condensation) between
a fluid and its vapour. Uses a VOF (volume of fluid)
phase-fraction based interface capturing approach |
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interFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes including adaptive re-meshing |
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interMixingFoam |
Solver for 3 incompressible fluids, two of which are miscible,
using a VOF method to capture the interface, with optional
mesh motion and mesh topology changes including adaptive
re-meshing |
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overInterDyMFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes including adaptive re-meshing |
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interIsoFoam |
Solver derived
from interFoam for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible
fluids using the isoAdvector phase-fraction based interface
capturing approach, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes including adaptive re-meshing |
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interPhaseChangeFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids
with phase-change (e.g. cavitation). Uses VOF (volume of
fluid) phase-fraction based interface capturing |
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interPhaseChangeDyMFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids
with phase-change (e.g. cavitation). Uses VOF (volume of
fluid) phase-fraction based interface capturing, with optional
mesh motion and mesh topology changes including adaptive
re-meshing |
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MPPICInterFoam |
Solver for two incompressible, isothermal immiscible fluids
using a VOF (volume of fluid) phase-fraction based
interface capturing approach. The momentum and other fluid
properties are of the ”mixture” and a single momentum
equation is solved |
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multiphaseEulerFoam |
Solver for a system of many compressible fluid phases
including heat-transfer |
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multiphaseInterFoam |
Solver for N incompressible fluids which captures the
interfaces and includes surface-tension and contact-angle
effects for each phase, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes |
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potentialFreeSurfaceFoam |
Incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with inclusion of a wave
height field to enable single-phase free-surface approximations |
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potentialFreeSurfaceDyMFoam |
Incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with inclusion of a
wave height field to enable single-phase free-surface
approximations, with optional mesh motion and mesh
topology changes |
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reactingMultiphaseEulerFoam |
Solver for a system of any number of compressible fluid
phases with a common pressure, but otherwise separate
properties. The type of phase model is run time selectable
and can optionally represent multiple species and in-phase
reactions. The phase system is also run time selectable and
can optionally represent different types of momentum, heat
and mass transfer |
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reactingTwoPhaseEulerFoam |
Solver for a system of two compressible fluid phases with
a common pressure, but otherwise separate properties. The
type of phase model is run time selectable and can optionally
represent multiple species and in-phase reactions. The phase
system is also run time selectable and can optionally represent
different types of momentum, heat and mass transfer |
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twoLiquidMixingFoam |
Solver for mixing two incompressible fluids |
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twoPhaseEulerFoam |
Solver for a system of two compressible fluid phases with
one dispersed phase. Eg, gas bubbles in a liquid including
heat-transfer |
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| Direct numerical simulation (DNS)
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dnsFoam |
Direct numerical simulation solver for boxes of isotropic
turbulence |
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| Combustion
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chemFoam |
Solver for chemistry problems, designed for use on single cell
cases to provide comparison against other chemistry solvers,
that uses a single cell mesh, and fields created from the initial
conditions |
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coldEngineFoam |
Solver for cold-flow in internal combustion engines |
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fireFoam |
Transient solver for fires and turbulent diffusion flames with
reacting particle clouds, surface film and pyrolysis modelling |
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PDRFoam |
Solver for compressible premixed/partially-premixed
combustion with turbulence modelling |
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reactingFoam |
Solver for combustion with chemical reactions |
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rhoReactingBuoyantFoam |
Solver for combustion with chemical reactions using
a density-based thermodynamics package with enhanced
buoyancy treatment |
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rhoReactingFoam |
Solver for combustion with chemical reactions using
density-based thermodynamics package |
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XiFoam |
Solver for compressible premixed/partially-premixed
combustion with turbulence modelling |
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XiDyMFoam |
Solver for compressible premixed/partially-premixed
combustion with turbulence modelling |
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XiEngineFoam |
Solver for internal combustion engines |
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| Heat transfer and buoyancy-driven flows
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buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam |
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible
fluids |
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buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of
incompressible fluids |
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buoyantPimpleFoam |
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible
fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer |
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overBuoyantPimpleDyMFoam |
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible
fluids for ventilation and heat-transfer with overset feature |
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buoyantSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of compressible
fluids, including radiation, for ventilation and heat-transfer |
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chtMultiRegionFoam |
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent fluid flow and solid
heat conduction with conjugate heat transfer between solid
and fluid regions |
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chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam |
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent fluid flow and solid
heat conduction with conjugate heat transfer between solid
and fluid regions |
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chtMultiRegionTwoPhaseEulerFoam |
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent fluid flow and solid
heat conduction with conjugate heat transfer between solid
and fluid regions |
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thermoFoam |
Solver for energy transport and thermodynamics on a frozen
flow field |
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| Particle-tracking flows
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coalChemistryFoam |
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow, with
coal and limestone particle clouds, an energy source, and
combustion |
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DPMFoam |
Transient solver for the coupled transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud including the effect of the volume fraction of
particles on the continuous phase |
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DPMDyMFoam |
Transient solver for the coupled transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud including the effect of the volume fraction of
particles on the continuous phase, with optional mesh motion
and mesh topology changes |
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MPPICDyMFoam |
Transient solver for the coupled transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud including the effect of the volume fraction of
particles on the continuous phase. Multi-Phase Particle In
Cell (MPPIC) modeling is used to represent collisions without
resolving particle-particle interactions, with optional mesh
motion and mesh topology changes |
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MPPICFoam |
Transient solver for the coupled transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud including the effect of the volume fraction of
particles on the continuous phase. Multi-Phase Particle In
Cell (MPPIC) modeling is used to represent collisions without
resolving particle-particle interactions |
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icoUncoupledKinematicParcelFoam |
Transient solver for the passive transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud |
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icoUncoupledKinematicParcelDyMFoam |
Transient solver for the passive transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology
changes |
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reactingParcelFoam |
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a
reacting, multiphase particle cloud, and surface film modelling |
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reactingHeterogenousParcelFoam |
Transient solver for the coupled transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud including the effect of the volume fraction of
particles on the continuous phase. Multi-Phase Particle In
Cell (MPPIC) modeling is used to represent collisions without
resolving particle-particle interactions |
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simpleReactingParcelFoam |
Steady-state solver for compressible,
turbulent flow with reacting, multiphase particle clouds and
optional sources/constraints |
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simpleCoalParcelFoam |
Steady-state solver for compressible, turbulent flow with coal
particle clouds and optional sources/constraints |
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sprayFoam |
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a spray
particle cloud |
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engineFoam |
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent engine flow with
a spray particle cloud |
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simpleSprayFoam |
Steady state solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a
spray particle cloud and optional sources/constraints |
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sprayDyMFoam |
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a spray
particle cloud, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology
changes |
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uncoupledKinematicParcelFoam |
Transient solver for the passive transport of a particle cloud |
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uncoupledKinematicParcelDyMFoam |
Transient solver for the passive transport of a particle cloud |
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| Molecular dynamics methods
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mdEquilibrationFoam |
Solver to equilibrate and/or precondition molecular dynamics
systems |
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mdFoam |
Molecular dynamics solver for fluid dynamics |
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| Direct simulation Monte Carlo methods
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dsmcFoam |
Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solver for transient,
multi-species flows |
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| Electromagnetics
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electrostaticFoam |
Solver for electrostatics |
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magneticFoam |
Solver for the magnetic field generated by permanent magnets |
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mhdFoam |
Solver for magnetohydrodynamics (MHD): incompressible,
laminar flow of a conducting fluid under the influence of a
magnetic field |
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| Stress analysis of solids
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solidDisplacementFoam |
Transient segregated finite-volume solver of linear-elastic,
small-strain deformation of a solid body, with optional
thermal diffusion and thermal stresses |
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solidEquilibriumDisplacementFoam |
Steady-state segregated finite-volume solver of linear-elastic,
small-strain deformation of a solid body, with optional
thermal diffusion and thermal stresses |
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financialFoam |
Solves the Black-Scholes equation to price commodities |
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Table A.1: Standard solvers.
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