ESI OpenCFD Release OpenFOAM® v2206

OpenCFD is pleased to announce the June 2022 release of OpenFOAM® v2206. This release extends OpenFOAM-v2112 features across many areas of the code. The new functionality represents development sponsored by OpenCFD's customers, internally funded developments, and integration of features and changes from the OpenFOAM community.

OpenFOAM is distributed by OpenCFD under the GPL License. In addition to source code packages suitable for compilation on a variety of Linux and other POSIX systems, this release also has a number of pre-compiled binary packages

  • Ubuntu Linux: packaged installation for Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS), 20.04 (LTS), 18.04 (LTS)
  • openSUSE Linux: packaged installation for Leap15.4, Leap15.3, Leap15.2
  • Redhat Linux variants: packaged installation for CentOS/Rocky 9, 8, 7 and Fedora 36, 35, ...

Windows users have three options for pre-compiled packages (more information):

  • Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (based on Ubuntu, openSUSE etc.)
  • Native executables with cross-compiled
  • A docker installation

Mac OSX users have the option to compile from source, or use Docker containers for pre-compiled packages (more information).

Upgrading

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Pre-processing

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  • New snappyHexMesh automatic leak closure more...
  • Improved snappyHexMesh optimisation more...
  • Improved snappyHexMesh layer addition more...
  • New holeToFace topoSet source more...
  • Improved createPatch utility more...
  • Improved triSurfaceMesh: detect inconsistent orientation more...
  • New setTurbulenceFields pre-processing utility more...

Numerics

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Solvers and physical models

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  • New solid body mesh motion more...
  • New Reynolds-stress turbulence model: EBRSM more...
  • Improved wall functions more...
  • New dry-run support for CHT solvers more...
  • New time step control for solidFoam more...
  • Improved heat exchanger modelling more...
  • New tabulated anisotropic thermal conductivity solid transport more...
  • New softWall six-degree-of-freedom restraint more...

Boundary conditions

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  • Improved turbulent digital filter condition more...
  • New outlet-mapped inlet condition more...
  • New specie adsoption conditions more...

Post-processing

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  • Re-write of sampled sets more...
  • Improved probes function object more...
  • Improved sampled surfaces more...
  • Improved runTimeControl function object more...
  • Improved multiFieldValue function object more...
  • Improved force and forceCoeffs function objects more...
  • New binField function object more...
  • Improved Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) tools more...
  • New particleZoneInfo cloud function object more...
  • Improved cloudInfo cloud function object more...
  • New particle doses cloud function object more...
  • New norm function object more...
  • Improved finite area support for foamToVTK and foamToEnsight more...

Parallel

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  • Improved singleProcessorFaceSets constraint more...
  • Updated algorithms more...

Usability

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  • Improved compiler support more...
  • Simpler definition of coordinate rotations more...
  • Support roll-pitch-yaw/yaw-pitch-roll specification more...
  • Simpler definition of planes more...

About us

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OpenFOAM is produced by the core ESI-OpenCFD team

  • Andrew Heather
  • Mattijs Janssens
  • Sergio Ferraris
  • Mark Olesen
  • Prashant Sonakar
  • Pawan Ghildiyal
  • Kutalmış Berçin
  • Roger Almenar
  • Matej Forman
  • Praveen Jaganathan
  • Chiara Pesci
  • Sebastien Vilfayeau
  • Martin Werther
  • Tobias Holzmann
  • Ann Ronchetti
  • Fred Mendonça
  • Swapnil Salokhe

With wider support from the global ESI team

  • ESI Group (GmbH)
  • ESI Group (ESI Software (India) Private Limited)
  • ESI Group (North America)
  • ESI Group (Nihon ESI)
  • ESI webteam

And contributions from