OpenCFD Release OpenFOAM® 1.4.1
03/08/2007
OpenCFD are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4.1 of their
OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox.
OpenFOAM-1.4.1 is predominantly a patched version of the 1.4 release including some important bug-fixes, but also includes some significant developments detailed below.
- Parallel running
- OpenMPI-1.2.3 replaces LAM-7.1.2 as the default MPI used by OpenFOAM; LAM and other MPI implementations are still supported.
- Mesh/data conversion
- New fluent3DMeshToFoam converter for 3D meshes from Fluent format to OpenFOAM format including full support for all BCs, zones etc.; new foamFormatConvert utility converts all OpenFOAM mesh and field files associated with a case into the format specified in the controlDict, e.g. converts binary files to ASCII and vice versa.
- Mesh motion
- New turbDyMFoam solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids with moving mesh incorporating the PISO/SIMPLE/PIMPLE pressure-velocity solution algorithms; the icoDynFoam solver for incompressible, laminar flow of Newtonian fluids with moving mesh also modified with the PISO/SIMPLE/PIMPLE algorithms; mesh motion solvers extended to include velocity (as before) and displacement which are advantageous for periodic motion.
- Discretisation schemes
- New filteredLinear2 scheme which removes high frequency modes with ‘staggering’ characteristics.
- GAMG solver
- Improved handling of asymmetric matrices; smoothers for asymmetric matrices extended to include DILU and DILUGaussSeidel; completely replaces the old AMG solver (no longer supported); default solver for the coarsest matrix changed from direct to iterative, with direct solver can be selected using the optional directSolveCoarsest switch.
- Turbulence modelling
- Implementation of the k-omega SST turbulence model for high-Re external and internal compressible flows (not fully tested).
- Other
- Improvements to parallel compilation and optimisations for the Itanium2 processor.