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Original author(s) | Henry Weller and Hrvoje Jasak[1] |
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Developer(s) | CFD Direct Ltd.[2] / OpenCFD Ltd.[3] / Wikki Ltd.,[4] and community |
Initial release | 10 December 2004[5] |
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Repository | |
Written in | C++ |
Operating system | Unix / Linux / Windows |
Type | Computational fluid dynamics, simulation software, fluid structure interaction |
License | GPL-v3.0-or-later |
Website | openfoam |
OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation And Manipulation)[8] is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, most prominently including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
The OpenFOAM software is used in research organisations, academic institutes and across many types of industries, for example, automotive, manufacturing, process engineering, environmental engineering and marine energy.[9]
OpenFOAM is open-source software which is freely available and licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 3, with the following variants: