Solvers

Table of Contents

• Flow
• Other
• Common variable transformations
• Pressure-velocity coupling
• Capability matrix

Note

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Flow

• Basic
• Incompressible
• Compressible
• Heat transfer
• Multiphase
• Lagrangian particles
• Discrete methods
• Combustion
• DNS

Other

• Electromagnetics
• Financial
• Stress analysis

Common variable transformations

Many OpenFOAM solver applications employ common variable transformations, including:

• kinematic pressure for incompressible solvers
• hydrostatic pressure effects

Pressure-velocity coupling

• Introduction: Pressure-velocity algorithms
• Steady state: SIMPLE algorithm
• Transient: PISO algorithm
• Transient: PIMPLE algorithm

Capability matrix

Solver	transient	compressible	turbulence	heat-transfer	buoyancy	combustion	multiphase	particles	dynamic mesh	multi-region	fvOptions
boundaryFoam
buoyantPimpleFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔						✔
buoyantSimpleFoam		✔	✔	✔	✔						✔
chemFoam	✔			✔		✔
chtMultiRegionFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔					✔	✔
coldEngineFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔			✔		✔
engineFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔			✔		✔
fireFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔
icoFoam	✔
interFoam	✔		✔				✔		✔		✔
laplacianFoam	✔										✔
pimpleFoam	✔		✔						✔		✔
pisoFoam	✔		✔								✔
potentialFoam
reactingFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔					✔
reactingParcelFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔			✔
rhoCentralFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔
rhoPimpleFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔					✔		✔
rhoSimpleFoam		✔	✔	✔							✔
scalarTransportFoam	✔
simpleFoam			✔								✔
sprayFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔			✔
XiFoam	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔					✔

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