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=== Solvers === | === Solvers === | ||
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- | + | | align="left" |ADFC -- [http://adfc.sourceforge.net/index.html ADFC homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |arb -- [http://www.chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/daltonh/downloads/arb/ arb homepage]||GMSH (.msh) | |
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- | + | | align="left" |CalculiX -- [http://www.dhondt.de/ CalculiX homepage]|| internal | |
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- | + | | align="left" |CFD2D -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/cfd2d/ a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepage]||Based on Triangle grid generator (see table below) | |
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- | + | | align="left" |CFD2k -- [http://www.cfd2k.eu/ CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |[http://www.cfdpack.net/ cfdpack] -- A collection of academic codes | 2D/3D, FV, unstr, incomp, adjoint, parallel || GMSH (.msh) | |
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- | + | | align="left" |Channelflow -- [http://www.cns.gatech.edu/channelflow/ Channelflow: a spectral Navier-Stokes simulator in C++ homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |CLAWPACK -- [http://www.amath.washington.edu/~claw/clawpack.org CLAWPACK homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |Code_Saturne -- [http://www.code-saturne.org/ Code_Saturne homepage]||I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM | |
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- | + | | align="left" |COOLFluiD -- [http://coolfluidsrv.vki.ac.be/coolfluid COOLFluiD homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |[[Dolfyn]] -- [http://www.dolfyn.net/dolfyn/index_en.html dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh) | |
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- | + | | align="left" |[[Edge]] -- [http://www.foi.se/edge Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured and hybrid grids]||.bmsh | |
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- | + | | align="left" |[[ELMER]] -- [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/ ELMER homepage]|| .unv (also with multiple body / surface attribution) | |
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- | + | | align="left" |[[FDS]] -- [http://www.fire.nist.gov/fds/ FDS homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" |Featflow -- [http://www.featflow.de Featflow homepage]|| | |
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+ | | align="left" |Femwater -- [http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/gwater/femwater/index.htm Femwater code]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[HiFlow³]] -- [http://www.hiflow3.org HiFlow³ homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) -- [http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/ IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |iNavier -- [http://inavier.com/ iNavier Solver Home Page]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |ISAAC -- [http://isaac-cfd.sourceforge.net ISAAC Home Page]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |Kicksey-Winsey -- [http://justpmf.com/romain/kicksey_winsey/ Kicksey-Winsey Home Page]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |MFIX -- [https://mfix.netl.doe.gov Computational multiphase flow homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[NaSt2D-2.0]] -- [http://home.arcor.de/drklaus.bauerfeind/nast/eNaSt2DA.html NaSt2D-2.0 homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[NEK5000]] -- [http://nek5000.mcs.anl.gov NEK5000 homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[NSC2KE]] -- [http://www-rocq1.inria.fr/gamma/cdrom/www/nsc2ke/eng.htm NSC2KE homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |NUWTUN -- [http://nuwtun.berlios.de NUWTUN Home Page]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[OpenFlower]] -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ OpenFlower homepage]||GMSH (.msh) | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[OpenFOAM]] -- [http://www.openfoam.com/ OpenFOAM homepage]|| Internal "foam" format; convert from ansys, cfx4, dat, fluent3d, fluentMesh, gambit, gmsh, ideasUnv, kiva, msh, netgenNeutral, plot3d, samm, star3, star4, tetgen | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[OpenLB]] -- [http://www.openlb.net/ OpenLB homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |OpenFVM -- [http://openfvm.sourceforge.net/ OpenFVM homepage]|| GMSH (.msh) | ||
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+ | | align="left" |PETSc-FEM -- [http://www.cimec.org.ar/petscfem PETSc-FEM homepage]|| Application-specific input (.dat) | ||
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+ | | align="left" |PP3D -- [http://www.featflow.de/ parpp3d++ homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[Semtex]] -- [http://users.monash.edu.au/~bburn/semtex.html Semtex homepage: 2D/3D spectral element/Fourier DNS]|| Unstructured quad meshes | ||
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+ | | align="left" |SLFCFD -- [http://slfcfd.sourceforge.net SLFCFD homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[SSIIM]] -- [http://folk.ntnu.no/nilsol/cfd/ CFD at NTNU]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[SU2]] -- [http://su2.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Unstructured Homepage]|| Internal "su2" format and cgns format | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[Tochnog]] -- [http://tochnog.sourceforge.net Tochnog homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |TYCHO -- [http://tycho-cfd.at/ TYCHO homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |Typhon solver -- [http://typhon.sf.net Typhon solver homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |Uintah Computational Framework -- [http://www.uintah.utah.edu Uintah homepage] || Structured | ||
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=== Grid generation === | === Grid generation === | ||
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- | + | | align="left" |[[Delaundo]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/~muller/delaundo.html Delaundo homepage]||.pts | |
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- | + | | align="left" | Engrid -- [http://engrid.sourceforge.net Engrid homepage]|| | |
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- | + | | align="left" | GMSH -- [http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/ GMSH hompage]||.msh | |
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+ | | align="left" | gridgen -- [http://code.google.com/p/gridgen-c gridgen homepage]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" | IA-FEMesh -- [http://www.ccad.uiowa.edu/mimx/IA-FEMesh IA-FEMesh homepage]||ABAQUS | ||
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+ | | align="left" | NETGEN -- [http://www.hpfem.jku.at/netgen/ NETGEN homepage]|| Neutral, Fepp2D, surfacemesh, solution||.stl, .iges, .csg, .step | ||
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+ | | align="left" | SALOME -- [http://www.salome-platform.org SALOME homepage]||MED, UNV, DAT, STL ||IGES, STEP, BREP | ||
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+ | | align="left" | TETGEN -- [http://tetgen.berlios.de/ TETGEN hompage]||.off, .mesh, .smesh, .ele||.node, .poly, .off, .stl, .mesh, .smesh, .ply | ||
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+ | | align="left" |[[Triangle]] -- [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.html Triangle homepage]||(2D only) .node, .ele, .poly, .area | ||
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=== Visualization === | === Visualization === | ||
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* ADINA-F -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | * ADINA-F -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | ||
* ADINA-FSI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | * ADINA-FSI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | ||
+ | * ANANAS -- [http://www.lemma-ing.com/index.html LEMMA's homepage] | ||
* ANSWER -- [http://www.acricfd.com/ ACRi's homepage] | * ANSWER -- [http://www.acricfd.com/ ACRi's homepage] | ||
+ | * Azore -- [http://www.azoretechnologies.com Azore Technologies, LLC homepage] | ||
*[http://www.cfd-online.com/W/index.php?title=CFD%2B%2B CFD++] -- [http://www.metacomptech.com Metacomp Techonlogies' homepage] | *[http://www.cfd-online.com/W/index.php?title=CFD%2B%2B CFD++] -- [http://www.metacomptech.com Metacomp Techonlogies' homepage] | ||
* CFD2000 -- [http://www.adaptive-research.com/ Adaptive Research's homepage] | * CFD2000 -- [http://www.adaptive-research.com/ Adaptive Research's homepage] | ||
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* CFdesign -- [http://www.cfdesign.com CFdesign's homepage] | * CFdesign -- [http://www.cfdesign.com CFdesign's homepage] | ||
* CFX -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS homepage] | * CFX -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS homepage] | ||
+ | * CharLES -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage] | ||
* COMSOL Multiphysics -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage] | * COMSOL Multiphysics -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage] | ||
* COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- [http://www.comsol.com/products/cfd/ COMSOL's CFD Module] | * COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- [http://www.comsol.com/products/cfd/ COMSOL's CFD Module] | ||
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* MicroFlo -- [http://www.iesve.com/Software/VE-Pro/MicroFlo homepage] | * MicroFlo -- [http://www.iesve.com/Software/VE-Pro/MicroFlo homepage] | ||
*[[PHOENICS]] -- [http://www.cham.co.uk CHAM's homepage] | *[[PHOENICS]] -- [http://www.cham.co.uk CHAM's homepage] | ||
+ | *[[PHYSICA]] -- [http://physica.co.uk PHYSICA's homepage] | ||
* PowerFLOW -- [http://www.exa.com/pages/pflow/pflow_main.html Exa PowerFLOW homepage] | * PowerFLOW -- [http://www.exa.com/pages/pflow/pflow_main.html Exa PowerFLOW homepage] | ||
* PumpLinx -- [http://www.simerics.com Simerics' homepage] | * PumpLinx -- [http://www.simerics.com Simerics' homepage] | ||
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* ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | * ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | ||
+ | * ANAMESH -- [http://www.lemma-ing.com/index.html LEMMA's homepage] | ||
* ANSA -- [http://www.beta-cae.gr/ BETA-CAE's homepage] | * ANSA -- [http://www.beta-cae.gr/ BETA-CAE's homepage] | ||
* AutoMesh4G -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | * AutoMesh4G -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | ||
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*[[CFD-VISCART]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage] | *[[CFD-VISCART]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage] | ||
* CFDExpert-GridZ --[http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage] | * CFDExpert-GridZ --[http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage] | ||
+ | *[[Cubit]] -- [http://www.csimsoft.com/ csimsoft's homepage] | ||
*[[Gridgen]] -- [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's homepage] | *[[Gridgen]] -- [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's homepage] | ||
*[[ GridPro]] -- [http://www.gridpro.com/ PDC's homepage] | *[[ GridPro]] -- [http://www.gridpro.com/ PDC's homepage] | ||
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* HyperMesh -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage] | * HyperMesh -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage] | ||
* ICEM CFD -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage] | * ICEM CFD -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage] | ||
+ | *[[Pointwise]] -- [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's homepage] | ||
*[[RBF Morph]] -- [http://www.rbf-morph.com/ RBF Morph homepage] | *[[RBF Morph]] -- [http://www.rbf-morph.com/ RBF Morph homepage] | ||
* +ScanFE -- [http://www.simpleware.com/ Simpleware's homepage] | * +ScanFE -- [http://www.simpleware.com/ Simpleware's homepage] | ||
* SolidMesh -- [http://www.simcenter.msstate.edu/docs/solidmesh/ SolidMesh homepage] | * SolidMesh -- [http://www.simcenter.msstate.edu/docs/solidmesh/ SolidMesh homepage] | ||
+ | * Tommie -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage] | ||
=== Visualization === | === Visualization === | ||
* ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | * ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] | ||
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*[[CFD-VIEW]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage] | *[[CFD-VIEW]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage] | ||
* CFView -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | * CFView -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] |
Revision as of 17:20, 21 November 2012
An overview of both free and commercial CFD software. Here you will find short descriptions of codes along with links to resources.
Note to contributers: Please try to keep descriptions short and to the point (approximately 200 words) and avoid long lists of features or capabilities. Also keep in mind that all contributions are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 (see Project:Copyrights for details). Also note that all information should be verifiable and objective truths that also competitors to the code in question will agree upon. This is especially important if you are an employee of the company selling the code. See the CFD-Wiki:Policy for further information.
Contents |
Free codes
This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.
Solvers
Grid generation
Generator | Mesh type(s) supported | Input filetypes supported |
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Delaundo -- Delaundo homepage | .pts | |
Engrid -- Engrid homepage | ||
GMSH -- GMSH hompage | .msh | |
gridgen -- gridgen homepage | ||
IA-FEMesh -- IA-FEMesh homepage | ABAQUS | |
NETGEN -- NETGEN homepage | Neutral, Fepp2D, surfacemesh, solution | .stl, .iges, .csg, .step |
SALOME -- SALOME homepage | MED, UNV, DAT, STL | IGES, STEP, BREP |
TETGEN -- TETGEN hompage | .off, .mesh, .smesh, .ele | .node, .poly, .off, .stl, .mesh, .smesh, .ply |
Triangle -- Triangle homepage | (2D only) .node, .ele, .poly, .area |
Visualization
- DISLIN -- DISLIN homepage
- GMV -- GMV homepage
- Gnuplot -- gnuplot homepage
- GRI -- GRI homepage
- Mayavi -- MayaVi homepage
- OpenDX -- OpenDX homepage
- ParaView -- ParaView homepage
- Tioga -- Tioga homepage
- VAPOR -- VAPOR homepage
- Vigie -- Vigie homepage
- Visit -- Visit homepage
- vtk -- vtk homepage
- vtk.Net -- vtk.Net homepage
Miscellaneous
- Engauge Digitizer -- Engauge Digitizer homepage
- Ftnchek -- ftnchek homepage
- g3data -- g3data homepage
- GIFMerge -- GIFMerge homepage
- Gifsicle -- Gifsicle homepage
- ImageMagick -- ImageMagick homepage
- nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- nnbathy home page
- O-PALM -- O-PALM homepage
- OpenGPI (Generic Parameter Interface) -- OpenGPI homepage
Commercial codes
Solvers
- 6sigmaDC -- Future Facilities homepage
- Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage
- AcuSolve -- ACUSIM Software's homepage
- ADINA-F -- ADINA's homepage
- ADINA-FSI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANANAS -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSWER -- ACRi's homepage
- Azore -- Azore Technologies, LLC homepage
- CFD++ -- Metacomp Techonlogies' homepage
- CFD2000 -- Adaptive Research's homepage
- CFD-FASTRAN -- ESI Group's homepage
- CFD-ACE -- ESI Group's homepage
- CFdesign -- CFdesign's homepage
- CFX -- ANSYS homepage
- CharLES -- Cascade Technologies homepage
- COMSOL Multiphysics -- COMSOL's homepage
- COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- COMSOL's CFD Module
- Coolit -- Daat Research's Coolit homepage
- CoolitPCB -- Daat Research's CoolitPCB homepage
- DLR - TAU -- TAU's homepage
- DQMoM -- cmcl innovations' product page
- EasyCFD -- EasyCFD homepage
- FENSAP-ICE -- NTI' homepage
- FINE/Hexa -- Numeca's homepage
- FINE/Turbo -- Numeca's homepage
- FIRE -- AVL's homepage
- FLACS -- GexCon's homepage
- FloEFD -- Mentor's FloEFD homepage
- FloTHERM-- Mentor's FloTHERM homepage
- FloVENT-- Mentor's FloVENT homepage
- FLOW-3D -- Flow Science's homepage
- FLOWVISION -- FlowVision's homepage
- Flowz--Zeus Numerix's homepage
- FLUENT -- Fluent's homepage
- FLUIDYN -- Fluidyn's homepage
- FluSol -- FluSol's hompage
- GASP-- AeroSoft homepage
- J-FLO -- NTI's homepage
- Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- ComputIT's homepage
- KINetics Reactive Flows -- Reaction Design's homepage
- KIVA--Los Alamos homepage
- NOGRID FPM -- NOGRIDS's homepage
- NX Electronic Systems Cooling -- MAYA's NX ESC page
- NX Advanced Flow -- MAYA HTT's NX Adv. Flow page
- NX Flow -- MAYA HTT's NX Flow page
- MicroFlo -- homepage
- PHOENICS -- CHAM's homepage
- PHYSICA -- PHYSICA's homepage
- PowerFLOW -- Exa PowerFLOW homepage
- PumpLinx -- Simerics' homepage
- Range Software -- Range' homepage
- RheoChart -- RheoChart Homepage
- Siemens PLM Software CFD -- Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page
- Smartfire -- Smartfire Homepage
- Solution of Boltzmann Equation -- Elegant Mathematics homepage
- SPLASH -- SPLASH's homepage
- srm suite -- cmcl innovations' product page
- STALLION 3D -- Hanley Innovations' STALLION 3D homepage
- STAR-CD -- CD-adapco's homepage
- STAR-CCM+ -- CD-adapco's homepage
- Tdyn -- CompassIS' homepage
- TMG-Flow -- MAYA HTT's CFD page
- Turb'Flow -- Fluorem's hompage
- TURBOcfd -- TURBOcfd's hompage
Grid generation
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANAMESH -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSA -- BETA-CAE's homepage
- AutoMesh4G -- Numeca's homepage
- Centaur -- CentaurSoft homepage
- CFD-GEOM -- ESI's homepage
- CFD-VISCART -- ESI's homepage
- CFDExpert-GridZ --Zeus Numerix's homepage
- Cubit -- csimsoft's homepage
- Gridgen -- Pointwise's homepage
- GridPro -- PDC's homepage
- Harpoon -- Harpoon's homepage
- HyperMesh -- Altair HyperWorks' homepage
- ICEM CFD -- ANSYS' homepage
- Pointwise -- Pointwise's homepage
- RBF Morph -- RBF Morph homepage
- +ScanFE -- Simpleware's homepage
- SolidMesh -- SolidMesh homepage
- Tommie -- Cascade Technologies homepage
Visualization
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- CFD-VIEW -- ESI's homepage
- CFView -- Numeca's homepage
- CFX-Post -- ANSYS' homepage
- COMSOL -- COMSOL's homepage
- CoolPlot -- Daat Research's homepage
- COVISE -- Visenso's homepage
- EnSight -- CEI's homepage
- Fieldview -- Intelligent Light's homepage
- HyperView -- Altair HyperWorks' homepage
- Tecplot -- Tecplot's homepage
- VU -- inVisu's homepage
- ViewZ -- Zeus Numerix's homepage
Systems
- ADINA -- ADINA's homepage
- FINE/Design3D -- Numeca's homepage
- Flowmaster -- Flowmaster's homepage
- Flownex -- Flownex's homepage