Codes
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An overview of both free and commercial CFD software. Here you will find short descriptions of codes along with links to resources.
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Free codes
This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.
Solvers
Solver | Mesh type(s) supported | Last known version or year |
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FOILincom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional inviscid steady incompressible flows (potential flows) over isolated airfoils -- FOILincom homepage | structured mesh (O-grid) | April 2018 |
FOILcom: A fast and robust program for solving two dimensional subsonic (subcritical) inviscid steady compressible flows over isolated airfoils -- FOILcom homepage | structured mesh (O-grid) | June 2018 |
ADFC -- ADFC homepage | v3.0 / June 2013 | |
Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage | December 2007 | |
arb -- arb homepage | GMSH (.msh) | N/A |
CalculiX -- CalculiX homepage | internal | v2.14 April 2018 |
CFD2D -- a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepage | Based on Triangle grid generator (see table below) | |
CFD2k -- CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage | ||
cfdpack -- A collection of academic codes | 2D/3D, FV, unstr, incomp, adjoint, parallel | GMSH (.msh) | |
Channelflow -- Channelflow: a spectral Navier-Stokes simulator in C++ homepage | ||
CLAWPACK -- CLAWPACK homepage A Finite Volume solver especially for phenomena governed by hyperbolic PDEs | ||
Code_Saturne -- Code_Saturne homepage | I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM | |
COOLFluiD -- COOLFluiD homepage Component-based C++ platform for multi-physics (e.g. flow, plasma, radiation, chemistry, EM) simulation on heterogeneous HPC systems | GMSH, Gambit®, internal CFmesh format (ASCII or binary), TECPLOT unstructured (point-based format), GridPro | |
Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- DUNS homepage | ||
Dolfyn -- dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage | GMSH (.msh) | |
Dune -- Distributed and Unified Numerics Evironment - homepage | GMSH (.msh), StarCD | |
Edge -- Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured and hybrid grids | .bmsh | |
ELMER -- ELMER homepage | .unv (also with multiple body / surface attribution) | |
FDS -- FDS homepage | ||
FeatFlow -- Fortran FEM based high-performance CFD solver | FeatFlow (.tri/.prm) grid format | |
FEniCS -- FEniCS homepage A Python/C++ library for Finite Element Method. Requires knowledge of weak forms of governing equations | Various types - Gmsh, Abaqus, Metis, Diffpack etc | |
FreeFEM -- FreeFEM homepage A FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language | Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh) | |
HiFlow³ -- HiFlow³ homepage | ||
Gerris Flow Solver -- Gerris Flow Solver homepage | ||
IBAMR -- IBAMR homepage A C++ library for Immersed Boundary method with Adaptive Mesh Refinement. | Structured fluid mesh and unstructured mesh for immersed body. | |
IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) -- IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage | ||
iNavier -- iNavier Solver Home Page | ||
ISAAC -- ISAAC Home Page | ||
Kicksey-Winsey -- Kicksey-Winsey Home Page | ||
MFIX -- Computational multiphase flow homepage | ||
NaSt2D-2.0 -- NaSt2D-2.0 homepage | ||
NEK5000 -- NEK5000 homepage | ||
Nektar++ -- Nektar++ homepage | ||
NSC2KE -- NSC2KE homepage | ||
NUWTUN -- NUWTUN Home Page | ||
OpenFlower -- OpenFlower homepage | GMSH (.msh) | |
OpenFOAM -- OpenFOAM homepage | Internal "foam" format; convert from ansys, cfx4, dat, fluent3d, fluentMesh, gambit, gmsh, ideasUnv, kiva, msh, netgenNeutral, plot3d, samm, star3, star4, tetgen | |
OpenHyperflow2D -- OpenHyperflow2D homepage | ||
OpenLB -- OpenLB homepage | ||
OpenFVM -- OpenFVM homepage | GMSH (.msh) | |
Palabos -- Palabos homepage | ||
PETSc-FEM -- PETSc-FEM homepage | Application-specific input (.dat) | |
PP3D -- parpp3d++ homepage | ||
PyFR -- PyFR homepage | ||
QuickerSim CFD Toolbox for MATLAB® -- QuickerSim CFD homepage | GMSH, MATLAB®-PDE Toolbox format | |
REEF3D -- REEF3D homepage | ||
ReFRESCO -- ReFRESCO homepage. 3D multi-phase viscous-flow code (RANS,DDES,SAS,PANS,LES) for maritime applications | Structured and unstructured grids. Cgns format. Converters for openFOAM, Icem-CFD, Ansys, Star-CCM, Gridpro, Pointwise, Hexpress. | |
Rheolef | 1D 2D 3D finite elements, unstructured tri,quad,tet,hexa meshes (GMSH, BAMG) | |
Semtex -- Semtex homepage: 2D/3D spectral element/Fourier DNS | Unstructured quad meshes | |
SLFCFD -- SLFCFD homepage | ||
SSIIM -- CFD at NTNU | ||
SU2 -- Stanford University Unstructured Homepage | Internal "su2" format and cgns format | |
TCLB -- Cuda-based lattice Boltzmann method solver and more | STL-files, binary voxels | |
Tochnog -- Tochnog homepage | ||
TYCHO -- TYCHO homepage | ||
Typhon solver -- Typhon solver homepage | ||
Uintah Computational Framework -- Uintah homepage | Structured | |
Vortexje -- Vortexje panel method code homepage | GMSH (.msh), PLY, application specific |
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 | |
TwinMesh -- Twinmesh homepage | .cfx5 | .iges, .csv |
Visualization
- COVISE -- HLRS homepage
- DISLIN -- DISLIN homepage
- GMV -- GMV homepage
- Gnuplot -- gnuplot homepage
- GRI -- GRI homepage
- Mayavi -- MayaVi homepage
- OpenDX -- OpenDX homepage
- ParaView -- ParaView homepage
- Tioga -- Tioga homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
- VAPOR -- VAPOR homepage
- Vigie -- Vigie homepage
- Visit -- Visit homepage
- Visnow -- VisNow homepage
- vtk -- vtk homepage
- vtk.Net -- vtk.Net homepage
Solver coupling
Miscellaneous
- Engauge Digitizer (extract data points from graphs) -- Engauge Digitizer homepage
- Ftnchek (Fortran 77 static analyzer) -- ftnchek homepage
- g3data (extract data points from graphs) -- g3data homepage
- GIFMerge (merge GIF images) -- GIFMerge homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
- Gifsicle (GIF creator) -- Gifsicle homepage
- ImageMagick (image processing) -- ImageMagick homepage
- nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- nnbathy home page
- OpenGPI (Generic Parameter Interface) -- OpenGPI homepage (link seems broken, see it on archive.org)
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
- ALSIM -- ESS Engineering Software Steyr's homepage
- ANANAS -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSWER -- ACRi's homepage
- Azore -- Azore CFD 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
- Code LEO -- ADS CFD homepage
- CONVERGE -- CONVERGENT SCIENCE
- 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
- EXN/Aero -- Envenio's homepage
- FENSAP-ICE -- NTI' homepage
- FINE/Acoustics -- NUMECA product page
- FINE/Marine -- NUMECA product page
- FINE/Open with Openlabs -- NUMECA product page
- FINE/Turbo -- NUMECA product page
- FIRE -- AVL's homepage
- FLACS -- GexCon's homepage
- FloEFD -- Mentor's FloEFD homepage
- FloTHERM-- Mentor's FloTHERM 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
- FVUS(wildkatze) -- FVUS(wildkatze)'s hompage
- GASP-- AeroSoft homepage
- HeatDesigner -- Cradle's homepage
- HiFUN CFD Solver -- S & I Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. homepage
- J-FLO -- NTI's homepage
- Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- ComputIT's homepage
- KINetics Reactive Flows -- Reaction Design's homepage
- KIVA--Los Alamos homepage
- LS-DYNA ICFD solver -- LSTC's homepage
- NOGRID -- NOGRID 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
- MicroCFD -- MicroCFD's homepage
- MicroFlo -- homepage
- PHOENICS -- CHAM's homepage
- PHYSICA -- PHYSICA's homepage
- PowerFLOW -- Exa Corporation's homepage
- ProLB -- ProLB's homepage
- PumpLinx -- Simerics' homepage
- Pushbutton CFD -- Concepts NREC's homepage
- QuickerSim CFD Toolbox for MATLAB® -- QuickerSim CFD homepage
- Range Software -- Range' homepage
- RheoChart -- RheoChart Homepage
- scSTREAM -- Cradle's homepage
- SC/Tetra -- Cradle's homepage
- SENSE -- ESS Engineering Software Steyr's homepage
- SHIPFLOW -- FLOWTECH's homepage
- Siemens PLM Software CFD -- Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page
- simFlow -- simFlow homepage
- 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
- TransAT -- ASCOMP's homepage
- Turb'Flow -- Fluorem's hompage
- TURBOdesign CFD -- TURBOcfd's hompage
- XFlow -- XFlow homepage, Next Limit Dynamics SA
- zCFD -- zCFD homepage
Grid generation
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANAMESH -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSA -- BETA-CAE's homepage
- AutoGrid5 -- NUMECA product page
- AutoMesh -- NUMECA product page
- BOXERMesh -- Cambridge Flow Solutions homepage
- Centaur -- CentaurSoft homepage
- CFD-GEOM -- ESI's homepage
- CFD-VISCART -- ESI's homepage
- CFDExpert-GridZ --Zeus Numerix's homepage
- Code WAND -- ADS CFD homepage
- Cubit -- csimsoft's homepage
- Gridgen -- Gridgen's homepage
- GridPro -- PDC's homepage
- Harpoon -- Harpoon's homepage
- HEXPRESS -- NUMECA product page
- HEXPRESS/Hybrid -- NUMECA product page
- HyperMesh -- Altair HyperWorks' homepage
- ICEM CFD -- ANSYS' homepage
- MERGE -- ESS Engineering Software Steyr's homepage
- Pointwise -- Pointwise's homepage
- RBF Morph -- RBF Morph homepage
- +ScanFE -- Simpleware's homepage
- Sculptor -- Optimal Solutions Products page
- SolidMesh -- SolidMesh homepage
- Tommie -- Cascade Technologies homepage
- TwinMesh -- TwinMesh's homepage
Visualization
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- CFD-VIEW -- ESI's homepage
- CFView -- NUMECA product page
- CFX-Post -- ANSYS' homepage
- COMSOL -- COMSOL's homepage
- CoolPlot -- Daat Research'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
- Flowmaster -- Flowmaster's homepage
- Flownex -- Flownex's homepage