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This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.
This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.
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=== Solvers ===
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! Solver !! Mesh type(s) supported
! Solver !! Mesh type(s) supported
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| align="left" |* ADFC -- [http://adfc.sourceforge.net/index.html ADFC homepage]||
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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" |Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage]||
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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" |arb -- [http://www.chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/daltonh/downloads/arb/ arb homepage]||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" |CalculiX -- [http://www.dhondt.de/ CalculiX homepage]|| internal
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| align="left" |* CLAWPACK -- [http://www.amath.washington.edu/~claw/clawpack.org CLAWPACK homepage]||
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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" |* Code_Saturne -- [http://www.code-saturne.org/ Code_Saturne homepage]||
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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" |* COOLFluiD -- [http://coolfluidsrv.vki.ac.be/coolfluid COOLFluiD 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" |* Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]||
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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" |* [[Dolfyn]] --   [http://www.dolfyn.net/dolfyn/index_en.html dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage]|| .gmsh
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| align="left" |CLAWPACK -- [http://depts.washington.edu/clawpack/ CLAWPACK homepage] A Finite Volume solver especially for phenomena governed by hyperbolic PDEs ||
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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" |Code_Saturne -- [http://www.code-saturne.org/ Code_Saturne homepage]||I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM
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| align="left" |*[[ELMER]] -- [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/ ELMER homepage]||
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| align="left" |COOLFluiD -- [http://coolfluidsrv.vki.ac.be/coolfluid COOLFluiD homepage]||
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| align="left" |* [[FDS]] -- [http://www.fire.nist.gov/fds/ FDS homepage]||
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| align="left" |Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]||
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| align="left" |* Featflow -- [http://www.featflow.de Featflow 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" |* Femwater -- [http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/gwater/femwater/index.htm Femwater code]||
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| align="left" |[[Dune]] -- [http://www.dune-project.org Distributed and Unified Numerics Evironment - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh), StarCD
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| align="left" |* FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage]||
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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" |*[[HiFlow³]] -- [http://www.hiflow3.org HiFlow³ homepage]||
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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" |*[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]||
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| align="left" |[[FDS]] -- [http://www.fire.nist.gov/fds/ FDS homepage]||
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| align="left" |* GPDE -- [http://www.gpde.net Discrete adjoint CFD using AD | 2/3D FV, unstr, incomp, F90]||
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| align="left" |Featflow -- [http://www.featflow.de Featflow 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" |Femwater -- [http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/gwater/femwater/index.htm Femwater code]||
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| align="left" |* iNavier -- [http://inavier.com/ iNavier Solver Home Page]||
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| align="left" |Fenics -- [http://fenicsproject.org Fenics homepage] A powerful Python/C++ library for Finite Element Method. Requires knowledge of weak forms of governing equations || Various types - Gmsh, Abaqus, Metis, Diffpack etc
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| align="left" |* ISAAC -- [http://isaac-cfd.sourceforge.net ISAAC Home Page]||
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| align="left" |FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage] A powerful FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language || Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh)
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| align="left" |* Kicksey-Winsey -- [http://justpmf.com/romain/kicksey_winsey/ Kicksey-Winsey Home Page]||
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| align="left" |[[HiFlow³]] -- [http://www.hiflow3.org HiFlow³ homepage]||
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| align="left" |* MFIX -- [https://mfix.netl.doe.gov Computational multiphase flow homepage]||
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| align="left" |[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver 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" |hit3d -- [http://hit3d.googlecode.com/ hit3d homepage]|| Pseudo-spectral code for simulation of decaying or forced incompressible isotropic turbulence with passive scalars
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| align="left" |*[[NEK5000]] -- [http://nek5000.mcs.anl.gov NEK5000 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" |*[[NSC2KE]] -- [http://www-rocq1.inria.fr/gamma/cdrom/www/nsc2ke/eng.htm NSC2KE homepage]||
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| align="left" |iNavier -- [http://inavier.sourceforge.net/ iNavier Solver Home Page]||
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| align="left" |* NUWTUN -- [http://nuwtun.berlios.de NUWTUN Home Page]||
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| align="left" |ISAAC -- [http://isaac-cfd.sourceforge.net ISAAC Home Page]||
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| align="left" |*[[OpenFlower]] -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ OpenFlower homepage]||
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| align="left" |Kicksey-Winsey -- [http://justpmf.com/romain/kicksey_winsey/ Kicksey-Winsey Home Page]||
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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" |MFIX -- [https://mfix.netl.doe.gov Computational multiphase flow homepage]||
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| align="left" |*[[OpenLB]] -- [http://www.openlb.net/ OpenLB 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" |* OpenFVM -- [http://openfvm.sourceforge.net/ OpenFVM homepage]||
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| align="left" |[[NEK5000]] -- [http://nek5000.mcs.anl.gov NEK5000 homepage]||
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| align="left" |* PETSc-FEM -- [http://www.cimec.org.ar/petscfem PETSc-FEM homepage]||
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| align="left" |Nektar++ -- [http://www.nektar.info Nektar++ homepage]||
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| align="left" |* PP3D -- [http://www.featflow.de/ parpp3d++ 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" |* SLFCFD -- [http://slfcfd.sourceforge.net SLFCFD homepage]||
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| align="left" |NUWTUN -- [https://bitbucket.org/cpraveen/nuwtun NUWTUN Home Page]||
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| align="left" |*[[SSIIM]] -- [http://folk.ntnu.no/nilsol/cfd/ CFD at NTNU]||
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| align="left" |[[OpenFlower]] -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ OpenFlower homepage]||GMSH (.msh)
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| align="left" |*[[Tochnog]] -- [http://tochnog.sourceforge.net Tochnog homepage]||
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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" |* Typhon solver -- [http://typhon.sf.net Typhon solver homepage]||
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| align="left" | OpenHyperflow2D -- [https://code.google.com/p/openhyperflow2d/ OpenHyperflow2D homepage]||  
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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" |[[Palabos]] -- [http://www.palabos.org/ Palabos homepage]||
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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" |PyFR -- [http://www.pyfr.org PyFR homepage]||
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| align="left" |REEF3D -- [http://www.reef3d.com REEF3D homepage]||
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| align="left" |ReFRESCO -- [http://www.marin.nl/refresco ReFRESCO], [http://www.marin.nl/refresco-community ReFRESCO-community]. 3D viscous-flow multi-phase code for maritime applications|| Structured and structured grids. Cgns format. Converters for openFOAM, Icem-CFD, Gridpro, Pointwise, Hexpress.
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| align="left" |[http://www-ljk.imag.fr/membres/Pierre.Saramito/rheolef Rheolef]|| 1D 2D 3D finite elements, unstructured tri,quad,tet,hexa meshes (GMSH, BAMG)
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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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| align="left" |Vortexje -- [http://vortexje.org Vortexje panel method code homepage] || GMSH (.msh), PLY, application specific
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=== Grid generation ===
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! Generator !! Mesh type(s) supported
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! Generator !! Mesh type(s) supported !! Input filetypes supported
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| align="left" | *[[Delaundo]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/~muller/delaundo.html Delaundo homepage]||.pts
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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" | Engrid -- [http://engrid.sourceforge.net Engrid homepage]||
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| align="left" | * GMSH -- [http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/ GMSH hompage]||
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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" | 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]||
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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]||
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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]||
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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]||
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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]||
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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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*[[COVISE]] -- [http://www.hlrs.de/covise/ HLRS homepage]
*[[DISLIN]] -- [http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/server.html  DISLIN homepage]
*[[DISLIN]] -- [http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/server.html  DISLIN homepage]
* GMV -- [http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/gmv/ GMV homepage]
* GMV -- [http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/gmv/ GMV homepage]
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*[[Visit]] -- [http://www.llnl.gov/visit Visit homepage]
*[[Visit]] -- [http://www.llnl.gov/visit Visit homepage]
*[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk homepage]
*[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk homepage]
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*[[vtk.Net]] -- [http://vtkdotnet.sourceforge.net/ vtk.Net homepage]  
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*[[vtk.Net]] -- [http://vtkdotnet.sourceforge.net/ vtk.Net homepage]
=== Miscellaneous ===
=== Miscellaneous ===
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*[[ImageMagick]] -- [http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick homepage]
*[[ImageMagick]] -- [http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick homepage]
* nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- [http://code.google.com/p/nn-c/ nnbathy home page]
* nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- [http://code.google.com/p/nn-c/ nnbathy home page]
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*[[O-PALM]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/globc/PALM_WEB O-PALM homepage]
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*[[OpenPALM]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/globc/PALM_WEB OpenPALM homepage]
* [[OpenGPI]] (Generic Parameter Interface) -- [http://www.opengpi.org OpenGPI homepage]
* [[OpenGPI]] (Generic Parameter Interface) -- [http://www.opengpi.org OpenGPI homepage]
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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]
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* 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]
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* 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]
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* CharLES -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage]
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* CONVERGE -- [http://convergecfd.com/ CONVERGENT SCIENCE]
* 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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* FluSol -- [http://www.cfd-rocket.com FluSol's hompage]
* FluSol -- [http://www.cfd-rocket.com FluSol's hompage]
* GASP-- [http://www.aerosoftinc.com AeroSoft homepage]
* GASP-- [http://www.aerosoftinc.com AeroSoft homepage]
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* HeatDesigner -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
*[[J-FLO]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com NTI's homepage]
*[[J-FLO]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com NTI's homepage]
* Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- [http://www.computit.com ComputIT's homepage]
* Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- [http://www.computit.com ComputIT's homepage]
* KINetics Reactive Flows -- [http://www.ReactionDesign.com Reaction Design's homepage]
* KINetics Reactive Flows -- [http://www.ReactionDesign.com Reaction Design's homepage]
* KIVA--[http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/t/t3/codes/kiva.shtml Los Alamos homepage]
* KIVA--[http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/t/t3/codes/kiva.shtml Los Alamos homepage]
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*[[NOGRID FPM]] -- [http://www.no-grid.com NOGRIDS's homepage]
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*[[NOGRID]] -- [http://www.nogrid.com NOGRIDS's homepage]
* NX Electronic Systems Cooling -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=237 MAYA's NX ESC page]
* NX Electronic Systems Cooling -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=237 MAYA's NX ESC page]
* NX Advanced Flow -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=115 MAYA HTT's NX Adv. Flow page]
* NX Advanced Flow -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=115 MAYA HTT's NX Adv. Flow page]
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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]
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*[[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]
* Range Software -- [http://www.range-software.com Range' homepage]
* Range Software -- [http://www.range-software.com Range' homepage]
*[[RheoChart]] -- [http://www.rheochart.com RheoChart Homepage]
*[[RheoChart]] -- [http://www.rheochart.com RheoChart Homepage]
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* scSTREAM -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
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* SC/Tetra -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
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* SHIPFLOW -- [http://www.flowtech.se/ FLOWTECH's homepage]
* [[Siemens PLM Software CFD]] -- [http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/nx/simulation/advanced/index.shtml Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page]
* [[Siemens PLM Software CFD]] -- [http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/nx/simulation/advanced/index.shtml Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page]
*[[Smartfire]] -- [http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/smartfire Smartfire Homepage]
*[[Smartfire]] -- [http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/smartfire Smartfire 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]
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* 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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* [[BOXERMesh]] -- [http://www.cambridgeflowsolutions.com/ Cambridge Flow Solutions homepage]
* Centaur -- [http://www.centaursoft.com CentaurSoft homepage]
* Centaur -- [http://www.centaursoft.com CentaurSoft homepage]
*[[CFD-GEOM]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage]
*[[CFD-GEOM]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage]
*[[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]
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*[[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]
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*[[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]
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* Tommie -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage]
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* Sculptor -- [http://gosculptor.com/Products.html Optimal Solutions Products page]
=== 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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* CFDsoft Viewer -- [http://www.cfdsoft.com/ CFDsoft Viewer homepage]
 
*[[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]
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* COMSOL -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage]
* COMSOL -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage]
* CoolPlot -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's homepage]
* CoolPlot -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's homepage]
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* COVISE -- [http://www.visenso.de/ Visenso's homepage]
 
* EnSight -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage]
* EnSight -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage]
* Fieldview -- [http://www.ilight.com/ Intelligent Light's homepage]
* Fieldview -- [http://www.ilight.com/ Intelligent Light's homepage]
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* Flowmaster -- [http://www.flowmaster.com/index.html Flowmaster's homepage]
* Flowmaster -- [http://www.flowmaster.com/index.html Flowmaster's homepage]
* Flownex -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage]
* Flownex -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage]
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* Rescale --  [http://www.rescale.com/ Rescale's homepage]

Revision as of 15:56, 8 February 2015

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

Solver Mesh type(s) supported
ADFC -- ADFC homepage
Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage
arb -- arb homepageGMSH (.msh)
CalculiX -- CalculiX homepage internal
CFD2D -- a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepageBased 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 homepageI-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM
COOLFluiD -- COOLFluiD homepage
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 -- Featflow homepage
Femwater -- Femwater code
Fenics -- Fenics homepage A powerful 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 powerful FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh)
HiFlow³ -- HiFlow³ homepage
Gerris Flow Solver -- Gerris Flow Solver homepage
hit3d -- hit3d homepage Pseudo-spectral code for simulation of decaying or forced incompressible isotropic turbulence with passive scalars
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 homepageGMSH (.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
REEF3D -- REEF3D homepage
ReFRESCO -- ReFRESCO, ReFRESCO-community. 3D viscous-flow multi-phase code for maritime applications Structured and structured grids. Cgns format. Converters for openFOAM, Icem-CFD, 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
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
Delaundo -- Delaundo homepage.pts
Engrid -- Engrid homepage
GMSH -- GMSH hompage.msh
gridgen -- gridgen homepage
IA-FEMesh -- IA-FEMesh homepageABAQUS
NETGEN -- NETGEN homepage Neutral, Fepp2D, surfacemesh, solution.stl, .iges, .csg, .step
SALOME -- SALOME homepageMED, 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

Miscellaneous

Commercial codes

Solvers

Grid generation

Visualization

Systems

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