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- | An overview of both free and commercial CFD software. | + | 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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+ | '''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. | ||
== Free codes == | == Free codes == | ||
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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://depts.washington.edu/clawpack/ CLAWPACK homepage] A Finite Volume solver especially for phenomena governed by hyperbolic PDEs || | ||
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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" |[[Dune]] -- [http://www.dune-project.org Distributed and Unified Numerics Evironment - homepage]|| GMSH (.msh), StarCD | ||
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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" |FEATool -- [http://www.precisesimulation.com/featool FEATool homepage]|| FEATool is a multiphysics FEM simulation toolbox for Octave and Matlab. | ||
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+ | | align="left" |Femwater -- [http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/gwater/femwater/index.htm Femwater code]|| | ||
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+ | | align="left" |Fenics -- [http://fenicsproject.org 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 | ||
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+ | | align="left" |FreeFEM -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage] A FEM solver. Uses a C++-like language || Gmsh (.msh), Medit (.mesh) | ||
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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" |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" |IBAMR -- [https://github.com/IBAMR/IBAMR IBAMR homepage] A C++ library for Immersed Boundary method with Adaptive Mesh Refinement. || Structured fluid mesh and unstructured mesh for immersed body. | ||
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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.sourceforge.net/ 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" |Nektar++ -- [http://www.nektar.info Nektar++ 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 -- [https://bitbucket.org/cpraveen/nuwtun 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" | 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.refresco.org ReFRESCO homepage]. 3D multi-phase viscous-flow code (RANS,DDES,SAS,PANS,LES) 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 === | === Grid generation === | ||
- | + | {| class="wikitable" | |
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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" | 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]|| | ||
+ | |- align="center" | ||
+ | | align="left" | IA-FEMesh -- [http://www.ccad.uiowa.edu/mimx/IA-FEMesh IA-FEMesh homepage]||ABAQUS | ||
+ | |- align="center" | ||
+ | | 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 | ||
+ | |- align="center" | ||
+ | | 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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+ | | align="left" |[[TwinMesh]] -- [http://www.twinmesh.com Twinmesh homepage]|| .cfx5||.iges, .csv | ||
+ | |} | ||
=== Visualization === | === Visualization === | ||
- | + | *[[COVISE]] -- [http://www.hlrs.de/covise/ HLRS homepage] | |
- | *[[ | + | *[[DISLIN]] -- [http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/server.html DISLIN homepage] |
+ | * GMV -- [http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/gmv/ GMV homepage] | ||
*[[Gnuplot]] -- [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] | *[[Gnuplot]] -- [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] | ||
+ | * GRI -- [http://gri.sourceforge.net/ GRI homepage] | ||
*[[Mayavi]] -- [http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ MayaVi homepage] | *[[Mayavi]] -- [http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ MayaVi homepage] | ||
- | *[[OpenDX]] | + | *[[OpenDX]] -- [http://www.opendx.org OpenDX homepage] |
*[[ParaView]] -- [http://www.paraview.org/HTML/Index.html ParaView homepage] | *[[ParaView]] -- [http://www.paraview.org/HTML/Index.html ParaView homepage] | ||
+ | *[[Tioga]] -- [http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~paxton/tioga.html Tioga homepage] | ||
+ | *[[VAPOR]] -- [http://www.vapor.ucar.edu VAPOR homepage] | ||
*[[Vigie]] -- [http://www-sop.inria.fr/sinus/Softs/vigie.html Vigie homepage] | *[[Vigie]] -- [http://www-sop.inria.fr/sinus/Softs/vigie.html Vigie homepage] | ||
- | *[[Visit]] | + | *[[Visit]] -- [http://www.llnl.gov/visit Visit homepage] |
- | *[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk | + | *[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk homepage] |
+ | *[[vtk.Net]] -- [http://vtkdotnet.sourceforge.net/ vtk.Net homepage] | ||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
- | *[[Engauge Digitizer]] | + | *[[Engauge Digitizer]] -- [http://digitizer.sourceforge.net Engauge Digitizer homepage] |
- | *[[Ftnchek]] | + | *[[Ftnchek]] -- [http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/~ftnchek/ ftnchek homepage] |
- | *[[g3data]] -- [http:// | + | *[[g3data]] -- [http://www.frantz.fi/software/g3data.php g3data homepage] |
- | * | + | * GIFMerge -- [http://www.the-labs.com/GIFMerge/ GIFMerge homepage] |
- | *[[Gifsicle]] | + | *[[Gifsicle]] -- [http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/gifsicle/ Gifsicle homepage] |
+ | *[[ImageMagick]] -- [http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick homepage] | ||
+ | * nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- [http://code.google.com/p/nn-c/ nnbathy home page] | ||
+ | *[[OpenPALM]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/globc/PALM_WEB OpenPALM homepage] | ||
+ | * [[OpenGPI]] (Generic Parameter Interface) -- [http://www.opengpi.org OpenGPI homepage] | ||
== Commercial codes == | == Commercial codes == | ||
=== Solvers === | === Solvers === | ||
- | + | * 6sigmaDC -- [http://www.futurefacilities.com Future Facilities homepage] | |
- | *[[ | + | * Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage] |
- | *[[ | + | * AcuSolve -- [http://www.acusim.com/ ACUSIM Software's homepage] |
- | * | + | * ADINA-F -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] |
- | *[[CFD-FASTRAN | + | * 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] |
- | *[[ | + | * 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] |
+ | * CFD2000 -- [http://www.adaptive-research.com/ Adaptive Research's homepage] | ||
+ | *[[CFD-FASTRAN]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage] | ||
+ | * CFD-ACE -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage] | ||
+ | * CFdesign -- [http://www.cfdesign.com CFdesign's homepage] | ||
+ | * CFX -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS homepage] | ||
+ | * CharLES -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage] | ||
+ | * CONVERGE -- [http://convergecfd.com/ CONVERGENT SCIENCE] | ||
+ | * COMSOL Multiphysics -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage] | ||
+ | * COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- [http://www.comsol.com/products/cfd/ COMSOL's CFD Module] | ||
+ | * Coolit -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's Coolit homepage] | ||
+ | * CoolitPCB -- [http://www.coolitpcb.com/ Daat Research's CoolitPCB homepage] | ||
+ | * DLR - TAU -- [http://tau.dlr.de/ TAU's homepage] | ||
+ | * DQMoM -- [http://www.cmclinnovations.com/userstories/userstory9.html cmcl innovations' product page] | ||
+ | * EasyCFD -- [http://www.easycfd.net EasyCFD homepage] | ||
+ | *[[FENSAP-ICE]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com/ NTI' homepage] | ||
+ | * FINE/Hexa -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | ||
+ | * FINE/Turbo -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | ||
+ | * FIRE -- [http://www.avl.com/ AVL's homepage] | ||
*[[FLACS]] -- [http://www.gexcon.com/index.php?src=flacs/overview.html GexCon's homepage] | *[[FLACS]] -- [http://www.gexcon.com/index.php?src=flacs/overview.html GexCon's homepage] | ||
- | *[[FLOW-3D | + | * FloEFD -- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/floefd Mentor's FloEFD homepage] |
- | * | + | * FloTHERM-- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/flotherm Mentor's FloTHERM homepage] |
+ | * FloVENT-- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/flovent Mentor's FloVENT homepage] | ||
+ | * FLOW-3D -- [http://www.flow3d.com/ Flow Science's homepage] | ||
+ | * FLOWVISION -- [http://www.fv-tech.com FlowVision's homepage] | ||
+ | * Flowz--[http://www.zeusnumerix.com Zeus Numerix's homepage ] | ||
*[[FLUENT]] -- [http://www.fluent.com Fluent's homepage] | *[[FLUENT]] -- [http://www.fluent.com Fluent's homepage] | ||
- | *[[KINetics Reactive Flows | + | * [[FLUIDYN]] -- [http://www.fluidyn.com Fluidyn's homepage] |
+ | * FluSol -- [http://www.cfd-rocket.com FluSol's hompage] | ||
+ | * GASP-- [http://www.aerosoftinc.com AeroSoft homepage] | ||
+ | * HeatDesigner -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage] | ||
+ | * HiFUN CFD Solver -- [http://www.sandi.co.in S & I Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. homepage] | ||
+ | *[[J-FLO]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com NTI's homepage] | ||
+ | * Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- [http://www.computit.com ComputIT'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] | ||
+ | * LS-DYNA ICFD solver -- [http://www.lstc.com/applications/new_multiphysics LSTC's homepage] | ||
+ | *[[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 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 Flow -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=116 MAYA HTT's NX Flow page] | ||
+ | * MicroCFD -- [http://microcfd.com/ MicroCFD's 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] | ||
+ | * PumpLinx -- [http://www.simerics.com Simerics' homepage] | ||
+ | * Pushbutton CFD -- [http://www.conceptsnrec.com Concepts NREC's homepage] | ||
+ | * Range Software -- [http://www.range-software.com Range' homepage] | ||
+ | *[[RheoChart]] -- [http://www.rheochart.com RheoChart Homepage] | ||
+ | * scSTREAM -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage] | ||
+ | * SC/Tetra -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage] | ||
+ | * 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] | ||
+ | *[[simFlow]] -- [https://sim-flow.com/ simFlow homepage] | ||
+ | *[[Smartfire]] -- [http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/smartfire Smartfire Homepage] | ||
+ | * [[Solution of Boltzmann Equation]] -- [http://www.elegant-mathematics.com/ Elegant Mathematics homepage] | ||
+ | *[[SPLASH]] -- [http://www.panix.com/~brosen SPLASH's homepage] | ||
+ | *[[srm suite]] -- [http://www.cmclinnovations.com/products/srmsuite cmcl innovations' product page] | ||
+ | * STALLION 3D -- [http://www.hanleyinnovations.com/stallion3d.html Hanley Innovations' STALLION 3D homepage] | ||
*[[STAR-CD]] -- [http://www.cd-adapco.com CD-adapco's homepage] | *[[STAR-CD]] -- [http://www.cd-adapco.com CD-adapco's homepage] | ||
- | *[[STAR- | + | *[[STAR-CCM+]] -- [http://www.cd-adapco.com CD-adapco's homepage] |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Tdyn]] -- [http://www.compassis.com CompassIS' homepage] |
- | * | + | * TMG-Flow -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=283 MAYA HTT's CFD page] |
- | *[ | + | * TransAT -- [http://www.ascomp.ch ASCOMP's homepage] |
+ | * Turb'Flow -- [http://www.fluorem.com Fluorem's hompage] | ||
+ | * TURBOcfd -- [http://adtechnology.co.uk/products/turbocfd/ TURBOcfd's hompage] | ||
=== Grid generation === | === Grid generation === | ||
+ | * 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] | ||
+ | * AutoMesh4G -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | ||
+ | * [[BOXERMesh]] -- [http://www.cambridgeflowsolutions.com/ Cambridge Flow Solutions homepage] | ||
+ | * Centaur -- [http://www.centaursoft.com CentaurSoft homepage] | ||
+ | *[[CFD-GEOM]] -- [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] | ||
+ | *[[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] |
- | *[ | + | * Harpoon -- [http://www.sharc.co.uk/ Harpoon's homepage] |
- | + | * HyperMesh -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' 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] | ||
+ | * +ScanFE -- [http://www.simpleware.com/ Simpleware's homepage] | ||
+ | * Sculptor -- [http://gosculptor.com/Products.html Optimal Solutions Products page] | ||
+ | * SolidMesh -- [http://www.simcenter.msstate.edu/docs/solidmesh/ SolidMesh homepage] | ||
+ | * Tommie -- [http://www.cascadetechnologies.com/ Cascade Technologies homepage] | ||
+ | * [[TwinMesh]] -- [http://www.twinmesh.com TwinMesh homepage] | ||
=== Visualization === | === Visualization === | ||
- | *[[ | + | * ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage] |
- | *[[ | + | *[[CFD-VIEW]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage] |
+ | * CFView -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage] | ||
+ | * CFX-Post -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage] | ||
+ | * COMSOL -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage] | ||
+ | * CoolPlot -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's homepage] | ||
+ | * EnSight -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage] | ||
+ | * Fieldview -- [http://www.ilight.com/ Intelligent Light's homepage] | ||
+ | * HyperView -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage] | ||
*[[Tecplot]] -- [http://www.tecplot.com/ Tecplot's homepage] | *[[Tecplot]] -- [http://www.tecplot.com/ Tecplot's homepage] | ||
+ | * VU -- [http://www.invisu.ca/ inVisu's homepage] | ||
+ | *ViewZ -- [http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage] | ||
=== Systems === | === Systems === | ||
- | * | + | * Flowmaster -- [http://www.flowmaster.com/index.html Flowmaster's homepage] |
- | + | * Flownex -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage] | |
- | + | ||
- | + | ||
- | * | + |
Revision as of 10:49, 28 May 2016
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 homepage | GMSH (.msh) |
CalculiX -- CalculiX homepage | internal |
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 | |
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 | |
FEATool -- FEATool homepage | FEATool is a multiphysics FEM simulation toolbox for Octave and Matlab. |
Femwater -- Femwater code | |
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 | |
hit3d -- hit3d homepage | Pseudo-spectral code for simulation of decaying or forced incompressible isotropic turbulence with passive scalars |
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 | |
REEF3D -- REEF3D homepage | |
ReFRESCO -- ReFRESCO homepage. 3D multi-phase viscous-flow code (RANS,DDES,SAS,PANS,LES) 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 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
- 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
- OpenPALM -- OpenPALM 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 -- 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
- MicroCFD -- MicroCFD's homepage
- MicroFlo -- homepage
- PHOENICS -- CHAM's homepage
- PHYSICA -- PHYSICA's homepage
- PowerFLOW -- Exa PowerFLOW homepage
- PumpLinx -- Simerics' homepage
- Pushbutton CFD -- Concepts NREC's homepage
- Range Software -- Range' homepage
- RheoChart -- RheoChart Homepage
- scSTREAM -- Cradle's homepage
- SC/Tetra -- Cradle'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
- TURBOcfd -- TURBOcfd's hompage
Grid generation
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANAMESH -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSA -- BETA-CAE's homepage
- AutoMesh4G -- Numeca's homepage
- BOXERMesh -- Cambridge Flow Solutions 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
- Sculptor -- Optimal Solutions Products page
- SolidMesh -- SolidMesh homepage
- Tommie -- Cascade Technologies homepage
- TwinMesh -- TwinMesh 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
- 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