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An overview of both free and commercial CFD software.
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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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'''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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! 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" |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="center"
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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="center"
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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="center"
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| align="left" |Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]||
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|- align="center"
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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="center"
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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]|| FeatFlow is a fast CFD FEM solver written in Fortran 77
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| align="left" |[[FEATool]] Multiphysics -- [http://www.featool.com FEATool Matlab CFD Toolbox]|| FEATool is a fully integrated and easy to use Matlab CFD and Multiphysics FEM simulation GUI toolbox.
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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="center"
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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="center"
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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="center"
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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="center"
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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="center"
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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="center"
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| align="left" |TYCHO -- [http://tycho-cfd.at/ TYCHO homepage]||
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|- align="center"
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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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*[[ADFC]] -- [http://adfc.sourceforge.net/index.html ADFC homepage]
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*[[Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes]] -- [http://duns.sourceforge.net DUNS homepage]
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*[[Dolfyn]] -- [http://www.dolfyn.net/dolfyn/index_en.html dolfyn homepage]
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*[[Edge]] -- [http://www.edge.foi.se/ Edge homepage]
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*[[ELMER]] -- [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/ ELMER homepage]
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*[[Featflow]] -- [http://www.featflow.de Featflow homepage]
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*[[Femwater]] -- [http://www.cee.odu.edu/model/femwater.php Femwater code]
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*[[FreeFEM]] -- [http://www.freefem.org FreeFEM homepage]
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*[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]
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*[[IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS)]] -- [http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/ IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage]
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*[[iNavier]] -- [http://inavier.sourceforge.net/ iNavier Solver Home Page]
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*[[MFIX]] -- [http://www.mfix.org Computational multiphase flow homepage]
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*[[NaSt2D-2.0]] -- [http://home.arcor.de/drklaus.bauerfeind/nast/eNaSt2D.html NaSt2D-2.0 homepage]
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*[[NSC2KE]] -- [http://www-rocq1.inria.fr/gamma/cdrom/www/nsc2ke/eng.htm NSC2KE homepage]
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*[[OpenFlower]] -- [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ OpenFlower homepage]
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*[[OpenFOAM]] -- [http://www.openfoam.org/ OpenFOAM homepage]
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*[[OpenFVM]] -- [http://openfvm.sourceforge.net/ OpenFVM homepage]
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*[[PETSc-FEM]] -- [http://www.cimec.org.ar/petscfem PETSc-FEM homepage]
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*[[PP3D]] -- [http://www.featflow.de/ parpp3d++ homepage]
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*[[SLFCFD]] -- [http://slfcfd.sourceforge.net SLFCFD homepage]
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*[[Tochnog]] -- [http://tochnog.sourceforge.net Tochnog homepage]
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*[[Typhon solver]] -- [http://typhon.sf.net Typhon solver homepage]
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=== Grid generation ===
=== Grid generation ===
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*[[Delaundo]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/~muller/delaundo.html Dalaundo homepage]
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*[[GMSH]] -- [http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/ GMSH hompage]
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! Generator !! Mesh type(s) supported !! Input filetypes supported
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*[[NETGEN]] -- [http://www.hpfem.jku.at/netgen/ NETGEN homepage]
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*[[SALOME]] -- [http://www.salome-platform.org SALOME homepage]
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| align="left" |[[Delaundo]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/~muller/delaundo.html Delaundo homepage]||.pts
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*[[TETGEN]] -- [http://tetgen.berlios.de/ TETGEN hompage]
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*[[Triangle]] -- [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.html Trangle 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]||.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://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/ 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
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=== Visualization ===
=== Visualization ===
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*[[COVISE]] -- [http://www.hlrs.de/covise/ HLRS homepage]
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*[[GMV]] -- [http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/gmv/ GMV homepage]
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*[[DISLIN]] -- [http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/server.html  DISLIN homepage]
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* GMV -- [http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/gmv/ GMV homepage]
*[[Gnuplot]] -- [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage]
*[[Gnuplot]] -- [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage]
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*[[GRI]] -- [http://gri.sourceforge.net/ GRI homepage]
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* GRI -- [http://gri.sourceforge.net/ GRI homepage]
*[[Mayavi]] -- [http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ MayaVi homepage]
*[[Mayavi]] -- [http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ MayaVi homepage]
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*[[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]
*[[Tioga]] -- [http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/~paxton/tioga.html Tioga homepage]
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*[[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]
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*[[Visit]] -- [http://www.llnl.gov/visit Visit homepage]
*[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk homepage]
*[[vtk]] -- [http://www.vtk.org vtk homepage]
*[[vtk.Net]] -- [http://vtkdotnet.sourceforge.net/ vtk.Net homepage]
*[[vtk.Net]] -- [http://vtkdotnet.sourceforge.net/ vtk.Net homepage]
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=== Miscellaneous ===
=== Miscellaneous ===
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*[[Engauge Digitizer]]
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*[[Engauge Digitizer]] -- [http://digitizer.sourceforge.net Engauge Digitizer homepage]
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*[[Ftnchek]]
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*[[Ftnchek]] -- [http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/~ftnchek/ ftnchek homepage]
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*[[g3data]] -- [http://www.frantz.fi/index.php?page=software g3data homepage]
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*[[g3data]] -- [http://www.frantz.fi/software/g3data.php g3data homepage]
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*[[GIFMerge]] -- [http://www.the-labs.com/GIFMerge/ GIFMerge homepage]
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* GIFMerge -- [http://www.the-labs.com/GIFMerge/ GIFMerge homepage]
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*[[Gifsicle]]
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*[[Gifsicle]] -- [http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/gifsicle/ Gifsicle homepage]
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*[[ImageMagick]] -- [http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick homepage]
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* nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- [http://code.google.com/p/nn-c/ nnbathy home page]
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*[[OpenPALM]] -- [http://www.cerfacs.fr/globc/PALM_WEB OpenPALM homepage]
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* [[OpenGPI]] (Generic Parameter Interface) -- [http://www.opengpi.org OpenGPI homepage]
== Commercial codes ==
== Commercial codes ==
=== Solvers ===
=== Solvers ===
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* 6sigmaDC -- [http://www.futurefacilities.com Future Facilities homepage]
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*[[ADINA-F]] -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage]
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*[[ADINA-FSI]] -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* AcuSolve -- [http://www.acusim.com/ ACUSIM Software's homepage]
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*[[ANSWER]] -- [http://www.acricfd.com/ ACRi's homepage]
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* ADINA-F -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* 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]
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* 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]
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*[[CFD2000]] -- [http://www.adaptive-research.com/ Adaptive Research's homepage]
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* 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-FASTRAN]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage]
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*[[CFD-ACE]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage]
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* CFD-ACE -- [http://www.esi-group.com/SimulationSoftware/advanced.html ESI Group's homepage]
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*[[CFX]] -- [http://www.ansys.com/ Ansys' homepage]
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* CFdesign -- [http://www.cfdesign.com CFdesign's homepage]
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*[[EFD]] -- [http://www.nika.biz/ NIKA's homepage]
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* 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]
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* COMSOL Multiphysics -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage]
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* COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- [http://www.comsol.com/products/cfd/ COMSOL's CFD Module]
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* Coolit -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's Coolit homepage]
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* CoolitPCB -- [http://www.coolitpcb.com/ Daat Research's CoolitPCB homepage]
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* DLR - TAU -- [http://tau.dlr.de/ TAU's homepage]
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* DQMoM -- [http://www.cmclinnovations.com/userstories/userstory9.html cmcl innovations' product page]
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* EasyCFD -- [http://www.easycfd.net EasyCFD homepage]
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* [[FEATool]] Multiphysics -- [http://www.featool.com/ FEATool Multiphysics and Matlab CFD Toolbox]
*[[FENSAP-ICE]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com/ NTI' homepage]
*[[FENSAP-ICE]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com/ NTI' homepage]
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*[[FINE]] -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage]
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* FINE/Hexa -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage]
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*[[FIRE]] -- [http://www.avl.com/ AVL's homepage]
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* FINE/Turbo -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage]
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* 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]
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*[[FLOW-3D]] -- [http://www.flow3d.com/ Flow Science's homepage]
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* FloEFD -- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/floefd Mentor's FloEFD homepage]
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*[[FLOWVISION]] -- [http://www.fv-tech.com FlowVision's homepage]
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* FloTHERM-- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/flotherm Mentor's FloTHERM homepage]
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* FloVENT-- [http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/flovent Mentor's FloVENT homepage]
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* FLOW-3D -- [http://www.flow3d.com/ Flow Science's homepage]
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* FLOWVISION -- [http://www.fv-tech.com FlowVision's homepage]
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* 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]
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*[[FluSol]] -- [http://www.cfd-rocket.com FluSol's hompage]*[[J-FLO]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com NTI's homepage]
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* [[FLUIDYN]] -- [http://www.fluidyn.com Fluidyn's homepage]
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*[[Flowz]]--[http://www.zeusnumerix.com Zeus Numerix's homepage ]
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* FluSol -- [http://www.cfd-rocket.com FluSol's hompage]
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*[[KINetics Reactive Flows]] -- [http://www.ReactionDesign.com Reaction Design's homepage]
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* GASP-- [http://www.aerosoftinc.com AeroSoft homepage]
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*[[KIVA]]--[http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/t/t3/codes/kiva.shtml Los Alamos homepage]
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* HeatDesigner -- [http://www.cradle-cfd.com/ Cradle's homepage]
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*[[NOGRID FPM]] -- [http://www.no-grid.com NOGRIDS's homepage]
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* HiFUN CFD Solver -- [http://www.sandi.co.in S & I Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. homepage]
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*[[J-FLO]] -- [http://www.newmerical.com NTI's homepage]
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* Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- [http://www.computit.com ComputIT's homepage]
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* KINetics Reactive Flows -- [http://www.ReactionDesign.com Reaction Design's homepage]
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* KIVA--[http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/t/t3/codes/kiva.shtml Los Alamos homepage]
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* LS-DYNA ICFD solver -- [http://www.lstc.com/applications/new_multiphysics LSTC's homepage]
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*[[NOGRID]] -- [http://www.nogrid.com NOGRIDS's homepage]
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* NX Electronic Systems Cooling -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=237 MAYA's NX ESC page]
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* 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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* NX Flow -- [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=116 MAYA HTT's NX Flow page]
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* MicroCFD -- [http://microcfd.com/ MicroCFD's homepage]
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* 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]
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* PowerFLOW -- [http://exa.com/ Exa Corporation's homepage]
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* PumpLinx -- [http://www.simerics.com Simerics' homepage]
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* Pushbutton CFD -- [http://www.conceptsnrec.com Concepts NREC's homepage]
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* Range Software -- [http://www.range-software.com Range' homepage]
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*[[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]
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* [[Siemens PLM Software CFD]] -- [http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/nx/simulation/advanced/index.shtml Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page]
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*[[simFlow]] -- [https://sim-flow.com/ simFlow homepage]
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*[[Smartfire]] -- [http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/smartfire Smartfire Homepage]
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* [[Solution of Boltzmann Equation]] -- [http://www.elegant-mathematics.com/ Elegant Mathematics homepage]
*[[SPLASH]] -- [http://www.panix.com/~brosen SPLASH's homepage]
*[[SPLASH]] -- [http://www.panix.com/~brosen SPLASH's homepage]
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*[[srm suite]] -- [http://www.cmclinnovations.com/products/srmsuite cmcl innovations' product page]
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* 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]
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*[[STAR-CCMplus]] -- [http://www.cd-adapco.com CD-adapco's homepage]
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*[[STAR-CCM+]] -- [http://www.cd-adapco.com CD-adapco's homepage]
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*[[Turb'Flow]] -- [http://www.fluorem.com Fluorem's hompage]
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*[[Tdyn]] --  [http://www.compassis.com CompassIS' homepage]
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* TMG-Flow --  [http://www.mayahtt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=283 MAYA HTT's CFD page]
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* TransAT -- [http://www.ascomp.ch ASCOMP's homepage]
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* Turb'Flow -- [http://www.fluorem.com Fluorem's hompage]
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* TURBOcfd -- [http://adtechnology.co.uk/products/turbocfd/ TURBOcfd's hompage]
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* XFlow -- [http://www.xflowcfd.com XFlow homepage, Next Limit Dynamics SA]
=== Grid generation ===
=== Grid generation ===
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*[[ADINA-AUI]] -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* 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]
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* ANSA -- [http://www.beta-cae.gr/ BETA-CAE's homepage]
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* AutoMesh4G -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage]
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* [[BOXERMesh]] -- [http://www.cambridgeflowsolutions.com/ Cambridge Flow Solutions homepage]
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* 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]
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*[[CFDExpert-GridZ ]] --[http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage]
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* 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]
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*[[GridPro]] -- [http://www.gridpro.com/ PDC's homepage]
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*[[ GridPro]] -- [http://www.gridpro.com/ PDC's homepage]
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*[[Harpoon]] -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage]
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* Harpoon -- [http://www.sharc.co.uk/ Harpoon's homepage]
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*[[ICEM CFD ]] -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage]
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* HyperMesh -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage]
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* ICEM CFD -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage]
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*[[Pointwise]] -- [http://www.pointwise.com/ Pointwise's homepage]
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*[[RBF Morph]] -- [http://www.rbf-morph.com/ RBF Morph homepage]
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* +ScanFE -- [http://www.simpleware.com/ Simpleware's homepage]
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* Sculptor -- [http://gosculptor.com/Products.html Optimal Solutions Products page]
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* 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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* [[TwinMesh]] -- [http://www.twinmesh.com TwinMesh homepage]
=== Visualization ===
=== Visualization ===
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*[[ADINA-AUI]] -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* ADINA-AUI -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
*[[CFD-VIEW]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage]
*[[CFD-VIEW]] -- [http://www.esi-group.com/ ESI's homepage]
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*[[CFX-Post]] -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage]
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* CFView -- [http://www.numeca.be/ Numeca's homepage]
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*[[COVISE]] -- [http://www.visenso.de/ Visenso's homepage]
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* CFX-Post -- [http://www.ansys.com/ ANSYS' homepage]
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*[[EnSight]] -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage]
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* COMSOL -- [http://www.comsol.com/ COMSOL's homepage]
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*[[Fieldview]] -- [http://www.ilight.com/ Intelligent Light's homepage]
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* CoolPlot -- [http://www.daat.com/ Daat Research's homepage]
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* EnSight -- [http://www.ensight.com/ CEI's homepage]
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* Fieldview -- [http://www.ilight.com/ Intelligent Light's homepage]
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* HyperView -- [http://www.altairhyperworks.com/ Altair HyperWorks' homepage]
*[[Tecplot]] -- [http://www.tecplot.com/ Tecplot's homepage]
*[[Tecplot]] -- [http://www.tecplot.com/ Tecplot's homepage]
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*[[ViewZ]]   --  [http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage]
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* VU -- [http://www.invisu.ca/  inVisu's homepage]
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*ViewZ  --  [http://www.zeusnumerix.com/ Zeus Numerix's homepage]
=== Systems ===
=== Systems ===
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*[[ADINA]] -- [http://www.adina.com/index.html ADINA's homepage]
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* Flowmaster -- [http://www.flowmaster.com/index.html Flowmaster's homepage]
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*[[Flownex]] -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage]
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* Flownex -- [http://www.flownex.com/ Flownex's homepage]
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== Online tools and services ==
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*[[CFDNet]] -- [http://www.cfdnet.com/ CFDNet homepage]
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Revision as of 17:35, 13 August 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 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 FeatFlow is a fast CFD FEM solver written in Fortran 77
FEATool Multiphysics -- FEATool Matlab CFD Toolbox FEATool is a fully integrated and easy to use Matlab CFD and Multiphysics FEM simulation GUI toolbox.
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 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 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 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
TwinMesh -- Twinmesh homepage .cfx5.iges, .csv

Visualization

Miscellaneous

Commercial codes

Solvers

Grid generation

Visualization

Systems

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