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OpenFOAM v6 Released

From the Release Announcement...

The OpenFOAM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of version 6 of the OpenFOAM open source CFD toolbox. Version 6 is a snapshot of the OpenFOAM development version which, through sustainable development, is always-releasable. It provides new functionality and major improvements to existing code, with strict demands on usability, robustness and extensibility.

OpenFOAM 6 includes the following key developments.

• Conjugate heat transfer (CHT): improved usability, with simplified set up and running.
• Rotating/sliding geometries: more robust AMI, and support for periodic cases.
• Particle tracking: optimised computation and improved robustness.
• Reacting multiphase models: phase change, reactions, drag, breakup, coalescence, etc.
• Reactions/combustion: faster, full algebraic Jacobian, significant code redesign
• Other models: water waves and films, turbulence, thermophysics, atmospheric flows
• General: new boundary conditions, function objects, improved code compilation, etc
• Further tools for more productive CFD with OpenFOAM.
• Approximately 750 code commits, 350+ resolved issues
• ISO/IEC 14882:2011 (C++11): tested for GCC v4.8+, Clang v3.7+, Intel ICC v17.0.4+.

OpenFOAM 6 is packaged for the following platforms.

• Ubuntu Linux: packaged installation for Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 18.04;
• Other Linux: installation with a Docker container; or compilation from source code;
• Windows 10: installation using Windows Subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu packs;
• macOS: installation with a Docker container.

The OpenFOAM 6 Source Pack can be compiled on suitable Linux platforms.

Credits

OpenFOAM 6 was produced by:

• Core Team (CFD Direct): Henry Weller (co-founder & lead developer); Chris Greenshields (co-founder), Will Bainbridge
• Developers/Maintainers: Bruno Santos, Francesco Contino, Mattijs Janssens (co-founder), Juho Peltola, Fabian Schlegel, Ronald Oertel, Timo Niemi
• Patch Contributors: Tobias Holzmann, Kevin Nordin-Bates, Lorenzo Trevisan, Federico Piscaglia, Björn Pfeiffelmann, Jakub Benda, Nicolas Bourgeois, SeongMo Yeon, Stefan Hildenbrand

Licence

OpenFOAM 6 is distributed under the General Public Licence v3 by the OpenFOAM Foundation.