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| align="left" |Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- [http://www.partenovcfd.com Solver homepage]||
| 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
| 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]||
| 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]||
| 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://www.amath.washington.edu/~claw/clawpack.org CLAWPACK homepage]||
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| align="left" |CLAWPACK -- [http://depts.washington.edu/clawpack/ CLAWPACK homepage]||
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| align="left" |Code_Saturne -- [http://www.code-saturne.org/ Code_Saturne homepage]||I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM
| 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" |[[Edge]] -- [http://www.foi.se/edge Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured  and hybrid grids]||.bmsh
| 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]||
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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]||
| align="left" |[[FDS]] -- [http://www.fire.nist.gov/fds/ FDS homepage]||
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| align="left" |[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]||
| align="left" |[[Gerris Flow Solver]] -- [http://gfs.sourceforge.net/ Gerris Flow Solver homepage]||
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| align="left" |GPDE -- [http://www.cfdpack.net Discrete adjoint CFD using AD | 2/3D FV, unstr, incomp, F90]||GMSH (.msh)
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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" |IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) -- [http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/ IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage]||
| 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.com/ iNavier Solver Home Page]||
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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]||
| align="left" |ISAAC -- [http://isaac-cfd.sourceforge.net ISAAC Home Page]||
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| align="left" |PP3D -- [http://www.featflow.de/ parpp3d++ homepage]||
| align="left" |PP3D -- [http://www.featflow.de/ parpp3d++ homepage]||
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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]||
| 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]||
| 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]||
| 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]||
| 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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*[[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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* ANANAS -- [http://www.lemma-ing.com/index.html LEMMA's homepage]
* 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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* 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]
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* 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]
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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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* 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]

Revision as of 05:33, 17 March 2013

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
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)
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
FreeFEM -- FreeFEM homepage
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
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
OpenLB -- OpenLB homepage
OpenFVM -- OpenFVM homepage GMSH (.msh)
PETSc-FEM -- PETSc-FEM homepage Application-specific input (.dat)
PP3D -- parpp3d++ homepage
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

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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