OpenFOAM

Learning OpenFOAM can be a challenge even for the experienced CFD engineers; starting early 2015 I have been using OpenFOAM. This page shows the things I've learned so far; this is also my contribution to the open source community.

10 Steps to getting started with OpenFOAM:
Step1: Files structure in OpenFOAM cases
Step2: Creating meshes with blockMesh dictionary
Step3: Creating meshes with snappyHexMesh
Step4: Universal mesh types and conversion of external meshes
Step5: Boundary conditions in OpenFOAM
Step6: Numerical schemes
Step7: Solution and algorithm control
Step8: Turbulence models
Step9: Parallel solving
Step10: Post-processing with Paraview

20 CFD Problems solved with OpenFOAM:
2D Elbow
Shock tube problem

Laminar Pipe Flow

Turbulent Pipe Flow

Flat Plate Boundary Layer

Supersonic Flow Over a Wedge

Compressible Flow in a Nozzle

Steady Flow Past a Cylinder

Unsteady Flow Past a Cylinder

Flow Over an Airfoil

Turbulent Forced Convection

Laminar Convection: Nusselt Problem

Bifurcating Artery

3D Bifurcating Artery

3D Convection Through an Electronics Box

Sudden Expansion in Laminar Pipe Flow

Turbulent Pipe Flow (LES)

Turbulent Jet (k-epsilon model)

User Defined Function

Partially Premixed Combustion