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User Guide

  •  Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 OpenFOAM cases
    • 2.1 File structure of OpenFOAM cases
    • 2.2 Basic input/output file format
  • 3 Running applications
    • 3.1 Running applications
    • 3.2 Running applications in parallel
  • 4 Mesh generation and conversion
    • 4.1 Mesh description
    • 4.2 Boundaries
    • 4.3 Mesh generation with the blockMesh
    • 4.4 Mesh generation with the snappyHexMesh
    • 4.5 Mesh conversion
    • 4.6 Mapping fields between different geometries
  • 5 Models and physical properties
    • 5.1 Boundary Conditions
    • 5.2 Thermophysical models
    • 5.3 Turbulence models
  • 6 Solving
    • 6.1 Time and data input/output control
    • 6.2 Numerical schemes
    • 6.3 Solution and algorithm control
    • 6.4 Monitoring and managing jobs
  • 7 Post-processing
    • 7.1 paraFoam
    • 7.2 Post-processing with Fluent
    • 7.3 Post-processing with EnSight
    • 7.4 Sampling data
  • A Reference
    • A.1 Standard solvers
    • A.2 Standard utilities
    • A.3 Standard libraries
    • A.4 Standard boundary conditions
  • Index
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