OpenFOAM [SEP] programming language
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM (for "Open-source Field Operation And Manipulation") is a C++ toolbox for the development of customized numerical solvers, and pre-/post-processing utilities for the solution of continuum mechanics problems, most prominently including computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
There are three main variants of OpenFOAM software that are released as free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License Version 3. "In chronological order", these variants are as follows:
1. The OpenFOAM-Trademark (.com/
OpenFOAM is its syntax for tensor operations and partial differential equations that closely resembles the equations being solved. For example, the equation
is represented by the code
This syntax, achieved through the use of object-oriented programming and operator overloading, enables users to create custom solvers with relative ease. However, code customization becomes more challenging with increasing depth into the OpenFOAM library, owing to a lack of documentation and heavy use of template metaprogramming.
Users can create custom objects, such as boundary conditions or turbulence models,