OpenFOAM (originally, FOAM) was created by Henry Weller from the late 1980s at Imperial College, London, to develop a more powerful and flexible general simulation platform than the de facto standard at the time, FORTRAN.
OpenFOAM (izvorno, FOAM) stvorio je Henry Weller 80-ih godina dvadesetog stoljeća na Imperial College, London, u svrhu razvijanja moćnije i fleksibilnije simulacijske platforme od tadašnje standardne, FORTRAN.