Coolfluid
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| Developer(s) | von Karman Institute and others |
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| Stable release | 2014.9 / 23 09 2014 |
| Operating system | Unix/Linux/Windows/Mac OS X |
| License | [LGPLv3] |
| Website | COOLFluiD on GitHub |
COOLFluiD is a component based scientific computing environment that handles high-performance computing problems with focus on complex computational fluid dynamics (CFD) involving multiphysics phenomena.
It features a Collaborative Simulation Environment where multiple physical models and multiple discretization methods are implemented as components within the environment. These components form a component-based architecture where they serve as building blocks of customized applications.
Capabilities
Kernel
- Component based architecture
- Dynamic loading of external plugins
- Interpolation and integration on arbitrary elements
- Transparent MPI parallelization
- Parallel writing and reading from solution files
- Support for XML case files
- Unstructured 2D/3D hybrid meshes in many formats
Numerical Methods
- Cell Center finite volume solver
- Residual distribution solver
- High order finite element solver
- Spectral Finite Volume solver
- Spectral Finite Difference solver
- Discontinuous Galerkin method solver
- Residual Distribution solver (dedicated to incompressible flow)
Physical Models
- Compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations
- Perfect and Real Gas (from low Mach to hypersonic)
- Chemical reacting mixtures
- Thermal and Chemical non-equilibrium flows
- Incompressible Navier-Stokes
- Linearized Euler (for Aeroacoustics)
- Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics
- Structural Elasticity
- Multi-ion Electrochemistry
- Heat transfer
- Multiple Scalar Advection models
External links
- New COOLFluiD website on GitHub
- VKI is the research institute responsible for the majority of the developments.