Does anyone know any CFD modeling software that can be used for hydraulic computation purpose?
Hello,
Open source Code and Software including; OpenFOAM, Sphyisic and Dual physics based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH)
and among commercial software, Ansys (CFX) is a good choice
Hi Alban
I don't know much about your problem but you can go for FLUENT and COMSOL. These do quite a lot of jobs. My labmates use them albeit these are commercial and costly.
I also suggest the OpenFOAM software. I'm familiar with it more than two years and found it as the most powerful CFD software. Now let us know, what do u intend to model?
Check out the CSDMS website. They host the names, source code, and a lot of information about various software packages that are open to the public. It is a great resource.
You will find FloEFD very handy. There is a free trial version on the web.
Hi Alban,
The answers I've seen are suitable for single phase solve problems. If you want to solve a problem two phase water-air then CFX is a very good choice (FLUENT is included in this package).
If you have to solve a problem of sediment transport, then FLOW-3D is a good choice.
advanced software with easy steps for CFD is Flow 3D you can go for that
Open source code , Gerris. See the pain page of Gerris for more information.
Hello, Yes
It is HEC-RAS - Hydrologic Engineering Center software.
I glad to writing a paper about coarse poruos media.
HEC-RAS, Mike Mike 11 and 21 are not programs Computational Fluid Dynamics.
The answer is OpenFOAM: http://www.openfoam.com/
It's is a free, open source CFD software package that is superseding very expensive codes such as FLUENT.
Best regards
You could try either of the following:
OpenFoam (open source)
starccm+ (ask for an academic licence)
CONSOL (multi purpose finite element software)
succes
regards
Francois Clemens
It depends somewhat on your problem. For free surface problems I would recommend Flow 3D. If the shape of the free surface is not a problem (either pressure flow or you can assume it fixed) go with fluent or CFX. For free I would recommend OpenFoam, but it requires some programming skills to use.
There are a lot of software which based on special issue you can use:
Flow 3D: provides a powerful tool for complex fluid modeling problems. FLOW-3D enables highly accurate simulations of free-surface flows using TruVOF, the original and true form of the Volume-of-Fluid technique.
Fluent: includes well-validated physical modeling capabilities to deliver fast, accurate results across the widest range of CFD and multi-physics applications
Delft 3D: 3D modeling suite to investigate hydrodynamics, sediment transport and morphology and water quality for fluvial, estuarine and coastal environments.
HECRAS: one-dimensional steady flow, one and two-dimensional unsteady flow calculations, sediment transport/mobile bed computations, and water temperature/water quality modeling.
Mike11: Rivers and reservoirs, Forecasting, Hydrology, Sediments, Water quality
OpeanFoam: has an extensive range of features to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to acoustics, solid mechanics and electromagnetics.
Comsol: software solutions for multiphysics modeling.
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