I have used OpenFOAM for more than 4 years, so I think it is a solid CFD tool. However, I would like opinions about OpenFOAM and new applications in the industry.
Hi Victor,
Could you give some examples that what kind of simulation you performed during 4 years experiences with OpenFOAM?
Actually, it is not only solid CFD tools. Almost 2 years i am interested in simulation of cavitation inside fuel injector nozzle using openFOAM multiphase solver. And it works quite good results with experiments.
Baris
Hi Baris,
That is true, OpenFOAM is not only a solid CFD tool, but also it's a group of C++ libraries and code for CFD. Four years ago, I started to study OpenFOM with tutorials with several problems because in that time I never used GNU/Linux as OS. As expected, OpenFOAM challenge me to study GNU/Linux and step by step improve my knowledge in this field.
Two years ago, I have been carried out unsteady partial cavitation around hydrofoil, as you can see in my ResearchGate, due to my PhD investigation. For this research I implemented Zwart model into interPhaseChangeFoam and compiled to get a new solver vInterPhaseChangeFoam, results shows similar to experiments that you said before. Another interesting point of view is the use of ILES implicit large eddy simulation to avoid the subgrid model of LES.
Baris, thank you very much for your anwser
Victor
The main advantages for industries are the fact that the software is free and, therefore, parallelizable (no need for expensive licenses) and that it can be intensively automatized via scripting (in industries the simulations are more or less always similar) allowing a lot of time saving.
Franco
Hi Victor,
I would like to know more about modelling two phase flow with OpenFOAM and its benefits compared to commercial CFD packages if you do me a favor, actually I was about to model a two phase flow in a cyclonic device used for separation of gas/liquid mixture, and I had been searching about the differences between OpenFOAM and other soft wares. so I reached this point that OpenFOAM gives better results, I would be very happy if you guid me why this software gives more accurate results in two phase flow.
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