I recently started using Salome as a CAD and Meshing tool. Though initially I found it a bit tough to start up with but with practice I have found it much easier to work. The software was developed by a Finnish Institute in 1995 and since then has undergone many developments.
The software has some really good geometry building feature which are found even in commercial softwares. The concept of exploding the geometry into solid ,faces, wires has really caught my eye as that is something very unique about this software.
Once the CAD file is made it can be easily shifted to the Mesh Module. Now the only thing here is to be taken care of is the Meshing strategy to be used. User needs to understand what kind of a mesh is required for his/her geometry and accordingly choose the methods. Also the limit for the cell count here is 500000, I really don't understand the reason behind this as it sometimes the user requires to compromise on the mesh cell count ( some geometries require huge number of cells ). The Mesh file can be saved in " .unv " format and can be used in OpenFOAM. There are a lot of other features which Salome offers which I would explore with time, but yes being open source this is a a real good software to look out for an save your money : ).
Salome site : http://www.salome-platform.org/
Computational fluid dynamics, usually abbreviated as CFD, is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows.With the increase in the computing speed and new hardware's CFD has increased its application domain in each and every field like bio-medical,electrical,civil,finance etc. My blog mainly deals with the latest development in CFD as well as CAD software in windows and Open Source softwares.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
ESI-OpenCFD releases OpenFOAM® 2.2.1
ESI-OpenCFD has released the next version of OpenFOAM v2.2.1. It includes some new solvers and some more utility addition in heat transfer module. To Download and check more updates on the new version :
http://www.openfoam.org/version2.2.1/
http://www.openfoam.org/version2.2.1/
Friday, May 24, 2013
OpenFOAM GPGPU computing
Found a dell blog showing the use of GPGPU with OpenFOAM
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/high-performance-computing/b/hpc_gpu_computing/archive/2012/09/06/accelerating-cfd-using-openfoam-with-gpus.aspx
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/high-performance-computing/b/hpc_gpu_computing/archive/2012/09/06/accelerating-cfd-using-openfoam-with-gpus.aspx
Friday, March 8, 2013
OpenFOAM -2.2.0
OpenFOAM - 2.2.0 relised. To download and install openfoam and paraview visit the website : www.openfoam.org
You can also visit the link for audio video tutorial on installing openfoam and paraview and basic level tutorials :
www.spoken-tutorial.org
You can also visit the link for audio video tutorial on installing openfoam and paraview and basic level tutorials :
www.spoken-tutorial.org
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