A new version of OpenFlower has just been released!

OpenFlower (FLOW solvER) is a C++ open source Linux CFD code mainly intended to solve the turbulent incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with a LES approach. It can deal with arbitrary complex 3D geometries with its finite volume approach and multi-element grids. One of its main objectives is to give to the CFD community a plug'n play CFD software, easy to use and install (no complicated compilations needed since it is written in standard C++ and also comes along with binary version of the code for Linux) yet robust and applying the most efficient and uptodate numerical techniques and physical modeling.

It includes in particular the following new features since last version V0.3: - A second order convection operator; - A flexible structure called "Algorithm" which enables one to "easily" build new resolution algorithms and coupling betweenequations; - An interface with the LASPack linear algebra library for solving linear systems, in particular the Poisson equation for pressure; - A Navier-Stokes algorithm based on a finite-volume and pressure-velocity coupling formulation used at Stanford CTR along with a 2nd order Adams-Bashforth time scheme.

The code is fully Open Source, and available on SourceForge website http://sourceforge.net/projects/openflower/ Users can either download the sources package (containing several input example files) or a binary executable compiled for Linux distributions. It is mainly interfaced with Gmsh open source mesher for CAD, meshing and post-processing.

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