[opencfd]

OpenCFD is pleased to announce the release of OpenFOAM-v1812.

This release extends OpenFOAM-v1806 features across many areas of the code. The new functionality represents development sponsored by OpenCFDs customers, internally funded developments, and the integration of features and changes from the OpenFOAM community.


Among other developments it features:
- snappyHexMesh directional stretching
- New leakage detection on geometry
- New Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence (HIT) initialisation
- Improvements to overset
- uniformFixedValue types allow changes in time and space now
- New function object to compute AMI patch performance


... and many other developments or improvements from OpenFOAM team or contributors.


The detailed list can be found at: http://openfoam.com/releases/openfoam-v1812/


OpenFOAM-v1812 can be downloaded as:

- source code
- precompiled Docker images for Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems
- available also in the spack HPC package manager via the 'openfoam-com' package.

Details can be found on http://openfoam.com/download/installation.php