Codes
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An overview of both free and commercial CFD software. Here you will find short descriptions of codes along with links to resources.
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Free codes
This section lists codes that are in the public domain, and codes that are available under GPL, BSD or similar licenses.
Solvers
| Solver | Mesh type(s) supported |
|---|---|
| ADFC -- ADFC homepage | |
| Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage | |
| arb -- arb homepage | GMSH (.msh) |
| CalculiX -- CalculiX homepage | internal |
| CFD2D -- a 2D-solver for incompressible Navier-Stokes homepage | Based on Triangle grid generator (see table below) |
| CFD2k -- CFD2k: a 2D-solver for compressible ideal gases - homepage | |
| cfdpack -- A collection of academic codes | 2D/3D, FV, unstr, incomp, adjoint, parallel | GMSH (.msh) |
| Channelflow -- Channelflow: a spectral Navier-Stokes simulator in C++ homepage | |
| CLAWPACK -- CLAWPACK homepage | |
| Code_Saturne -- Code_Saturne homepage | I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM |
| COOLFluiD -- COOLFluiD homepage | |
| Diagonalized Upwind Navier Stokes -- DUNS homepage | |
| Dolfyn -- dolfyn a 3D unstructured general purpose solver - homepage | GMSH (.msh) |
| Edge -- Edge homepage: 2D & 3D compressible RANS / Euler flow solver on unstructured and hybrid grids | .bmsh |
| ELMER -- ELMER homepage | .unv (also with multiple body / surface attribution) |
| FDS -- FDS homepage | |
| Featflow -- Featflow homepage | |
| Femwater -- Femwater code | |
| Fenics -- Fenics homepage | |
| FreeFEM -- FreeFEM homepage | |
| HiFlow³ -- HiFlow³ homepage | |
| Gerris Flow Solver -- Gerris Flow Solver homepage | |
| hit3d -- hit3d homepage | Pseudo-spectral code for simulation of decaying or forced incompressible isotropic turbulence with passive scalars |
| IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) -- IMTEK Mathematica Supplement (IMS) homepage | |
| iNavier -- iNavier Solver Home Page | |
| ISAAC -- ISAAC Home Page | |
| Kicksey-Winsey -- Kicksey-Winsey Home Page | |
| MFIX -- Computational multiphase flow homepage | |
| NaSt2D-2.0 -- NaSt2D-2.0 homepage | |
| NEK5000 -- NEK5000 homepage | |
| Nektar++ -- Nektar++ homepage | |
| NSC2KE -- NSC2KE homepage | |
| NUWTUN -- NUWTUN Home Page | |
| OpenFlower -- OpenFlower homepage | GMSH (.msh) |
| OpenFOAM -- OpenFOAM homepage | Internal "foam" format; convert from ansys, cfx4, dat, fluent3d, fluentMesh, gambit, gmsh, ideasUnv, kiva, msh, netgenNeutral, plot3d, samm, star3, star4, tetgen |
| OpenHyperflow2D -- OpenHyperflow2D homepage | |
| OpenLB -- OpenLB homepage | |
| OpenFVM -- OpenFVM homepage | GMSH (.msh) |
| Palabos -- Palabos homepage | |
| PETSc-FEM -- PETSc-FEM homepage | Application-specific input (.dat) |
| PP3D -- parpp3d++ homepage | |
| PyFR -- PyFR homepage | |
| Rheolef | 1D 2D 3D finite elements, unstructured tri,quad,tet,hexa meshes (GMSH, BAMG) |
| Semtex -- Semtex homepage: 2D/3D spectral element/Fourier DNS | Unstructured quad meshes |
| SLFCFD -- SLFCFD homepage | |
| SSIIM -- CFD at NTNU | |
| SU2 -- Stanford University Unstructured Homepage | Internal "su2" format and cgns format |
| Tochnog -- Tochnog homepage | |
| TYCHO -- TYCHO homepage | |
| Typhon solver -- Typhon solver homepage | |
| Uintah Computational Framework -- Uintah homepage | Structured |
| Vortexje -- Vortexje panel method code homepage | GMSH (.msh), PLY, application specific |
Grid generation
| Generator | Mesh type(s) supported | Input filetypes supported |
|---|---|---|
| Delaundo -- Delaundo homepage | .pts | |
| Engrid -- Engrid homepage | ||
| GMSH -- GMSH hompage | .msh | |
| gridgen -- gridgen homepage | ||
| IA-FEMesh -- IA-FEMesh homepage | ABAQUS | |
| NETGEN -- NETGEN homepage | Neutral, Fepp2D, surfacemesh, solution | .stl, .iges, .csg, .step |
| SALOME -- SALOME homepage | MED, UNV, DAT, STL | IGES, STEP, BREP |
| TETGEN -- TETGEN hompage | .off, .mesh, .smesh, .ele | .node, .poly, .off, .stl, .mesh, .smesh, .ply |
| Triangle -- Triangle homepage | (2D only) .node, .ele, .poly, .area |
Visualization
- DISLIN -- DISLIN homepage
- GMV -- GMV homepage
- Gnuplot -- gnuplot homepage
- GRI -- GRI homepage
- Mayavi -- MayaVi homepage
- OpenDX -- OpenDX homepage
- ParaView -- ParaView homepage
- Tioga -- Tioga homepage
- VAPOR -- VAPOR homepage
- Vigie -- Vigie homepage
- Visit -- Visit homepage
- vtk -- vtk homepage
- vtk.Net -- vtk.Net homepage
Miscellaneous
- Engauge Digitizer -- Engauge Digitizer homepage
- Ftnchek -- ftnchek homepage
- g3data -- g3data homepage
- GIFMerge -- GIFMerge homepage
- Gifsicle -- Gifsicle homepage
- ImageMagick -- ImageMagick homepage
- nnbathy (natural neighbor interpolation) -- nnbathy home page
- OpenPALM -- OpenPALM homepage
- OpenGPI (Generic Parameter Interface) -- OpenGPI homepage
Commercial codes
Solvers
- 6sigmaDC -- Future Facilities homepage
- Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Solver homepage
- AcuSolve -- ACUSIM Software's homepage
- ADINA-F -- ADINA's homepage
- ADINA-FSI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANANAS -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSWER -- ACRi's homepage
- Azore -- Azore Technologies, LLC homepage
- CFD++ -- Metacomp Techonlogies' homepage
- CFD2000 -- Adaptive Research's homepage
- CFD-FASTRAN -- ESI Group's homepage
- CFD-ACE -- ESI Group's homepage
- CFdesign -- CFdesign's homepage
- CFX -- ANSYS homepage
- CharLES -- Cascade Technologies homepage
- CONVERGE -- CONVERGENT SCIENCE
- COMSOL Multiphysics -- COMSOL's homepage
- COMSOL Multiphysics CFD Module -- COMSOL's CFD Module
- Coolit -- Daat Research's Coolit homepage
- CoolitPCB -- Daat Research's CoolitPCB homepage
- DLR - TAU -- TAU's homepage
- DQMoM -- cmcl innovations' product page
- EasyCFD -- EasyCFD homepage
- FENSAP-ICE -- NTI' homepage
- FINE/Hexa -- Numeca's homepage
- FINE/Turbo -- Numeca's homepage
- FIRE -- AVL's homepage
- FLACS -- GexCon's homepage
- FloEFD -- Mentor's FloEFD homepage
- FloTHERM-- Mentor's FloTHERM homepage
- FloVENT-- Mentor's FloVENT homepage
- FLOW-3D -- Flow Science's homepage
- FLOWVISION -- FlowVision's homepage
- Flowz--Zeus Numerix's homepage
- FLUENT -- Fluent's homepage
- FLUIDYN -- Fluidyn's homepage
- FluSol -- FluSol's hompage
- GASP-- AeroSoft homepage
- HeatDesigner -- Cradle's homepage
- J-FLO -- NTI's homepage
- Kameleon FireEx - KFX -- ComputIT's homepage
- KINetics Reactive Flows -- Reaction Design's homepage
- KIVA--Los Alamos homepage
- NOGRID -- NOGRIDS's homepage
- NX Electronic Systems Cooling -- MAYA's NX ESC page
- NX Advanced Flow -- MAYA HTT's NX Adv. Flow page
- NX Flow -- MAYA HTT's NX Flow page
- MicroFlo -- homepage
- PHOENICS -- CHAM's homepage
- PHYSICA -- PHYSICA's homepage
- PowerFLOW -- Exa PowerFLOW homepage
- PumpLinx -- Simerics' homepage
- Range Software -- Range' homepage
- RheoChart -- RheoChart Homepage
- scSTREAM -- Cradle's homepage
- SC/Tetra -- Cradle's homepage
- Siemens PLM Software CFD -- Siemens PLM Software NX CAE page
- Smartfire -- Smartfire Homepage
- Solution of Boltzmann Equation -- Elegant Mathematics homepage
- SPLASH -- SPLASH's homepage
- srm suite -- cmcl innovations' product page
- STALLION 3D -- Hanley Innovations' STALLION 3D homepage
- STAR-CD -- CD-adapco's homepage
- STAR-CCM+ -- CD-adapco's homepage
- Tdyn -- CompassIS' homepage
- TMG-Flow -- MAYA HTT's CFD page
- Turb'Flow -- Fluorem's hompage
- TURBOcfd -- TURBOcfd's hompage
Grid generation
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- ANAMESH -- LEMMA's homepage
- ANSA -- BETA-CAE's homepage
- AutoMesh4G -- Numeca's homepage
- BOXERMesh -- Cambridge Flow Solutions homepage
- Centaur -- CentaurSoft homepage
- CFD-GEOM -- ESI's homepage
- CFD-VISCART -- ESI's homepage
- CFDExpert-GridZ --Zeus Numerix's homepage
- Cubit -- csimsoft's homepage
- Gridgen -- Pointwise's homepage
- GridPro -- PDC's homepage
- Harpoon -- Harpoon's homepage
- HyperMesh -- Altair HyperWorks' homepage
- ICEM CFD -- ANSYS' homepage
- Pointwise -- Pointwise's homepage
- RBF Morph -- RBF Morph homepage
- +ScanFE -- Simpleware's homepage
- SolidMesh -- SolidMesh homepage
- Tommie -- Cascade Technologies homepage
- Sculptor -- Optimal Solutions Products page
Visualization
- ADINA-AUI -- ADINA's homepage
- CFD-VIEW -- ESI's homepage
- CFView -- Numeca's homepage
- CFX-Post -- ANSYS' homepage
- COMSOL -- COMSOL's homepage
- CoolPlot -- Daat Research's homepage
- COVISE -- Visenso's homepage
- EnSight -- CEI's homepage
- Fieldview -- Intelligent Light's homepage
- HyperView -- Altair HyperWorks' homepage
- Tecplot -- Tecplot's homepage
- VU -- inVisu's homepage
- ViewZ -- Zeus Numerix's homepage
Systems
- ADINA -- ADINA's homepage
- FINE/Design3D -- Numeca's homepage
- Flowmaster -- Flowmaster's homepage
- Flownex -- Flownex's homepage
- Rescale -- Rescale's homepage
