Special Interest Group on Multiphase Flows using the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox

This group is for everyone who is interested in any kind of simulations regarding reciprocating internal combustion engines.

Working Group for interFoam solver (sub-group of the SIG on Multiphase Flows).If anyone in the community has a problem with interFoam & would like to get solution for it, can join here and post their problems.Results will be published in this group and on meetings,e.g., at the Local User Group meeting "Stammtisch" in Germany.

SIG on modeling of casting processes and solidification in general.

All users which use OpenFOAM® for optimization are welcome!

This is a forum focusing on the use of OF for built environment. Topics for discussion are, but not limited to, HVAC, Green Building, Wind Driven Rain, Fire & Smoke, Pollutants Dispersion, Blast, acoustic, and OF GUI for Building Engineering Simulation.

The OpenFOAM® Turbomachinery Working Group was initiated at the Second OpenFOAM® Workshop in Zagreb, June 2007.Responsibles: Maryse Page, Martin Beaudoin (Hydro-Québec) and Hakan Nilsson (Chalmers).The group has lots of contributions in the OpenFOAM® Wiki: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Sig_Turbomachinery

Developing MHD compressible flow solver

Adapt OpenFOAM® to model flow of polymer melts and aid the design of processing tools.

This is a special interest group created initially on the 7th OpenFOAM® Workshop in Darmstadt to discuss:- HPC Installation/Compilation/Configuration of OF in HPC environments - Scalability using OF and its tools on large systems - Availability of large test cases to verify such large system installations or other HPC related advances in OF

The working group focuses on the development of a robust and versatile multiphase solve based on the Euler-Euler multi-fluid approach.Current applications of interest are the simulation of bubble columns and dense gas-particle flows, with granular phases described by means of the kinetic theory approach and frictional models.Starting point of the development is the existing twoPhaseEulerFoam solver, which will be modified to improve its robustness and then generalized to deal with an arbitrary number of dispersed phases. Further development will include the addition of quadrature-based methods to deal with particle/bubble size distribution.

This special interest group aims to be a meeting point for users of compressible solvers.

Numerical simulation of fuel cells using OpenFOAM®

Turbulence modeling and simulation is a subject which cuts across all application areas. This SIG provides a forum for addressing issues associated with modeling and simulation of turbulence using RANS, DES, LES, and DNS methods.

Ship Hydro SIG covers all aspects of CFD simulation of ships and ship systems. As a group, it intersects with the Turbomachinery SIG, the Turbulence Modeling SIG, and the Multiphase and Free-Surface SIG.

The wind energy SIG is a place for collaborators to share about different topics in wind energy. These include atmospheric boundary layer flows, transition, and modelling wind turbines as well as other topics. Please see our website on the OpenFOAM® wiki for more information: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Sig_WindE

I would love to re-launch the documentation project in order to organize and coordinate community-driven documentation on the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox.This group is founded in order to collect ideas and suggestions. Please join the discussion!

The Dutch OpenFOAM® User Group has been created in 2010 and has had lively meetings twice a year ever since. Each meeting is attended by some 40 OpenFOAM® users working in the Netherlands. More information can be found on www.dutchopenfoamusers.nl.

Coupling CFD and DEM codes with focus on harnessing existing DEM codes.

For people who are working or are interested in the field of multiphase flow with phase change.

This group is covering general topics related to chemical reactions and thermodynamic applications. You can use it for general topics and to find people with common interests to found more specialized goups.

Post-Processing using the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox.

Running the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox.

Pre-Processing in the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox.

Meshing and Mesh Conversion in the OpenFOAM® CFD toolbox.

Southern German Local User Group

The aim of this group is to bring together foamers in Turkey. All are welcome!

This region includes the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

The founding of this group was discussed and decided on the OpenFOAM® Stammtisch Germany 'Mitte' on September 24th, 2010, in the 'hybrid RANS/LES' bof session.The aim of this working group is to get users and developers interested in Detached-Eddy Simulation (DES) together and achieve a correct DES implementation in OpenFOAM® and a common understanding of the method.Furthermore, the already established contacts, working groups and results required a common platform to be able to focus on our goals.Finally, testcases, best-practice guidelines and an improved documentation are needed.

Local user group for people in the region of Vienna

Group of users in the region Upper Austria.

This group should help OpenFOAM®-users in that little alpine country to organize meetings and exchange information

The nuts and bolts of OpenFOAM®: underlying architecture, software engineering, basic operations

Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)

This group aims to promote the use of OpenFoam for general CFD applications, e.g Aerospace, Automobile, Ventilation, Electronic cooling, hydrodynamics(free surface) etc.We also hope to organize a OpeFoam Workshop here in Singapore in 2014.

Use of OpenFOAM® in the Aeronautical, Aerospace, Energy, Oil & Gas Industries in Brazil.

This is a special interest group focuses on the use of OpenFoam for solving Marine, Offshore and Coaster Engineering and related problems.

This group is for anybody interested in simulating electrochemical systems such as batteries, fuel cells, capacitors etc. Hopefully we can share some tips on how to solve these highly nonlinear/coupled systems.