foam-extend-3.2 Release Notes. Francois Guibault

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#+TITLE: *Release notes for foam-extend-3.1*
#+TITLE: *Release notes for foam-extend-3.2*
#+AUTHOR: foam-extend administrators:
#+AUTHOR: Hrvoje Jasak
#+AUTHOR: Håkan Nilsson
#+AUTHOR: Henrik Rusche
#+AUTHOR: Martin Beaudoin
#+AUTHOR: Bernhard Gschaider
#+DATE: 8 June 2014
#+DATE: August 2015
#+LINK: http://foam-extend.org
#+OPTIONS: author:nil
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The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source
library for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is an open
project welcoming and integrating contributions from all users and
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM®-dev and OpenFOAM®-extend,
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM-dev and OpenFOAM-extend,
it contains bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as
extensions and additional features provided by community
contributors (see file ListOfContributors), such as dynamic mesh and
topological change support, turbomachinery extensions including
general grid interpolation (GGI), cyclic GGI and mixing plane,
block-coupled matrix support, implicitly coupled conjugate heat
transfer and other pyshics coupling, finite area method,
transfer and other physics coupling, finite area method,
comprehensive dynamic mesh (motion and topological changes)
capability and GPU support. For a full list, see below and previous
release notes at:
http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/
Version 3.1, nicknamed "Zagreb", is the current version of
Version 3.2, nicknamed "Ann Arbor", is the current version of
foam-extend. The release continues the tradition and spirit of the
original FOAM code developed by prof. Jasak and Mr. Weller during
their time at Imperial College and released as the general purpose
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December 2004) as release number 3.0. Visit http://foam-extend.org
for more information.
OPENFOAM® is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
OPENFOAM is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
foam-extend are a community effort not endorsed by ESI Group.
** Installation
foam-extend-3.1 can be compiled and runs on any linux system
foam-extend-3.2 can be compiled and runs on a large variety of Linux, Mac or Windows
systems
* Main supported OSs:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Fedora 20
- Mac OS X
- Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
* Compile from source:
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systems: Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 20 and Mac OS X.
* Accompanying ThirdParty software:
- gcc compatibility up to 4.8.2
- Paraview 4.0.1
- qt 4.8.5
- openmpi 1.6.5
- cmake 2.8.12
- metis 5.1.0
- parmetis 4.0.3
- scotch 6.0.0
- ParMGridGen 1.0
- mesquite 2.1.2
- PyFoam 0.6.3
- swak4Foam 0.3.1
- zoltan 3.6
- gcc compatibility up to 4.9.2
- bison 2.7
- hwloc 1.7.2
- cmake 3.2.2
- flex-2.5.35
- hwloc 1.10.1
- libccmio 2.6.1
- mesquite 2.1.2
- metis 5.1.0
- openmpi 1.6.5
- Paraview 4.3.1
- parmetis 4.0.3
- ParMGridGen 1.0
- PyFoam 0.6.4
- qt 4.8.6
- scotch 6.0.4
- swak4Foam 0.3.2
** Compatibility
Upstream features from the OpenFOAM® code base are merged into
foam-extend on regular basis. The interface format of
foam-extend-3.1 is largely compatible to OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and
OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the differences are caused by bug
fixes and algorithmic improvements, considered more important than
inter-operability.
foam-extend-3.2 is largely compatible to foam-extend-3.1, to
OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the
differences are caused by bug fixes and algorithmic improvements,
considered more important than inter-operability.
** Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM
A large number of features have been lost within the release of
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dynamic mesh classes
* Finite Area Method providing support for FVM-like discretisation
on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modelling
on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modeling
* Block-coupled matrix support, allowing fully implicit
multi-equation solution of NxN equation sets, with full
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* Algebraic multigrid solver framework
* 210 tutorials with automated run scripts
* 243 tutorials with automated run scripts
* Automatic test harness
* Approximately 6000 bug fixes in fundamental level libraries and
discretisation techniques
** New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0
** New features in foam-extend-3.2, since foam-extend-3.1
The list of features is a result of the work of numerous
contributors. The maintainers of foam-extend would formally like to
thank them all.
Get a full log of the updates by (either):
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
user@machine> git log 3.0.. > commitLog
user@machine> git log 3.1.. > commitLog
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
user@machine> git log 3.0.. --oneline > commitLog
user@machine> git log 3.1.. --oneline > commitLog
#+END_SRC
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
user@machine> gitg 3.0..
user@machine> gitg 3.1..
#+END_SRC
* Major new features:
- Pressure-based compressible turbo functionalities
- Pressure-based coupled solver (block-coupling p and U)
- Density-based coupled Roe flux solver dbnsFoam and dbnsTurbFoam
- Major update and validation of mixing plane boundary
- Full deployment of block matrix, including block-AMG solverse
- Further parallel dynamic mesh capability: all topological changes
supported in parallel execution
- Major upgrade of solid mechanics solvers
- Support for CLang-based compilers
- Immersed Boundary method: full release
- Liquid film method, based on finite area infrastructure
- Global controlDict switches controlled from command line
- Integration of cfMesh automatic mesh solvers
- Update to block coupled solvers: Performance, Coupled RAS, MRF
- Rewrite of block-coupled matrix assembly and analysis tools
- New solver: potentialDyMFoam
- Rothalpy in compressible MRF solvers for turbomachinery
- Symmetry 2nd order accurate boundary condition
- Generation of config files (e.g. csh, tcsh, fishshell, zsh) from bashrc
- Overhaul of fvDOM radiation model: symmetry plane and fast convergence
- New compilers: GCC new versions, Icc 14 and Icc 16, Clang
- Long long support
- Long double support
- SuperBee01 and SuperBee01DC
- wallShearStress also for compressible flow (backport)
- Version updates of 3rd Party, PyFOAM, swak4Foam
- Extend-bazaar: Added makeAxialMesh
- Added limiters on turbulence viscosity
- Initial version of block-coupled turbulence models
- New ThirdParty app: ParaView server for parallel rendering
* Licence: GPLv3
* Software
- File name changes resolving name clashes on non-case-sensitive filing
systems
- Unified code base for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux compilation
- Parallel execution of automated test loops
* Installation:
- Native port to Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
- Updated and bug-fixed installation procedures
- Removed need for gmake link in Ubuntu
- Scripts for minimizing installation after compilation
- ThirdParty/Allclean alsoPackage - new option
- wcleanAllButLibBinLnInclude
- Fixed problem with ParaView reader for Ubuntu 14.04
- foamToTecplot360: building tecio doesn't require X.org
development files
- Improved ThirdParty packages selection mechanism
* Solvers:
- compressible/dbnsFoam
- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam
- coupled/pUCoupledFoam (incl. core library changes)
- Update and cleanup of solvers/solidMechanics
- Update for segregated FEM matrix,
solvers/solidMechanics/stressFemFoam
* Utilities:
- convertPhi (for steadyCompressible solvers)
- foamMeshToElmer, fluent3DMeshToElmer
- transformPoints -cylToCart "origin axis direction" - new option
- blockMesh syntax update (see commit a78b12074)
* Libraries:
- General:
- Added Gauss-Seidel as asymmetric solver
- Block matrix agglomeration (for pUCoupledFoam)
- Block AMG solver
- dbns library (src/dbns)
- Boundary conditions:
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFFlowRateInletVelocity
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFSurfaceNormalVelocity
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalPressure
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalTemperature
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/pulseFixedValue
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/waveTransmissiveInlet
- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/isentropicTotalTemperature
- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureDirectedInletOutletVelocity
- fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/mixingPlane
- Turbulence modeling:
- Removed kOmegaSST_lowRe - use standard kOmegaSST
* Tutorial updates (settings, initial conditions, bug fixes etc.):
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/mixerGgi
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeMotion
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeTopo
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/largeStrainCantileverBeam
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/nonLinBlock
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/rotateSphereTL
- solidMechanics/elasticThermalSolidFoam/hotCylinder
- solidMechanics/stressFemFoam/plateHole
- Many other updates due to blockMesh syntax update
- potentialDyMFoam
- sonicDyMFoam
- sonicFoamAutoMotion
- MRFPorousFoam
- liquidFilmFoam
- surfactantFoam
- icoIbFoam
- interIbFoam
- porousSimpleIbFoam
- potentialIbFoam
- simpleIbFoam
* New tutorials:
- compressible/dbnsFoam/forwardStep
- compressible/dbnsFoam/shockTube
- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam/naca0012
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/2bump
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpBlockMesh
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpFine05
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/bentRotorStator
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/simpleRotorStator
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/bentBlade
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/simpleBlade
- coupled/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_ggi
- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_mixingPlane
- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/axialTurbine
- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCylinders
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepLaminar
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepTurbulent
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
- incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/axialTurbine
- mesh/moveDynamicMesh/movingCylinders
- Mesquite mesh movement
- Immersed boundary method
- Liquid film examples
* Bug fixes:
- Correct snGrad on coupled boundaries
- Handling of static null pointers: safe to dereference
- LinearUpwind no longer hangs in parallel execution on empty patches
- Mesh update on parallel topo changes: zones before boundaries
- GGI interpolation updates on topologically changing meshes
- Cell layering issues off complex surfaces
- Template depth for block matrix support
- Parallel efficiency improvements
* Bug fixes: see git log for details
** Recent successful compilations and tests
* Ubuntu 14.04:
* CentOS 6.6:
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=736
http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=49
http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=48
* Ubuntu 12.04:
* Ubuntu 14.04
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=738
http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=47
* CentOS 6.4:
* Mac OS X 10.10
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=734
* Mac OX X 10.9.3 Maverick & CLang (XCode compiler):
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=733
* Mac OX X & gcc (Macports)
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=737
* Linux PPC ppc64 (Blue Gene)
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=742
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga), Intel CC 11.1
http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=743
http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=46
** Reporting bugs
To report bugs, please use the MantisBT bugtracker at
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/openfoam-extend
To report bugs, please use the bugtracker at
http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/ticketsfoamextendrelease/
** How to contribute
All your contributions are highly welcome: New solvers, utilities and

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<h1 class="title"><b>Release notes for foam-extend-3.2</b></h1>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li><a href="#sec-1">1 Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-2">2 Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-3">3 Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-4">4 Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-5">5 New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-6">6 Recent successful compilations and tests</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-7">7 Reporting bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-8">8 How to contribute</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-9">9 List of Contributors:</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-1">1. Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-2">2. Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-3">3. Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-4">4. Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-5">5. New features in foam-extend-3.2, since foam-extend-3.1</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-6">6. Recent successful compilations and tests</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-7">7. Reporting bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-8">8. How to contribute</a></li>
<li><a href="#sec-9">9. List of Contributors:</a></li>
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<h3 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-3">1</span> Overview</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1">
<p> The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source
<div id="outline-container-sec-1" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-1"><span class="section-number-2">1</span> Overview</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1">
<p>
The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source
library for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is an open
project welcoming and integrating contributions from all users and
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM®-dev and OpenFOAM®-extend,
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM-dev and OpenFOAM-extend,
it contains bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as
extensions and additional features provided by community
contributors (see file ListOfContributors), such as dynamic mesh and
topological change support, turbomachinery extensions including
general grid interpolation (GGI), cyclic GGI and mixing plane,
block-coupled matrix support, implicitly coupled conjugate heat
transfer and other pyshics coupling, finite area method,
transfer and other physics coupling, finite area method,
comprehensive dynamic mesh (motion and topological changes)
capability and GPU support. For a full list, see below and previous
release notes at:
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/">http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/</a>
</p>
<p>
Version 3.1, nicknamed "Zagreb", is the current version of
Version 3.2, nicknamed "Ann Arbor", is the current version of
foam-extend. The release continues the tradition and spirit of the
original FOAM code developed by prof. Jasak and Mr. Weller during
their time at Imperial College and released as the general purpose
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December 2004) as release number 3.0. Visit <a href="http://foam-extend.org">http://foam-extend.org</a>
for more information.
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<p>
OPENFOAM® is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
OPENFOAM is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
foam-extend are a community effort not endorsed by ESI Group.
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<h3 id="sec-2"><span class="section-number-3">2</span> Installation</h3>
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<p> foam-extend-3.1 can be compiled and runs on any linux system
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<h2 id="sec-2"><span class="section-number-2">2</span> Installation</h2>
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<p>
foam-extend-3.2 can be compiled and runs on a large variety of Linux, Mac or Windows
systems
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<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Main supported OSs:
<ul>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Ubuntu 14.04
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<li>Fedora 20
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<li>Mac OS X
</li>
<li>Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
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<li>Compile from source:
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<li>Accompanying ThirdParty software:
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<li>qt 4.8.5
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<li>openmpi 1.6.5
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<li>cmake 2.8.12
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<li>metis 5.1.0
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<li>parmetis 4.0.3
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<li>scotch 6.0.0
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<li>ParMGridGen 1.0
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<li>mesquite 2.1.2
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<li>PyFoam 0.6.3
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<li>swak4Foam 0.3.1
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<li>zoltan 3.6
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<li>gcc compatibility up to 4.9.2
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<li>bison 2.7
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<li>metis 5.1.0
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<li>openmpi 1.6.5
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<li>Paraview 4.3.1
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<li>parmetis 4.0.3
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<li>ParMGridGen 1.0
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<li>PyFoam 0.6.4
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<li>qt 4.8.6
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<li>scotch 6.0.4
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<li>swak4Foam 0.3.2
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<h3 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-3">3</span> Compatibility</h3>
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<p> Upstream features from the OpenFOAM® code base are merged into
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<h2 id="sec-3"><span class="section-number-2">3</span> Compatibility</h2>
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Upstream features from the OpenFOAM® code base are merged into
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OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the differences are caused by bug
fixes and algorithmic improvements, considered more important than
inter-operability.
foam-extend-3.2 is largely compatible to foam-extend-3.1, to
OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the
differences are caused by bug fixes and algorithmic improvements,
considered more important than inter-operability.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-4" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-4"><span class="section-number-3">4</span> Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-4">
<p> A large number of features have been lost within the release of
<div id="outline-container-sec-4" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-4"><span class="section-number-2">4</span> Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-4">
<p>
A large number of features have been lost within the release of
OpenFOAM since version 1.3, the code base has shrunk by more than
40%. While we understand the lack of technical ability of
supporting advanced CFD features, we feel that existing features and
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developed further. Below is a list of main features of foam-extend
which are lacking, lost, deactivated or unusable in ESI releases:
</p>
<ul>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Turbomachinery features, including General Grid Interface (GGI),
partial overlap GGI, cyclic GGI, with improvements in parallel
scaling. First release of a mixing plane stage interface
</li>
<li>Dynamic mesh with topological changes Sliding interfaces, mesh
layering, attach-detach boundaries etc. In foam-extend, full
parallel support for topological changes is released for the first
time
</li>
<li>Finite Element Method with support for polyhedral meshes This is
mainly used in mesh deformation and over the last 15 years it has
proven vastly superior to all other dynamic mesh methods.
</li>
<li>Advanced mesh deformation technology Including tet FEM mesh
deformation, Radial Basis Function (RBF) mesh deformation,
tetrahedral remeshing dynamic mesh support and solid body motion
functions. All of the above include parallelisation support
</li>
<li>Library of dynamic meshes with topological changes with full
second order FVM discretisation support on moving meshes with
topological changes
</li>
<li>Internal combustion engine-specific dynamic mesh classes such as
two-stroke engine and various forms of 4-stroke and multi-valve
dynamic mesh classes
</li>
<li>Finite Area Method providing support for FVM-like discretisation
on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modelling
on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modeling
</li>
<li>Block-coupled matrix support, allowing fully implicit
multi-equation solution of NxN equation sets, with full
parallelisation support. First release of a block-AMG linear
equation solver
</li>
<li>Fully implicit conjugate-coupled solution framework, allowing
implicit solution fo multiple equations over multiple meshes, with
parallelism
</li>
<li>Proper Orthogonal Decomposition data analysis tools, with
applications to FOAM field classes
</li>
<li>Equation reader classes and tutorials
</li>
<li>Multi-solver solution framework, allowing multiple field models to
be solved in a coupled manner
</li>
<li>A major contribution is solid mechanics modelling, including
linear and non-linear materials, contact, self-contact and
friction, with updated Lagrangian or absolute Lagrangian
formulation. Solution of damage models and crack propagation in
complex materials via topological changes
</li>
<li>CUDA solver release, provided in full source and as an example of
coupling external linear equation solvers with FOAM
</li>
<li>Library-level support for Immersed Boundary Method and Overset
Mesh
</li>
<li>Major improvements in accuracy and stability of FVM discretisation
with options on convection and diffusion discretisation, deferred
correction or explicit schemes
</li>
<li>Algebraic multigrid solver framework
</li>
<li>210 tutorials with automated run scripts
<li>243 tutorials with automated run scripts
</li>
<li>Automatic test harness
</li>
<li>Approximately 6000 bug fixes in fundamental level libraries and
discretisation techniques
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-5" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-3">5</span> New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-5">
<p> The list of features is a result of the work of numerous
<div id="outline-container-sec-5" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-5"><span class="section-number-2">5</span> New features in foam-extend-3.2, since foam-extend-3.1</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-5">
<p>
The list of features is a result of the work of numerous
contributors. The maintainers of foam-extend would formally like to
thank them all.
</p>
<p>
Get a full log of the updates by (either):
</p>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="example">user@machine&gt; git log 3.0.. &gt; commitLog
<pre class="src src-bash">user@machine&gt; git log 3.1.. &gt; commitLog
</pre>
</div>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="example">user@machine&gt; git log 3.0.. --oneline &gt; commitLog
<pre class="src src-bash">user@machine&gt; git log 3.1.. --oneline &gt; commitLog
</pre>
</div>
<div class="org-src-container">
<pre class="example">user@machine&gt; gitg 3.0..
<pre class="src src-bash">user@machine&gt; gitg 3.1..
</pre>
</div>
<ul>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Major new features:
<ul>
<li>Pressure-based compressible turbo functionalities
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Immersed Boundary method: full release
</li>
<li>Pressure-based coupled solver (block-coupling p and U)
<li>Liquid film method, based on finite area infrastructure
</li>
<li>Density-based coupled Roe flux solver dbnsFoam and dbnsTurbFoam
<li>Global controlDict switches controlled from command line
</li>
<li>Major update and validation of mixing plane boundary
<li>Integration of cfMesh automatic mesh solvers
</li>
<li>Full deploymenr of block matrix, including block-AMG solverse
<li>Update to block coupled solvers: Performance, Coupled RAS, MRF
</li>
<li>Further parallel dynamic mesh capability: all topological changes
supported in parallel execution
<li>Rewrite of block-coupled matrix assembly and analysis tools
</li>
<li>Major upgrade of solid mechanics solvers
<li>New solver: potentialDyMFoam
</li>
<li>Support for CLang-based compilers
<li>Rothalpy in compressible MRF solvers for turbomachinery
</li>
<li>Symmetry 2nd order accurate boundary condition
</li>
<li>Generation of config files (e.g. csh, tcsh, fishshell, zsh) from bashrc
</li>
<li>Overhaul of fvDOM radiation model: symmetry plane and fast convergence
</li>
<li>New compilers: GCC new versions, Icc 14 and Icc 16, Clang
</li>
<li>Long long support
</li>
<li>Long double support
</li>
<li>SuperBee01 and SuperBee01DC
</li>
<li>wallShearStress also for compressible flow (backport)
</li>
<li>Version updates of 3rd Party, PyFOAM, swak4Foam
</li>
<li>Extend-bazaar: Added makeAxialMesh
</li>
<li>Added limiters on turbulence viscosity
</li>
<li>Initial version of block-coupled turbulence models
</li>
<li>New ThirdParty app: ParaView server for parallel rendering
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Licence: GPLv3
</li>
<li>Software
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>File name changes resolving name clashes on non-case-sensitive filing
systems
</li>
<li>Unified code base for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux compilation
</li>
<li>Parallel execution of automated test loops
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Installation:
<ul>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Native port to Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
</li>
<li>Updated and bug-fixed installation procedures
</li>
<li>Removed need for gmake link in Ubuntu
</li>
<li>Scripts for minimizing installation after compilation
<ul>
<li>ThirdParty/Allclean alsoPackage - new option
</li>
<li>wcleanAllButLibBinLnInclude
<li>Improved ThirdParty packages selection mechanism
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</li>
<li>Fixed problem with ParaView reader for Ubuntu 14.04
</li>
<li>foamToTecplot360: building tecio doesn't require X.org
development files
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Solvers:
<ul>
<li>compressible/dbnsFoam
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>potentialDyMFoam
</li>
<li>compressible/dbnsTurbFoam
<li>sonicDyMFoam
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam
<li>sonicFoamAutoMotion
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam
<li>MRFPorousFoam
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam
<li>liquidFilmFoam
</li>
<li>coupled/pUCoupledFoam (incl. core library changes)
<li>surfactantFoam
</li>
<li>Update and cleanup of solvers/solidMechanics
<li>icoIbFoam
</li>
<li>Update for segregated FEM matrix,
solvers/solidMechanics/stressFemFoam
<li>interIbFoam
</li>
<li>porousSimpleIbFoam
</li>
<li>potentialIbFoam
</li>
<li>simpleIbFoam
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</li>
<li>Utilities:
<ul>
<li>convertPhi (for steadyCompressible solvers)
</li>
<li>foamMeshToElmer, fluent3DMeshToElmer
</li>
<li>transformPoints -cylToCart "origin axis direction" - new option
</li>
<li>blockMesh syntax update (see commit a78b12074)
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Libraries:
<ul>
<li>General:
<ul>
<li>Added Gauss-Seidel as asymmetric solver
</li>
<li>Block matrix agglomeration (for pUCoupledFoam)
</li>
<li>Block AMG solver
</li>
<li>dbns library (src/dbns)
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Boundary conditions:
<ul>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFFlowRateInletVelocity
</li>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFSurfaceNormalVelocity
</li>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalPressure
</li>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalTemperature
</li>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/pulseFixedValue
</li>
<li>cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/waveTransmissiveInlet
</li>
<li>thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/isentropicTotalTemperature
</li>
<li>thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureDirectedInletOutletVelocity
</li>
<li>fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/mixingPlane
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Turbulence modeling:
<ul>
<li>Removed kOmegaSST_lowRe - use standard kOmegaSST
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Tutorial updates (settings, initial conditions, bug fixes etc.):
<ul>
<li>incompressible/icoDyMFoam/mixerGgi
</li>
<li>incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeMotion
</li>
<li>incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeTopo
</li>
<li>solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/largeStrainCantileverBeam
</li>
<li>solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/nonLinBlock
</li>
<li>solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/rotateSphereTL
</li>
<li>solidMechanics/elasticThermalSolidFoam/hotCylinder
</li>
<li>solidMechanics/stressFemFoam/plateHole
</li>
<li>Many other updates due to blockMesh syntax update
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>New tutorials:
<ul>
<li>compressible/dbnsFoam/forwardStep
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Mesquite mesh movement
</li>
<li>compressible/dbnsFoam/shockTube
<li>Immersed boundary method
</li>
<li>compressible/dbnsTurbFoam/naca0012
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/2bump
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpBlockMesh
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpFine05
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/bentRotorStator
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/simpleRotorStator
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/bentBlade
</li>
<li>compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/simpleBlade
</li>
<li>coupled/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
</li>
<li>incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_ggi
</li>
<li>incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_mixingPlane
</li>
<li>incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/axialTurbine
</li>
<li>incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCylinders
</li>
<li>incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepLaminar
</li>
<li>incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepTurbulent
</li>
<li>incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
</li>
<li>incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/axialTurbine
</li>
<li>mesh/moveDynamicMesh/movingCylinders
<li>Liquid film examples
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</li>
<li>Bug fixes:
<ul>
<li>Correct snGrad on coupled boundaries
</li>
<li>Handling of static null pointers: safe to dereference
</li>
<li>LinearUpwind no longer hangs in parallel execution on empty patches
</li>
<li>Mesh update on parallel topo changes: zones before boundaries
</li>
<li>GGI interpolation updates on topologically changing meshes
</li>
<li>Cell layering issues off complex surfaces
</li>
<li>Template depth for block matrix support
</li>
<li>Parallel efficiency improvements
<li>Bug fixes: see git log for details
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-sec-6" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-6"><span class="section-number-2">6</span> Recent successful compilations and tests</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-6">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>CentOS 6.6:
<p>
<a href="http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=49">http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=49</a>
<a href="http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=48">http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=48</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Ubuntu 14.04
<p>
<a href="http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=47">http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=47</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Mac OS X 10.10
<p>
<a href="http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=46">http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=46</a>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-6" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-6"><span class="section-number-3">6</span> Recent successful compilations and tests</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-6">
<ul>
<li>Ubuntu 14.04:
<div id="outline-container-sec-7" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-7"><span class="section-number-2">7</span> Reporting bugs</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-7">
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=736">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=736</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Ubuntu 12.04:
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=738">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=738</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>CentOS 6.4:
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=734">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=734</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Mac OX X 10.9.3 Maverick &amp; CLang (XCode compiler):
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=733">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=733</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Mac OX X &amp; gcc (Macports)
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=737">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=737</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Linux PPC ppc64 (Blue Gene)
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=742">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=742</a>
</p>
</li>
<li>Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga), Intel CC 11.1
<p>
<a href="http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=743">http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=743</a>
</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-7" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-7"><span class="section-number-3">7</span> Reporting bugs</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-7">
<p> To report bugs, please use the MantisBT bugtracker at
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/openfoam-extend">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/openfoam-extend</a>
To report bugs, please use the bugtracker at
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/ticketsfoamextendrelease/">http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/ticketsfoamextendrelease/</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-8" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-8"><span class="section-number-3">8</span> How to contribute</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-8">
<p> All your contributions are highly welcome: New solvers, utilities and
<div id="outline-container-sec-8" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-8"><span class="section-number-2">8</span> How to contribute</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-8">
<p>
All your contributions are highly welcome: New solvers, utilities and
models; bug fixes; documentation. The many ways of contributing and the
contribution process are described in detail at:
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/HowToContribute/">http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/HowToContribute/</a>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-9" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-9"><span class="section-number-3">9</span> List of Contributors:</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-9">
<p> See file ListOfContributors
</p></div>
<div id="outline-container-sec-9" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-9"><span class="section-number-2">9</span> List of Contributors:</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-9">
<p>
See file ListOfContributors
</p>
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*Release notes for foam-extend-3.1*
===================================
_____________________________________
Date: 8 June 2014
*RELEASE NOTES FOR FOAM-EXTEND-3.2*
_____________________________________
################################################################################
August 2015
Table of Contents
=================
_________________
1 Overview
2 Installation
3 Compatibility
4 Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM
5 New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0
5 New features in foam-extend-3.2, since foam-extend-3.1
6 Recent successful compilations and tests
7 Reporting bugs
8 How to contribute
9 List of Contributors:
###############################################################################
1 Overview
-----------
The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source
library for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is an open
project welcoming and integrating contributions from all users and
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM®-dev and OpenFOAM®-extend,
it contains bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as
extensions and additional features provided by community
contributors (see file ListOfContributors), such as dynamic mesh and
topological change support, turbomachinery extensions including
general grid interpolation (GGI), cyclic GGI and mixing plane,
block-coupled matrix support, implicitly coupled conjugate heat
transfer and other pyshics coupling, finite area method,
comprehensive dynamic mesh (motion and topological changes)
capability and GPU support. For a full list, see below and previous
release notes at:
==========
The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source library
for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is an open project
welcoming and integrating contributions from all users and
developers. Previously known as OpenFOAM-dev and OpenFOAM-extend, it
contains bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as extensions
and additional features provided by community contributors (see file
ListOfContributors), such as dynamic mesh and topological change
support, turbomachinery extensions including general grid
interpolation (GGI), cyclic GGI and mixing plane, block-coupled matrix
support, implicitly coupled conjugate heat transfer and other physics
coupling, finite area method, comprehensive dynamic mesh (motion and
topological changes) capability and GPU support. For a full list, see
below and previous release notes at:
[http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/]
Version 3.1, nicknamed "Zagreb", is the current version of
Version 3.2, nicknamed "Ann Arbor", is the current version of
foam-extend. The release continues the tradition and spirit of the
original FOAM code developed by prof. Jasak and Mr. Weller during
their time at Imperial College and released as the general purpose
CFD/CCM package by Nabla Ltd. in 2000. In this spirit, we reverted
18 December 2013 to the original numbering scheme (foam-2.3.2, 13
CFD/CCM package by Nabla Ltd. in 2000. In this spirit, we reverted 18
December 2013 to the original numbering scheme (foam-2.3.2, 13
December 2004) as release number 3.0. Visit [http://foam-extend.org]
for more information.
OPENFOAM® is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
OPENFOAM is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
foam-extend are a community effort not endorsed by ESI Group.
2 Installation
---------------
foam-extend-3.1 can be compiled and runs on any linux system
==============
foam-extend-3.2 can be compiled and runs on a large variety of Linux,
Mac or Windows systems
* Main supported OSs:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Fedora 20
- Mac OS X
- Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
* Compile from source:
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systems: Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 20 and Mac OS X.
* Accompanying ThirdParty software:
- gcc compatibility up to 4.8.2
- Paraview 4.0.1
- qt 4.8.5
- openmpi 1.6.5
- cmake 2.8.12
- metis 5.1.0
- parmetis 4.0.3
- scotch 6.0.0
- ParMGridGen 1.0
- mesquite 2.1.2
- PyFoam 0.6.3
- swak4Foam 0.3.1
- zoltan 3.6
- gcc compatibility up to 4.9.2
- bison 2.7
- hwloc 1.7.2
- cmake 3.2.2
- flex-2.5.35
- hwloc 1.10.1
- libccmio 2.6.1
- mesquite 2.1.2
- metis 5.1.0
- openmpi 1.6.5
- Paraview 4.3.1
- parmetis 4.0.3
- ParMGridGen 1.0
- PyFoam 0.6.4
- qt 4.8.6
- scotch 6.0.4
- swak4Foam 0.3.2
3 Compatibility
----------------
===============
Upstream features from the OpenFOAM® code base are merged into
foam-extend on regular basis. The interface format of
foam-extend-3.1 is largely compatible to OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and
OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the differences are caused by bug
fixes and algorithmic improvements, considered more important than
foam-extend on regular basis. The interface format of foam-extend-3.2
is largely compatible to foam-extend-3.1, to OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and
OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the differences are caused by bug fixes
and algorithmic improvements, considered more important than
inter-operability.
4 Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM
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A large number of features have been lost within the release of
OpenFOAM since version 1.3, the code base has shrunk by more than
40%. While we understand the lack of technical ability of
supporting advanced CFD features, we feel that existing features and
specifically large-scale contributions should remain active and
developed further. Below is a list of main features of foam-extend
which are lacking, lost, deactivated or unusable in ESI releases:
OpenFOAM since version 1.3, the code base has shrunk by more than 40%.
While we understand the lack of technical ability of supporting
advanced CFD features, we feel that existing features and specifically
large-scale contributions should remain active and developed
further. Below is a list of main features of foam-extend which are
lacking, lost, deactivated or unusable in ESI releases:
* Turbomachinery features, including General Grid Interface (GGI),
partial overlap GGI, cyclic GGI, with improvements in parallel
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tetrahedral remeshing dynamic mesh support and solid body motion
functions. All of the above include parallelisation support
* Library of dynamic meshes with topological changes with full
second order FVM discretisation support on moving meshes with
topological changes
* Library of dynamic meshes with topological changes with full second
order FVM discretisation support on moving meshes with topological
changes
* Internal combustion engine-specific dynamic mesh classes such as
two-stroke engine and various forms of 4-stroke and multi-valve
dynamic mesh classes
* Finite Area Method providing support for FVM-like discretisation
on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modelling
* Finite Area Method providing support for FVM-like discretisation on
a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modeling
* Block-coupled matrix support, allowing fully implicit
multi-equation solution of NxN equation sets, with full
parallelisation support. First release of a block-AMG linear
equation solver
* Block-coupled matrix support, allowing fully implicit multi-equation
solution of NxN equation sets, with full parallelisation support.
First release of a block-AMG linear equation solver
* Fully implicit conjugate-coupled solution framework, allowing
implicit solution fo multiple equations over multiple meshes, with
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* Multi-solver solution framework, allowing multiple field models to
be solved in a coupled manner
* A major contribution is solid mechanics modelling, including
linear and non-linear materials, contact, self-contact and
friction, with updated Lagrangian or absolute Lagrangian
formulation. Solution of damage models and crack propagation in
complex materials via topological changes
* A major contribution is solid mechanics modelling, including linear
and non-linear materials, contact, self-contact and friction, with
updated Lagrangian or absolute Lagrangian formulation. Solution of
damage models and crack propagation in complex materials via
topological changes
* CUDA solver release, provided in full source and as an example of
coupling external linear equation solvers with FOAM
* Library-level support for Immersed Boundary Method and Overset
Mesh
* Library-level support for Immersed Boundary Method and Overset Mesh
* Major improvements in accuracy and stability of FVM discretisation
with options on convection and diffusion discretisation, deferred
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* Algebraic multigrid solver framework
* 210 tutorials with automated run scripts
* 243 tutorials with automated run scripts
* Automatic test harness
* Approximately 6000 bug fixes in fundamental level libraries and
discretisation techniques
5 New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0
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5 New features in foam-extend-3.2, since foam-extend-3.1
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The list of features is a result of the work of numerous
contributors. The maintainers of foam-extend would formally like to
thank them all.
Get a full log of the updates by (either):
user@machine> git log 3.0.. > commitLog
user@machine> git log 3.0.. --oneline > commitLog
user@machine> gitg 3.0..
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| user@machine> git log 3.1.. > commitLog
`----
,----
| user@machine> git log 3.1.. --oneline > commitLog
`----
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| user@machine> gitg 3.1..
`----
* Major new features:
- Pressure-based compressible turbo functionalities
- Pressure-based coupled solver (block-coupling p and U)
- Density-based coupled Roe flux solver dbnsFoam and dbnsTurbFoam
- Major update and validation of mixing plane boundary
- Full deploymenr of block matrix, including block-AMG solverse
- Further parallel dynamic mesh capability: all topological changes
supported in parallel execution
- Major upgrade of solid mechanics solvers
- Support for CLang-based compilers
- Immersed Boundary method: full release
- Liquid film method, based on finite area infrastructure
- Global controlDict switches controlled from command line
- Integration of cfMesh automatic mesh solvers
- Update to block coupled solvers: Performance, Coupled RAS, MRF
- Rewrite of block-coupled matrix assembly and analysis tools
- New solver: potentialDyMFoam
- Rothalpy in compressible MRF solvers for turbomachinery
- Symmetry 2nd order accurate boundary condition
- Generation of config files (e.g. csh, tcsh, fishshell, zsh) from
bashrc
- Overhaul of fvDOM radiation model: symmetry plane and fast
convergence
- New compilers: GCC new versions, Icc 14 and Icc 16, Clang
- Long long support
- Long double support
- SuperBee01 and SuperBee01DC
- wallShearStress also for compressible flow (backport)
- Version updates of 3rd Party, PyFOAM, swak4Foam
- Extend-bazaar: Added makeAxialMesh
- Added limiters on turbulence viscosity
- Initial version of block-coupled turbulence models
- New ThirdParty app: ParaView server for parallel rendering
* Licence: GPLv3
* Software
- File name changes resolving name clashes on non-case-sensitive
filing systems
- Unified code base for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux compilation
- Parallel execution of automated test loops
* Installation:
- Native port to Microsoft Windows 7 and 8.1
- Updated and bug-fixed installation procedures
- Removed need for gmake link in Ubuntu
- Scripts for minimizing installation after compilation
- ThirdParty/Allclean alsoPackage - new option
- wcleanAllButLibBinLnInclude
- Fixed problem with ParaView reader for Ubuntu 14.04
- foamToTecplot360: building tecio doesn't require X.org
development files
- Improved ThirdParty packages selection mechanism
* Solvers:
- compressible/dbnsFoam
- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam
- coupled/pUCoupledFoam (incl. core library changes)
- Update and cleanup of solvers/solidMechanics
- Update for segregated FEM matrix,
solvers/solidMechanics/stressFemFoam
* Utilities:
- convertPhi (for steadyCompressible solvers)
- foamMeshToElmer, fluent3DMeshToElmer
- transformPoints -cylToCart "origin axis direction" - new option
- blockMesh syntax update (see commit a78b12074)
* Libraries:
- General:
- Added Gauss-Seidel as asymmetric solver
- Block matrix agglomeration (for pUCoupledFoam)
- Block AMG solver
- dbns library (src/dbns)
- Boundary conditions:
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFFlowRateInletVelocity
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFSurfaceNormalVelocity
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalPressure
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalTemperature
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/pulseFixedValue
- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/waveTransmissiveInlet
- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/isentropicTotalTemperature
- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureDirectedInletOutletVelocity
- fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/mixingPlane
- Turbulence modeling:
- Removed kOmegaSST_lowRe - use standard kOmegaSST
* Tutorial updates (settings, initial conditions, bug fixes etc.):
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/mixerGgi
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeMotion
- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeTopo
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/largeStrainCantileverBeam
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/nonLinBlock
- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/rotateSphereTL
- solidMechanics/elasticThermalSolidFoam/hotCylinder
- solidMechanics/stressFemFoam/plateHole
- Many other updates due to blockMesh syntax update
- potentialDyMFoam
- sonicDyMFoam
- sonicFoamAutoMotion
- MRFPorousFoam
- liquidFilmFoam
- surfactantFoam
- icoIbFoam
- interIbFoam
- porousSimpleIbFoam
- potentialIbFoam
- simpleIbFoam
* New tutorials:
- compressible/dbnsFoam/forwardStep
- compressible/dbnsFoam/shockTube
- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam/naca0012
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/2bump
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpBlockMesh
- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpFine05
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/bentRotorStator
- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/simpleRotorStator
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/bentBlade
- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/simpleBlade
- coupled/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_ggi
- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_mixingPlane
- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/axialTurbine
- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCylinders
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepLaminar
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepTurbulent
- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
- incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/axialTurbine
- mesh/moveDynamicMesh/movingCylinders
- Mesquite mesh movement
- Immersed boundary method
- Liquid film examples
* Bug fixes: see git log for details
* Bug fixes:
- Correct snGrad on coupled boundaries
- Handling of static null pointers: safe to dereference
- LinearUpwind no longer hangs in parallel execution on empty patches
- Mesh update on parallel topo changes: zones before boundaries
- GGI interpolation updates on topologically changing meshes
- Cell layering issues off complex surfaces
- Template depth for block matrix support
- Parallel efficiency improvements
6 Recent successful compilations and tests
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* Ubuntu 14.04:
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[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=736]
* CentOS 6.6:
* Ubuntu 12.04:
[http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=49]
[http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=48]
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=738]
* Ubuntu 14.04
* CentOS 6.4:
[http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=47]
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=734]
* Mac OS X 10.10
* Mac OX X 10.9.3 Maverick & CLang (XCode compiler):
[http://foam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/buildSummary.php?buildid=46]
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=733]
* Mac OX X & gcc (Macports)
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=737]
* Linux PPC ppc64 (Blue Gene)
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=742]
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga), Intel CC 11.1
[http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=743]
7 Reporting bugs
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To report bugs, please use the MantisBT bugtracker at
[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/openfoam-extend]
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To report bugs, please use the bugtracker at
[http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/ticketsfoamextendrelease/]
8 How to contribute
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All your contributions are highly welcome: New solvers, utilities and
models; bug fixes; documentation. The many ways of contributing and the
contribution process are described in detail at:
models; bug fixes; documentation. The many ways of contributing and
the contribution process are described in detail at:
[http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/HowToContribute/]
9 List of Contributors:
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See file ListOfContributors