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#+TITLE: *Release notes for foam-extend-3.1*
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#+AUTHOR: foam-extend administrators:
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#+AUTHOR: Hrvoje Jasak
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#+AUTHOR: Håkan Nilsson
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#+AUTHOR: Henrik Rusche
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#+AUTHOR: Martin Beaudoin
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#+AUTHOR: Bernhard Gschaider
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#+DATE: 8 June 2014
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#+LINK: http://foam-extend.org
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#+OPTIONS: author:nil
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################################################################################
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** Overview
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The foam-extend project is a fork of the OpenFOAM® open source library for
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is an open project welcoming and
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integrating contributions from all users and developers. Previously known as
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OpenFOAM®-dev and OpenFOAM®-extend, it contains bug fixes and performance
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improvements, as well as extensions and additional features provided
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by community contributors (see file ListOfContributors), such as dynamic mesh
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and topological change support, turbomachinery extensions including general
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grid interpolation (GGI), cyclic GGI and mixing plane, block-coupled matrix
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support, finite area method, comprehensive mesh motion capability and GPU
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support. For a full list, see below and previous release notes at:
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http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/
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Version 3.1, nicknamed "Zagreb", is the current version of foam-extend. The
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release continues the tradition and spirit of the original FOAM code
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developed by prof. Jasak and Mr. Weller during their time at
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Imperial College and released as the general purpose CFD/CCM package by
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Nabla Ltd. in 2000. In this spirit, we reverted 18 December 2013 to the
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original numbering scheme (foam-2.3.2, 13 December 2004) as release
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number 3.0.
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Visit http://foam-extend.org for more information.
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OPENFOAM® is a registered trademark of ESI Group. OpenFOAM-extend and
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foam-extend are a community effort not endorsed by ESI Group.
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** Installation
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foam-extend-3.1 can be compiled and runs on any linux system
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* Main supported OSs:
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- Ubuntu 14.04
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- Fedora 20
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- Mac OS X
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* Compile from source:
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Please refer to doc/buildInstructions/ for details. Further
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installation instruction are available on the unofficial OpenFOAM
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Wiki:
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http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Installation/Linux/foam-extend-3.0
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If you have improvements or build instructions for a new system,
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please share them with the community (see section "How to
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contribute", below).
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* Download binary packages:
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Binary packages are available for download at
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/openfoam-extend/ for the following
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systems: Ubuntu 14.04, Fedora 20 and Mac OS X.
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* Accompanying ThirdParty software:
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- gcc compatibility up to 4.8.2
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- Paraview 4.0.1
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- qt 4.8.5
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- openmpi 1.6.5
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- cmake 2.8.12
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- metis 5.1.0
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- parmetis 4.0.3
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- scotch 6.0.0
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- ParMGridGen 1.0
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- mesquite 2.1.2
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- PyFoam 0.6.3
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- swak4Foam 0.3.1
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- zoltan 3.6
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- bison 2.7
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- hwloc 1.7.2
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- libccmio 2.6.1
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** Compatibility
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Upstream features from the OpenFOAM® code base are merged into
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foam-extend on regular basis. The interface format of
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foam-extend-3.1 is largely compatible to OpenFOAM-1.6-ext and
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OpenFOAM-1.7.x. In some cases, the differences are caused by bug
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fixes and algorithmic improvements, considered more important than
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inter-operability.
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** Main differentiators between foam-extend and OpenFOAM
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A large number of features have been lost within the release of
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OpenFOAM since version 1.3, the code base has shrunk by more than
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40%. While we understand the lack of technical ability of
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supporting advanced CFD features, we feel that existing features and
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specifically large-scale contributions should remain active and
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developed further. Below is a list of main features of foam-extend
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which are lacking, lost, deactivated or unusable in ESI releases:
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* Turbomachinery features, including General Grid Interface (GGI),
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partial overlap GGI, cyclic GGI, with improvements in parallel
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scaling. First release of a mixing plane stage interface
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* Dynamic mesh with topological changes Sliding interfaces, mesh
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layering, attach-detach boundaries etc. In foam-extend, full
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parallel support for topological changes is released for the first
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time
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* Finite Element Method with support for polyhedral meshes This is
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mainly used in mesh deformation and over the last 15 years it has
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proven vastly superior to all other dynamic mesh methods.
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* Advanced mesh deformation technology Including tet FEM mesh
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deformation, Radial Basis Function (RBF) mesh deformation,
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tetrahedral remeshing dynamic mesh support and solid body motion
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functions. All of the above include parallelisation support
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* Library of dynamic meshes with topological changes with full
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second order FVM discretisation support on moving meshes with
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topological changes
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* Internal combustion engine-specific dynamic mesh classes such as
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two-stroke engine and various forms of 4-stroke and multi-valve
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dynamic mesh classes
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* Finite Area Method providing support for FVM-like discretisation
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on a curved surface in 3-D, with examples of liquid film modelling
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* Block-coupled matrix support, allowing fully implicit
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multi-equation solution of NxN equation sets, with full
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parallelisation support. First release of a block-AMG linear
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equation solver
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* Fully implicit conjugate-coupled solution framework, allowing
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implicit solution fo multiple equations over multiple meshes, with
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parallelism
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* Proper Orthogonal Decomposition data analysis tools, with
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applications to FOAM field classes
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* Equation reader classes and tutorials
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* Multi-solver solution framework, allowing multiple field models to
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be solved in a coupled manner
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* A major contribution is solid mechanics modelling, including
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linear and non-linear materials, contact, self-contact and
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friction, with updated Lagrangian or absolute Lagrangian
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formulation. Solution of damage models and crack propagation in
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complex materials via topological changes
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* CUDA solver release, provided in full source and as an example of
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coupling external linear equation solvers with FOAM
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* Library-level support for Immersed Boundary Method and Overset
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Mesh
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* Major improvements in accuracy and stability of FVM discretisation
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with options on convection and diffusion discretisation, deferred
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correction or explicit schemes
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* Algebraic multigrid solver framework
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* 210 tutorials with automated run scripts
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* Automatic test harness
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** New features in foam-extend-3.1, since foam-extend-3.0
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The list of features is a result of the work of numerous
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contributors. The maintainers of foam-extend would formally like to
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thank them all.
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Get a full log of the updates by (either):
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#+BEGIN_SRC bash
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user@machine> git log 3.0.. > commitLog
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#+END_SRC
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#+BEGIN_SRC bash
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user@machine> git log 3.0.. --oneline > commitLog
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#+END_SRC
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#+BEGIN_SRC bash
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user@machine> gitg 3.0..
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#+END_SRC
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* Major new features:
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- Pressure-based compressible turbo functionalities
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- Pressure-based coupled solver (block-coupling p and U)
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* Licence: GPLv3
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* Installation:
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- Updated and bug-fixed installation procedures
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- Removed need for gmake link in Ubuntu
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- Scripts for minimizing installation after compilation
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- ThirdParty/Allclean alsoPackage - new option
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- wcleanAllButLibBinLnInclude
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- Fixed problem with ParaView reader for Ubuntu 14.04
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- foamToTecplot360: building tecio doesn't require X.org
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development files
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* Solvers:
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- compressible/dbnsFoam
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- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam
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- coupled/pUCoupledFoam (incl. core library changes)
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- Update and cleanup of solvers/solidMechanics
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- Update for segregated FEM matrix,
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solvers/solidMechanics/stressFemFoam
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* Utilities:
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- convertPhi (for steadyCompressible solvers)
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- foamMeshToElmer, fluent3DMeshToElmer
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- transformPoints -cylToCart "origin axis direction" - new option
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- blockMesh syntax update (see commit a78b12074)
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* Libraries:
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- General:
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- Added Gauss-Seidel as asymmetric solver
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- Block matrix agglomeration (for pUCoupledFoam)
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- Block AMG solver
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- dbns library (src/dbns)
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- Boundary conditions:
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFFlowRateInletVelocity
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFSurfaceNormalVelocity
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalPressure
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/SRFTotalTemperature
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/pulseFixedValue
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- cfdTools/general/SRF/derivedFvPatchFields/waveTransmissiveInlet
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- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/isentropicTotalTemperature
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- thermophysicalModels/basic/derivedFvPatchFields/temperatureDirectedInletOutletVelocity
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- fvMesh/fvPatches/constraint/mixingPlane
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- Turbulence modeling:
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- Removed kOmegaSST_lowRe - USE WHAT INSTEAD???
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- Tutorial updates (settings, initial conditions, bug fixes etc.):
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- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/mixerGgi
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- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeMotion
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- incompressible/icoDyMFoam/movingConeTopo
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- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/largeStrainCantileverBeam
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- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/nonLinBlock
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- solidMechanics/elasticNonLinTLSolidFoam/rotateSphereTL
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- solidMechanics/elasticThermalSolidFoam/hotCylinder
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- solidMechanics/stressFemFoam/plateHole
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- Many other updates due to blockMesh syntax update
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* New tutorials:
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- compressible/dbnsFoam/forwardStep
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- compressible/dbnsFoam/shockTube
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- compressible/dbnsTurbFoam/naca0012
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/2bump
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpBlockMesh
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleFoam/bumpFine05
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/bentRotorStator
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleMRFFoam/simpleRotorStator
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/bentBlade
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- compressible/steadyCompressibleSRFFoam/simpleBlade
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- coupled/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
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- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_ggi
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- incompressible/MRFSimpleFoam/axialTurbine_mixingPlane
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- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/axialTurbine
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- incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/movingCylinders
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- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepLaminar
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- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/backwardFacingStepTurbulent
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- incompressible/pUCoupledFoam/cavity
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- incompressible/simpleSRFFoam/axialTurbine
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- mesh/moveDynamicMesh/movingCylinders
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* Bug fixes:
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LinearUpwind no longer hangs in parallel execution on empty patches
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** Recent sucessful compilations and tests
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* Ubuntu 14.04:
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http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=736
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* Ubuntu 12.04:
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http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=738
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* CentOS 6.4:
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http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=734
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* Mac OX X & CLang:
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http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=733
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* Mac OX X & gcc
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http://openfoam-extend.sourceforge.net/CDash/viewTest.php?buildid=737
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** Reporting bugs
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To report bugs, please use the MantisBT bugtracker at
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http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/openfoam-extend
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** How to contribute
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All your contributions are highly welcome: New solvers, utilities and
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models; bug fixes; documentation. The many ways of contributing and the
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contribution process are described in detail in the file "HowToContribute"
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and at http://sourceforge.net/p/openfoam-extend/wiki/Home/
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** List of Contributors:
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See file ListOfContributors
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