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OpenFOAM Reviews

User Rating

4.5/5 (Based on 35 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

  • Excellent

    57.1%
  • Very Good

    37.1%
  • Average

    2.9%
  • Poor

    2.9%
  • Terrible

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Verified User in Research

November 25, 2023 Source: G2.com
Why OpenFoam
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
OpenFOAM is open-source and free. It works for both Linux and Windows OS. The codes in Openfoam are written in C++ and the entire OpenFOAM can be automated using python. The visualizer Paraview that comes with OpenFOAM is handy for visualization. The software Paraview can also be interpreted by coding in python using Paraview libraries.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
The coding of OpenFOAM is quite challenging to understand. Only a few communities of people work with OpenFOAM since there is a lack of resources for teaching OpenFOAM.
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
Real-life production-related problems, mainly simulation of 3D models in the healthcare domain. By working with OpenFOAM, our fundamentals will be strong.
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AP

Ayushi P

November 12, 2022 Source: G2.com
A free open-source CFD software with wide variety of applications
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
OpenFOAM can be used for heat transfer problems, and fluid dynamics. It also has mesh generation utilities and can be used for complex multiphase problems as well.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
OpenFOAM software does not have a GUI. It is completely based on C++ and thus requires some coding knowledge. There's a steep learning curve while starting with OpenFOAM.
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenFOAM helped me solve fluid flow problems and calculating the power loss because of viscous drag. It also helped solve multiphase problems and those with rotating frame.
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VR

Verified User in Research

September 28, 2022 Source: G2.com
Definitely worth the effort
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
Implementing new features that interest you and benefiting from the existing architecture, which includes everything from efficient parallelism to moving mesh and topology changes, along with a large number of pre-implemented models and solvers, will make your work much more fun.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
If you wouldn't particularly care about using Linux, managing code organization and reading C++ can be a problem, but most people find it relatively easy.
Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM?
OpenFOAM is nice for code developers due to the architecture it allows. The procedural is good for code programmers (or scientists)
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenFOAM has a strong pedigree in simulating large eddies, multiphase flow, burning and spraying, free surface flows, etc., all of which work massively in parallel and work very well.
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VE

Verified User in Higher Education

January 9, 2022 Source: G2.com
It is because of OpenFOAM that I have got to understand the undelying concepts of Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenFOAM Review
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
1. The flexibity to modify the code as per my problem makes it the best CFD solver for me
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM?
2. While other solvers serve as a blackbox wherein the users don't know what computations are going in the background, OpenFOAM allows you to view the entire code to have a gist of what goes into the making of a solver
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
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Nandula Sai Ujjwal k

August 2, 2021 Source: G2.com
The Best Open Source CFD Toolkit
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
OpenFoam for me gave me an amazing opportunity to learn CFD from the ground up in the sense of building solvers. I have become a daily user due to this.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
Nothing much to dislike. A kind suggestion would be to include more compressible flow solvers integrated with combustion related solvers.
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have been using OpenFOAM to solve incompressible flow problems. I am working towards building my own solvers for compressible flow related problems and develop them.
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VE

Verified User in Higher Education

August 2, 2021 Source: G2.com
A flexible, customizable CFD library for multiphysics CFD Problems
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
.Open-sourced, the backend code can be modified and recompiled to solve new physics
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
The initial learning curve is difficult and industry adoption is difficult due to absence of GUI
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
Computing arc heated high enthalpy flows with inhouse customized solvers
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Waleed k

August 4, 2020 Source: G2.com
Optimization of Ship Hull to reduce it's trim angle Excellent Environment for simulations
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
Automatic Meshing.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
Snappy Hex Mesh
Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM?
BlockMesh
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
Postprocessing
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VE

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

July 29, 2020 Source: G2.com
Using OpenFOAM for all type of research
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
.Implementation of all type of code using schemes and solvers which can be easily implemented in OpenFOAM
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
Compiling speed is low that causes high Running time
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving 2 phase fluids with cavitation around subjects
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AP

Alessandro P

July 28, 2020 Source: G2.com
A free powerful CFD tool that suits research activities and not only
What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
It's free,opensource, with advanced settings
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
GUI is missing and it requires a skilled user
Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM?
Prepare "templates" for the simulation that you are going to run. This way, only the firts time it will take time to set a simulation.
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used openFOAM to solve external aerodynamics and multiphase flow. The main benefit is that the settings are advanced, so that you can have a deep control of the numerics. Moreover, you can integrate by coding several features, including on time visualization of residuals and parameters control.
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VE

Verified User in Renewables & Environment

July 18, 2020 Source: G2.com
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What do you like best about OpenFOAM?
open source tool, easy to transfer and apply.
What do you dislike about OpenFOAM?
Hard to decipher errors, especially syntax errors
What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you?
heat transfer, particle dispersion, natural ventilation
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