Chapter 3 An introduction to OpenFOAM

• Main Author: Mohammadian, Abdolmajid (auth)
• Other Authors: Kheirkhah Gildeh, Hossein (auth), Yan, Xiaohui (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
• Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Water supply & treatment; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Discharge Modeling; Numerical Analysis; Desalination; Outfall; Inclined Jets; OpenFOAM; Effluent Dilution Modeling
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Chapter 3 is an introduction to OpenFOAM, as the most popular CFD tool in effluent discharge modelling. A decade ago, OpenFOAM was only an academic tool for studying complex fluid mechanics problems. However, it has grown quickly in recent years and has found its way into industry as well (e.g., many consulting firms have invested in creating their own solvers for the particular problems they often solve). This book covers the fundamentals of OpenFOAM related to effluent discharge modeling: the choice of available solvers and differences between them, mesh generation options and methodology in OpenFOAM and postprocessing the numerical results.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (33 p.)

ISBN

9781003181811-3
9781032020488
9781032020945

Access

Open Access