OpenFoam

[Brian d marge]

Any OpenFoamers out there

I got it up and running on Ubuntu , ran a few of the tutorials including the bike one ,,, anyone else here play round with it???

Stephen

[imdying]

No, but interested to hear more about it? What's it do then?

[Brian d marge]

its an open source CFD program ...written in c++ you can watch fluid flows ...

Stephen

[imdying]

Worth a look then?

[BigGuy]

And if you want to try it out on Windoze: http://www.symscape.com/openfoam-on-windows
Requires a bit of mucking around, but it does work.

[Brian d marge]

I am finding it a steep learning curve due to ny lack of C+ , but it IS a vwery powerful program

Things you can do with it , airflow in Engines ,,,' that will stop your core 2 dead ,,,, Airflow in Air boxes , around the bike ,,,

even model the stock market !

at the moment I can model the toilet and increase the airflow up to 5 m/s ( i.e. Dr vindaloos extra ,,, the results thereof

What I am hoping to do with it is look at oil flow in my oil pump and oil flow in my suspension legs


Given myself a year to do this

Stephen

PS It also does Stress analysis , but I use Calculix ,,,as its easier to use