{{Infobox software , name = COOLFluiD , logo = , screenshot = , caption = , author = , developer = von Karman Institute and others , released = , latest release version = 2014.9 , latest release date = 23 09 2014 , operating system =

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, website
COOLFluiD on GitHub
COOLFluiD is a component based scientific computing environment that handles

high-performance computing High-performance computing (HPC) is the use of supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems. Overview HPC integrates systems administration (including network and security knowledge) and parallel programming into ...

problems with focus on complex

computational fluid dynamics Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and data structures to analyze and solve problems that involve fluid dynamics, fluid flows. Computers are used to perform the calculations required ...

(CFD) involving

multiphysics In computational modelling, multiphysics simulation (often shortened to simply "multiphysics") is defined as the simultaneous simulation of different aspects of a physical system or systems and the interactions among them. For example, simultaneou ...

phenomena. It features a ''Collaborative Simulation Environment'' where multiple physical models and multiple discretization methods are implemented as components within the environment. These components form a

component-based Component-based software engineering (CBSE), also called component-based development (CBD), is a style of software engineering that aims to construct a software system from components that are loosely-coupled and reusable. This emphasizes the sep ...

architecture where they serve as building blocks of customized applications.

Capabilities

Kernel * Component based architecture * Dynamic loading of external plugins * Interpolation and integration on arbitrary elements * Transparent MPI parallelization * Parallel writing and reading from solution files * Support for XML case files * Unstructured 2D/3D hybrid meshes in many formats Numerical Methods * Cell Center

finite volume The finite volume method (FVM) is a method for representing and evaluating partial differential equations in the form of algebraic equations. In the finite volume method, volume integrals in a partial differential equation that contain a divergen ...

solver * Residual distribution solver * High order

finite element Finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat tran ...

solver * Spectral Finite Volume solver * Spectral Finite Difference solver * Discontinuous Galerkin method solver * Residual Distribution solver (dedicated to

incompressible flow In fluid mechanics, or more generally continuum mechanics, incompressible flow is a flow in which the material density does not vary over time. Equivalently, the divergence of an incompressible flow velocity is zero. Under certain conditions, t ...

) Physical Models * Compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations ** Perfect and Real Gas (from low Mach to hypersonic) ** Chemical reacting mixtures ** Thermal and Chemical non-equilibrium flows * Incompressible Navier-Stokes * Linearized Euler (for

Aeroacoustics Aeroacoustics is a branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces. Noise generation can also be associated with periodically varying flows. A notable example of t ...

) * Ideal

Magnetohydrodynamics In physics and engineering, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD; also called magneto-fluid dynamics or hydromagnetics) is a model of electrically conducting fluids that treats all interpenetrating particle species together as a single Continuum ...

* Structural Elasticity * Multi-ion

Electrochemistry Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between Electric potential, electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change. These reactions involve Electron, electrons moving via an electronic ...

Heat transfer Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as thermal conduction, ...

* Multiple Scalar Advection models

External links

New COOLFluiD website on GitHub

VKI
is the research institute responsible for the majority of the developments. Computational fluid dynamics Fluid dynamics