Coolfluid

COOLFluiD

Developer(s)	von Karman Institute and others
Stable release	2009.4 / 20 Jan 2010
Operating system	Unix/Linux/Windows/Mac OS X
License	[Not yet publicly published]
Website	coolfluidsrv.vki.ac.be

COOLFluiD is a component based scientific computing environment that handles high-performance computing problems with focus on complex computational fluid dynamics (CFD) involving multiphysics 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 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 solver
• Residual distribution solver
• High order finite element solver
• Spectral Finite Volume solver
• Spectral Finite Difference solver
• Discontinuous Galerkin method solver
• Residual Distribution solver (dedicated to incompressible flow)

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)
• Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics
• Structural Elasticity
• Multi-ion Electrochemistry
• Heat transfer
• Multiple Scalar Advection models

External links

• COOLFluiD web site
• VKI is the research institute responsible for the majority of the developments.