[**UPDATED**] OpenFOAM: From Modeling to Programming

Install OpenFOAM 4.1 by following simple terminal commands on Linux or Ubuntu, copying and pasting exact steps from the provided guide.

Install OpenFOAM 6 quickly by copying and pasting commands. Configure your user settings and start your run directory.

Take a quick tour of OpenFOAM by scanning the run directory for models and cases, the platforms, and the streaming folder with applications, tutorials, and the user guide.

Familiarize yourself with open form tutorials by writing an open form case, learning the structure of a case, identifying key parameters, running the case, and visualizing your solution.

Explore the inform and tutorials folders in OpenFOAM, housing community-made cases to guide starting simulations. Learn to select a solver and examine boundary conditions and system definitions from these examples.

Explore the OpenFOAM case structure, built from three main folders—system, constant, and time—hosting initial and boundary conditions, iteration controls, mesh properties, and solving schemes.

Learn how to set up a simple 2d cavity flow in OpenFOAM, including velocity and pressure initial conditions, moving wall boundary, no-slip walls, and solver controls.

OpenFOAM cavity tutorial teaches you to set up in the terminal, mesh with blockMesh, verify the mesh, run the solver, and view results with Paraview.

Explore cavity post-processing in OpenFOAM by viewing results for pressure and velocity, applying color maps, slices, contours, and vectors, and using the calculator to derive fields with ideal gas equation.

Outline five steps to build an OpenFOAM case: create geometry and parameters, set initial and boundary conditions, save to the control deck, configure fvSchemes and fvSolution, then run and visualize.

Prepare with paper and pen, then use the blockMesh utility to mesh OpenFOAM geometries. Define coordinates, name blocks (like zero), and set dimensions to simplify modeling and geometry creation.

Learn to create blockMesh geometries in OpenFOAM by defining points, vertices, blocks, and edges, applying simple grading, and configuring boundaries and faces.

Learn meshing with blockMesh by modifying a simple box geometry, defining edges and arcs, and setting boundary conditions to analyze flow around a central cylinder.

Explore flexible meshing options for OpenFOAM by using external tools like gmsh, blender, and Salome, and convert meshes to OpenFOAM format for complex geometries.

Explore how to use the OpenFOAM user guide to resolve queries and configure the fvSchemes file, covering time derivatives, gradient, divergence, and interpolation schemes with their accuracy options.

Explore fvSolution file parameters in OpenFOAM, selecting solvers like PCG and ICG with preconditioners such as diagonal and GAMG to optimize convergence.

Explore how SI base units define the dimensions in OpenFOAM, including kg, meter, second, kelvin, mole, and candela, and the required writing order for dimensions.

Master boundary conditions in OpenFOAM for energy, turbulence, heat transfer, and radiation. Learn to implement custom boundary conditions using groovyBC and a book with hundreds of cases.

this section introduces the basics of programming and the structure of the program, guiding you to focus on essential parameters as you begin the programming part.

Explore the solver structure in OpenFOAM, detailing libraries, include files, initialization, the while loop, and how to build modular, object-oriented solvers for single-region meshes.

Learn the OpenFOAM programming basics, exploring its C++-like syntax, object-oriented structure, and key components such as fields, meshes, time, and IO dictionaries.

Explore OpenFOAM mesh information: access cell centers, points, and connectivity matrices, compute cell volumes and face normals, and work with constant and surface vector fields for solving models.

OpenFOAM mesh information 2 explains accessing internal and boundary meshes to perform calculations with cells and faces, and applying results to boundary patches.

Explore the OpenFOAM runtime class, mastering time utilities, start/end timestamps, and three patterns: time plus plus increments, pre/post-increment loops, and controlled time progression for simulations.

Discover two essential resources for uninformed programmers in OpenFOAM: a mathematics-focused book by Tobias Holtzman with governing equations, and the programmers' guide with numerical concepts and derivations.

Learn a quick tip for OpenFOAM operations and functions, using dot notation and the ellipsis to call operations, with simple examples like power squared and numerical inputs.

Develop a basic OpenFOAM solver by creating a minimal two-file project, including the finite volume library and mesh tools library, and implementing a time-stepped volume scalar field named blood flow.

compile OpenFOAM in the terminal by sourcing the environment, navigating to the proper directory, running make, and fixing common compile errors to produce results.

Simulate the Fourier heat conduction equation in openfoam by defining temperature and time, sourcing transport properties from a dictionary, and building a custom solver.

Explore the Fourier equation 2 for temperature, apply boundary conditions in OpenFOAM, and compile the solver to verify results using the temperature gradient with new fields.

Explore the icoFoam structure by examining the main source code, initialization, and mesh setup, then follow the time loop solving velocity and pressure with the PISO algorithm.

Modify the OpenFOAM solver to implement a temperature transfer equation by adding a temperature field and alpha, set dimensions and time directories, and run the cavity case to visualize temperature.

modify the cavity case with the modified solver, set temperature boundary conditions (moving wall at 350 kelvin, fixed walls at 297 kelvin), and apply finite volume schemes with Euler stepping.

Merge two OpenFOAM solvers from different physics categories, add equations and variables, and manage coupling to ensure accurate simulation, including a plasma model with an electric field.

Merge two solvers in OpenFOAM by integrating plasma force into the flow field, updating include files, libraries, and options, and handling a multi-region mesh for visualization.

merge two solvers in OpenFOAM by integrating equations and fields, coupling velocity and force, and compiling two solvers as one to run flow and plasma together.

Master the multi region solver structure in OpenFOAM, including hd multi region setups, region properties, and meshing across fluid and solid regions.

Open a new two-region OpenFOAM setup, define fluid and solid regions with region properties, and create and configure separate meshes and fields to support a two-region solver.

Create a two-region OpenFOAM solver by modifying equations to expose parameters, solving for temperature in the flow, and compiling the model with fields and measures for region-based calculations.

Wrap up the OpenFOAM course from modeling to programming with reflections on multi region programming and an invitation for reviews and feedback.