OpenFOAM programming from A to Multi region

Explore the OpenFOAM solver structure by building a solver, defining fields and variables, configuring make and options files, and implementing the main runtime loop for case visualization.

Explore the OpenFOAM syntax and C/C++-style structure. Organize code with includes, loops, and io objects for efficient multi-region simulations.

Download two essential resources for OpenFOAM programming: the mathematics book by Tobias Holtzman with derivations and governing equations, and the programmer's guide with numerical content and examples.

Access OpenFOAM mesh information with the Mesh class. Retrieve cell centers, points coordinates, connectivity matrices, cell volumes, face normals, and surface areas for solving models.

OpenFOAM programming from a to multi region: access internal and boundary meshes, reference cells and faces, and perform calculations across both regions with simple conditionals.

Learn to use the OpenFOAM runtime class to manage time, timestamps, and increments, including delta time, start and end times, and the runtime plus plus pattern in loops.

Get a compact tip for OpenFOAM programming, focusing on available operations and functions, using dot notation and numeric inputs to drive calculations in multi-region workflows.

Learn to scaffold a minimal OpenFOAM solver by creating a project structure, including finite volume and mesh libraries, defining a time loop, and reading and writing fields.

Learn how to compile OpenFOAM projects from the terminal, source OpenFOAM, run make, and troubleshoot common compile errors to successfully build.

Create a Fourier equation solver in OpenFOAM by defining temperature and time fields, loading transport properties from a dictionary, and configuring input/output for heat conduction.

Design and implement a Fourier equation solver in OpenFOAM to model temperature with alpha and T, applying boundary conditions and correct equal signs, then compile and validate results.

Learn to modify an existing OpenFOAM solver by duplicating the main code, adding a temperature transport equation after the momentum solve, and updating transfer properties to visualize temperature effects.

Merge two OpenFOAM solvers to form a multi-region simulation, learning which equations and variables to combine and manage coupling to avoid errors, including a plasma case with a southern model.

Merge two solvers in OpenFOAM for a multi-region setup by editing includes, adding libraries, and updating options to build a multi-region mesh and visualize plasma-driven flow.

Merge two solvers in OpenFOAM for a multi region setup, modify the source equations, and couple the velocity with the input force to run plasma and flow together as one.

OpenFOAM multi region simulations for multiple materials, defining region properties, creating region measures and meshes, and integrating region models for fluid and solid regions.

Explore how to build a two-region OpenFOAM solver by defining fluid and solid regions, creating corresponding meshes, and setting region properties and fields for multi-region simulations.

Modify the two-region equations, set parameters like temperature in the flow, and create fields to compute measures across the regions; then compile, fix errors, and run with two regions.

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