The First Open Source Software for Non-Continuum Flows in Engineering
Lead Research Organisation:
STFC - LABORATORIES
Department Name: Computational Science & Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
David Emerson (Principal Investigator) |
Publications

John B
(2018)
Simulation of the head-disk interface gap using a hybrid multi-scale method
in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

John B
(2018)
Computation of Aerodynamic Forces Under Nonequilibrium Conditions: Flow Past a Spinning Cylinder
in AIAA Journal

Longshaw S
(2018)
mdFoam+: Advanced molecular dynamics in OpenFOAM
in Computer Physics Communications

Meng J
(2018)
Analysis of non-physical slip velocity in lattice Boltzmann simulations using the bounce-back scheme
in Journal of Computational Science

Ritos K
(2015)
Hybrid molecular-continuum simulations of water flow through carbon nanotube membranes of realistic thickness
in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Rolfo S
(2019)
Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation XI

Rolfo S
(2018)
Effect of Large Scale 3-D Structures on the Flow Around a Heated Cylinder at Low Reynolds Number
in Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Wang W
(2018)
Numerical Simulation of Ion Transport in a Nano-Electrospray Ion Source at Atmospheric Pressure.
in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Wang W
(2020)
Numerical Simulation of Flow Field and Ion Transport for Different Ion Source Sampling Interfaces of a Mass Spectrometer.
in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

White C
(2018)
dsmcFoam+: An OpenFOAM based direct simulation Monte Carlo solver
in Computer Physics Communications
Description | The release of the software has been very well received with citations to two journal reports on the software developed. |
Exploitation Route | The software can now be used and developed further by researchers to tackle science problems from a range of fields. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine |
Description | The project has now released two software packages based on the OpenFOAM software, namely dsmcFoam and mdFoam. These are available on the github repository. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy |
Description | High End Computing Call |
Amount | £513,863 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P022243/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 05/2020 |
Description | Programme Grant |
Amount | £3,380,740 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/N016602/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2016 |
End | 12/2020 |
Title | dsmcFoam+ |
Description | Direct simulation Monte Carlo software based on OpenFOAM |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Research papers |
URL | https://github.com/MicroNanoFlows |
Title | mdFoam+ |
Description | Molecular dynamics code based on OpenFOAM |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Several papers |
URL | https://github.com/MicroNanoFlows |