The First Open Source Software for Non-Continuum Flows in Engineering

Lead Research Organisation: Science and Technology Facilities Council
Department Name: Computational Science & Engineering

Abstract

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Publications

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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 06/2017 
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