Reactive flow solvers

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Solvers implemented in OpenFOAM

Solver Features Relevant Links
DLBFoam Dynamic load balancing model for solving chemistry Repository
hybridCentralSolvers to update Repository
EBIDNSFoam to update Request
blastFoam to update Origin
CTreactingFoam Reacting flow solver based on OpenFOAM and Cantera; Detailed transport; Strang splitting scheme and a well-balanced splitting scheme; Diagnostic methods: conservative chemical explosive mode analysis (CCEMA), and global pathway analysis (GPA) Origin
Repository
RSDFoam Real gas shock and detonation simulation solver in OpenFOAM 9 Origin
Application 1
detonationFoam Extension of rhoCentralFoam including HLLC-P, DLBFoam, 2D AMR; Flame and detonation simulation Origin
Repository
reactingPimpleCentralFoam OpenFOAM v2012; Pressure-based semi-implicit; Central-upwind (Kurganov and Tadmor); Detonation simulation with detailed chemistry, mixture of different stabilities, shock-attached and lab coordinates Origin
Repository
exaFoam to update to update
gpuFoam Tools and extensions for GPU-accelerated OpenFOAM simulations Repository


Solvers in other platforms

Solver Features Relevant Links
PeleC to update to update
OpenCFD to update to update
PyFR to update to update
PyFR to update to update



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