Hands-on CFD learning in action 🚀

FOSSEE CFD team conducted a Basics of OpenFOAM workshop at Azeotropy 2026, IIT Bombay.

75 Chemical Engineering students explored real CFD simulations using open source tools.

#OpenFOAM #CFD #FOSSEE #OpenSource #FLOSS #IITBombay #ChemicalEngineering #STEM #Fediverse

The submission deadline for abstracts and training courses has been extended to March 15 to fill the last places in the programme.

#OFW21 #OpenFOAM #CFD #FinalCallth

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We promote open source in teaching & research, support FOSS development, build campus FOSSEE Clubs, and connect academia with industry.

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#Scilab #Python #Openfoam #OpenModelica #DWSIM #esim #OSDAG #Arduino #FreeCAD #JMOL #Blender #Inkscape #synfig

Might publish a blog or two in a few weeks about my work with OpenFOAM, different profilers, and an implementation of an LBM CFD kernel on RISC-V with POSITS.

What a great company to be working for. Learning so much!

#posit #RISCV #cfd #openfoam #lbm #cfd #scientificcomputing #profiler #Linux #blog #technicalblog #ieee754 #calligotech

Has anyone here worked with DBD plasma actuators for separation control at low Reynolds numbers (Re ~10⁵–10⁶)?
I’m especially interested in practical integration and validation using OpenFOAM or SU2.

#Aviation
#ExperimentalAircraf
#FlowControl
#aerospace
#openfoam

I’m interested in active boundary-layer control (DBD plasma actuators), low-speed aerodynamics, and open-source CFD workflows on Linux. Happy to exchange ideas, experiments, and practical insights.

#Aerodynamics #CFD #DBD #PlasmaActuators #BoundaryLayer
#OpenFOAM #SU2 #Linux #LowSpeedAerodynamics

After some trial and error, I realized that to use foamPostProcess on a case directory—even if it’s the default one—you have to include the -solver option. It’s probably documented somewhere, but I couldn’t find it.

#openFoam #foamPostProcess

Now that I have a reasonably fast CPU again I descended into the #CFD rabbit hole again. #OpenFOAM has a really steep learning curve (it is the opposite of plug-and-play). I last touched it in 2016. So far I have mostly modified some tutorial projects, but it is fascinating. The image shows the pressure distribution (red: higher, blue: lower) on a crude P.180 model created in #OpenVSP.

#computationalfluiddynamics