OpenFOAM

Getting started

To use OpenFOAM, load an OpenFOAM module:

module load openfoam/10

The OpenFOAM modules will load the appropriate version of MPI for you. Loading any other MPI modules either before or after an OpenFOAM module is likely to cause problems.

The various versions of OpenFOAM have all been compiled with OpenMPI. If you experience problems with OpenFOAM, contact us to find a solution or appropriate fix.

Pre- and post-processing

Resource-intensive pre- and post-processing should be done on a compute node, not on a login node. See our info about pre- and post-processing for STAR-CCM+ for how to run interactive and graphical applications on compute nodes.

Documentation

The official OpenFOAM documentation is available at OpenFOAM. The OpenFOAM Wiki is also useful.