Everything about OpenFOAM

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: OpenFOAMA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: CFD simulation of floating body motion with mooring dynamics: Coupling MoorDyn with OpenFOAMInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Numerical Simulation of Effluent DischargesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A wave generation toolbox for the open‐source CFD library: OpenFoam®Cited 1,063 times
5. Go sideways: Silicon Graphics InternationalA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A wave generation toolbox for the open‐source CFD library: OpenFoam®

  Niels G. Jacobsen, David R. Fuhrman, Jørgen Fredsøe · 2011 · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids · 1,063 citations

• Simulating coastal engineering processes with OpenFOAM®

  Pablo Higuera, Javier L. Lara, Inigo J. Losada · 2013 · Coastal Engineering · 273 citations

• Numerical modeling of laser generated cavitation bubbles with the finite volume and volume of fluid method, using OpenFOAM

  Max Koch, Christiane Lechner, Fabian Reuter · 2016 · Computers & Fluids · 264 citations

• Three-dimensional interaction of waves and porous coastal structures using OpenFOAM®. Part I: Formulation and validation

  Pablo Higuera, Javier L. Lara, Inigo J. Losada · 2014 · Coastal Engineering · 262 citations

• CFD Simulation of Boiling Flows Using the Volume-of-Fluid Method within OpenFOAM

  Christian Kunkelmann, Peter Stephan · 2009 · Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications · 251 citations

• Numerical investigation of wave–structure interaction using OpenFOAM

  L.F. Chen, J. Zang, A.J. Hillis · 2014 · Ocean Engineering · 242 citations

• dsmcFoam+: An OpenFOAM based direct simulation Monte Carlo solver

  C. White, M.K. Borg, T.J. Scanlon · 2018 · Computer Physics Communications · 228 citations

• Large-Eddy Simulation of the Flow Over a Circular Cylinder at Reynolds Number 3900 Using the OpenFOAM Toolbox

  Dmitry A. Lysenko, Ivar S. Ertesvåg, Kjell Erik Rian · 2012 · Flow, Turbulence and Combustion · 210 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• CFD simulation of floating body motion with mooring dynamics: Coupling MoorDyn with OpenFOAM

  Haifei Chen, Matthew Hall · 2022 · Applied Ocean Research · 86 citations

• Assessment of Numerical Accuracy and Parallel Performance of OpenFOAM and its Reacting Flow Extension EBIdnsFoam

  Thorsten Zirwes, Marvin Sontheimer, Feichi Zhang · 2023 · Flow, Turbulence and Combustion · 84 citations

• DRLinFluids: An open-source Python platform of coupling deep reinforcement learning and OpenFOAM

  Qiulei Wang, Lei Yan, Gang Hu · 2022 · Physics of Fluids · 74 citations

• OpenFOAMGPT: A retrieval-augmented large language model (LLM) agent for OpenFOAM-based computational fluid dynamics

  Sandeep Pandey, Ran Xu, Wenkang Wang · 2025 · Physics of Fluids · 64 citations

• detonationFoam: An open-source solver for simulation of gaseous detonation based on OpenFOAM

  Jie Sun, Yiqing Wang, Baolin Tian · 2023 · Computer Physics Communications · 63 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Numerical Simulation of Effluent DischargesMajid Mohammadian, Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh · 2023
• The Finite Volume Method in Computational Fluid DynamicsF. Moukalled, L. Mangani · 2015
• Electrochemical Cell Calculations with OpenFOAMSteven Beale, Werner Lehnert · 2022
• 📕Introduction to OpenFOAM for Aeronautical EngineersSudipto Mukhopadhyay · 2022
• Practical Finite Volume Method in OpenFOAMHrvoje Jasak, Tessa Uroic · 2022
• 📕OpenFOAM for Wind Energy EngineeringBernhard Stoevesandt, Jonas Schmidt · 2020
• OpenFOAM®J. Miguel Nóbrega, Hrvoje Jasak · 2019
• 📕GuÍa PrÁctica para Realizar Simulaciones HidrodinÁmicas en Canales Abiertos con Openfoam®Mario Montejo, Erick Granados · 2022

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