Complex materials

OpenFOAM has the ability to deal with complex materials, whose behavior is referred as non-Newtonian, which can be both inelastic (Generalized Newtonian) and viscoleastic. Below you can find the list of tutorials that cover modelling of complex materials.

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Complex materials

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Archive

Check for further (currently not up to date) tutorials in our Archive.

Further reading

• Håkan Nilsson's collection [1] comprises some reports that cover Complex Materials related topics.
• Viscoelastic solvers tutorials available in foam-extend 4.0

Publications

• J. Nagy, L. Reith, M. Fischlschweiger, G. Steinbichler: Modeling the influence of flow phenomena on the polymerization of ϵ-Caprolactam, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 111, p. 85-93, 24 May 2014
• J. Nagy, L. Reith, M. Fischlschweiger, G. Steinbichler: Influence of fiber orientation and geometry variation on flow phenomena and reactive polymerization of ϵ-caprolactam, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 128, p. 1-10, 25 May 2015