Theory by Joel Guerrero

• contributor: Joel Guerrero
• affiliation: Universita degli Studi di Genova, Wolf Dynamics
• contact: click here for email address
• OpenFOAM version: 4.x
• published under: CC BY-SA license (creative commons licenses)

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Crash introduction to the FVM

In these slides you will find a general introduction to the FVM and some details on the numerics implemented in OpenFOAM. The following topics are covered:

• brief introduction to the finite volume method
• CFL number
• linear solvers
• solution methods
• unsteady and steady simulations
• residuals
• boundary and initial conditions

You can download the case files in this link.

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