Descriptions of solvers corrected and made more consistent and more user-friendly

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Chris Greenshields
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dnsFoam
Description
Direct numerical simulation solver for boxes of isotropic turbulence
Direct numerical simulation solver for boxes of isotropic turbulence.
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potentialFoam
Description
Potential flow solver which solves for the velocity potential
from which the flux-field is obtained and velocity field by reconstructing
the flux.
Potential flow solver which solves for the velocity potential, to
calculate the flux-field, from which the velocity field is obtained by
reconstructing the flux.
This application is particularly useful to generate starting fields for
Navier-Stokes codes.

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chemFoam
Description
Solver for chemistry problems
- designed for use on single cell cases to provide comparison against
other chemistry solvers
- single cell mesh created on-the-fly
- fields created on the fly from the initial conditions
Solver for chemistry problems, designed for use on single cell cases to
provide comparison against other chemistry solvers, that uses a single cell
mesh, and fields created from the initial conditions.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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fireFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for Fires and turbulent diffusion flames with
reacting Lagrangian parcels, surface film and pyrolysis modelling.
Transient solver for fires and turbulent diffusion flames with reacting
particle clouds, surface film and pyrolysis modelling.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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rhoReactingBuoyantFoam
Description
Solver for combustion with chemical reactions using density based
thermodynamics package, using enahanced buoyancy treatment.
Solver for combustion with chemical reactions using a density based
thermodynamics package with enhanced buoyancy treatment.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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Description
Density-based compressible flow solver based on central-upwind schemes of
Kurganov and Tadmor with support for mesh-motion and topology changes
Kurganov and Tadmor with support for mesh-motion and topology changes.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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Description
Density-based compressible flow solver based on central-upwind schemes of
Kurganov and Tadmor
Kurganov and Tadmor.
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grpCompressibleSolvers grpMovingMeshSolvers
Description
Transient solver for laminar or turbulent flow of compressible fluids
for HVAC and similar applications.
Transient solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids for HVAC and
similar applications, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
Uses the flexible PIMPLE (PISO-SIMPLE) solution for time-resolved and
pseudo-transient simulations.

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rhoPimpleFoam
Description
Transient solver for laminar or turbulent flow of compressible fluids
for HVAC and similar applications.
Transient solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids for HVAC and
similar applications.
Uses the flexible PIMPLE (PISO-SIMPLE) solution for time-resolved and
pseudo-transient simulations.

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rhoPorousSimpleFoam
Description
Steady-state solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids with
RANS turbulence modelling, implicit or explicit porosity treatment
and run-time selectable finite volume sources.
Steady-state solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids, with
implicit or explicit porosity treatment and optional sources.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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rhoSimpleFoam
Description
Steady-state SIMPLE solver for laminar or turbulent RANS flow of
compressible fluids.
Steady-state solver for turbulent flow of compressible fluids.
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grpCompressibleSolvers grpMovingMeshSolvers
Description
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar or turbulent flow
of a compressible gas with mesh motion..
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of a
compressible gas, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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grpCompressibleSolvers
Description
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, laminar or turbulent flow
of a compressible gas.
Transient solver for trans-sonic/supersonic, turbulent flow of a
compressible gas.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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dsmcFoam
Description
Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solver for 3D, transient, multi-
species flows
Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solver for, transient, multi-species
flows.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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mdEquilibrationFoam
Description
Equilibrates and/or preconditions molecular dynamics systems
Solver to equilibrate and/or precondition molecular dynamics systems.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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mdFoam
Description
Molecular dynamics solver for fluid dynamics
Molecular dynamics solver for fluid dynamics.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam
Description
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids.
Uses the Boussinesq approximation:
\f[

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buoyantBoussinesqSimpleFoam
Description
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent flow of incompressible fluids.
Uses the Boussinesq approximation:
\f[

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chtMultiRegionFoam
Description
Combination of heatConductionFoam and buoyantFoam for conjugate heat
transfer between solid regions and fluid regions. Both regions include
the fvOptions framework.
Transient solver for buoyant, turbulent fluid flow and solid heat
conduction with conjugate heat transfer between solid and fluid regions.
It handles secondary fluid or solid circuits which can be coupled
thermally with the main fluid region. i.e radiators, etc.

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chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam
Description
Steady-state version of chtMultiRegionFoam
Steady-state solver for buoyant, turbulent fluid flow and solid heat
conduction with conjugate heat transfer between solid and fluid regions.
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thermoFoam
Description
Evolves the thermodynamics on a frozen flow field
Solver for energy transport and thermodynamics on a frozen flow field.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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SRFPimpleFoam
Description
Large time-step transient solver for incompressible, flow in a single
rotating frame using the PIMPLE (merged PISO-SIMPLE) algorithm.
Large time-step transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow in a
single rotating frame.
Turbulence modelling is generic, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES may be selected.

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pimpleDyMFoam.C
Description
Transient solver for incompressible, flow of Newtonian fluids
on a moving mesh using the PIMPLE (merged PISO-SIMPLE) algorithm.
Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids
on a moving mesh.
Turbulence modelling is generic, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES may be selected.

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pimpleFoam
Description
Large time-step transient solver for incompressible, flow using the PIMPLE
(merged PISO-SIMPLE) algorithm.
Large time-step transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow, using
the PIMPLE (merged PISO-SIMPLE) algorithm.
Sub-models include:
- turbulence modelling, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES

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pisoFoam
Description
Transient solver for incompressible flow.
Transient solver for incompressible, turbulent flow, using the PISO
algorithm.
Sub-models include:
- turbulence modelling, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES

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Description
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow with
implicit or explicit porosity treatment and support for multiple reference
frames (MRF)
frames (MRF).
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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simpleFoam
Description
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow
Steady-state solver for incompressible, turbulent flow, using the SIMPLE
algorithm.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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coalChemistryFoam
Description
Transient solver for:
- compressible,
- turbulent flow,
with
- coal and limestone parcel injections,
- energy source, and
- combustion.
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow, with coal and limestone
particle clouds, an energy source, and combustion.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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Description
Transient solver for the passive transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud.
particle cloud, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
Uses a pre-calculated velocity field to evolve the cloud.

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reactingParcelFilmFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent flow with
reacting Lagrangian parcels, and surface film modelling.
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a reacting,
multiphase particle cloud, and surface film modelling.
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reactingParcelFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent flow with
reacting multiphase Lagrangian parcels, including run-time selectable
finite volume options, e.g. sources, constraints
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a reacting,
multiphase particle cloud, and optional sources/constraints.
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simpleReactingParcelFoam
Description
Steady state SIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent flow with
reacting multiphase Lagrangian parcels, including run-time selectable
finite volume options, e.g. sources, constraints
Steady state solver for compressible, turbulent flow with reacting,
multiphase particle clouds and optional sources/constraints.
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sprayDyMFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent flow with
spray parcels and support for moving meshes.
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a spray particle
cloud, with optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

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sprayEngineFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent engine
flow swith spray parcels.
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent engine flow with a spray
particle cloud.
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sprayFoam
Description
Transient PIMPLE solver for compressible, laminar or turbulent flow with
spray parcels.
Transient solver for compressible, turbulent flow with a spray particle
cloud.
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uncoupledKinematicParcelFoam
Description
Transient solver for the passive transport of a single kinematic
particle cloud.
Transient solver for the passive transport of a particle cloud.
Uses a pre- calculated velocity field to evolve the cloud.

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@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Application
Description
Transient cavitation code based on the homogeneous equilibrium model
from which the compressibility of the liquid/vapour "mixture" is obtained.
from which the compressibility of the liquid/vapour "mixture" is obtained,
with optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
Turbulence modelling is generic, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES may be selected.

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Description
Solver for n incompressible fluids which captures the interfaces and
includes surface-tension and contact-angle effects for each phase.
includes surface-tension and contact-angle effects for each phase, with
optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes.
Turbulence modelling is generic, i.e. laminar, RAS or LES may be selected.

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Description
Incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with inclusion of a wave height field
to enable single-phase free-surface approximations.
to enable single-phase free-surface approximations, with optional mesh
motion and mesh topology changes.
Wave height field, zeta, used by pressure boundary conditions.