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#OpenFOAM is the #CFD software owned and licensed free and #opensource only, by us — The OpenFOAM Foundation — managed and developed by CFD Direct.

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OpenFOAM Foundation@CFDFoundation
8 Jul 2025
The OpenFOAM Foundation has released #OpenFOAM v13, maintained and produced by @CFDdirect and funded by supporting organisations. The Foundation is sure that all its users would like to thank @CFDdirect and the funders for their respective contributions. openfoam.org/release/13

OpenFOAM 13 Released | by CFD Direct via OpenFOAM Foundation

OpenFOAM version 13 has a rewrite of mesh zones, a 65% complete field-based Lagrangian, 100% bounded MULES, a rewrite of mass transfer modelling, better visualisation with ParaView and more.

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See our training course catalogue for #OpenFOAM #CFD software, which spans 12 days (online) and 10 (in person); Available for public and on-site training delivery: cfd.direct/openfoam-training…
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The multi-body rigid body motion (multiRigidBodyMotion) can include mesh-to-mesh mapping in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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The Peclet number function object (PecletNo) now works for compressible solvers in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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Learn from experts to write quality, C code in #OpenFOAM with our acclaimed #Programming #CFD course, #Cologne, Germany, 13-15 Oct 2026. Book your place now: cfd.tips/tcol
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More organisations are supporting #OpenFOAM, with INNIO @INNIO_Group becoming the latest to fund Maintenance: openfoam.org/supporters/

OpenFOAM Supporters | OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM is supported by organisations which: a) support individuals who work on the project; b) purchase Maintenance Plans to fund the work.

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A "print" argument can be added to .#includeFunc, .#includeModel and .#includeConstraint to print all the parameters that are used, including defaults in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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Added multicomponentParticle and multicomponentParcel clouds to the modular Lagrangian (aka field Lagrangian) for particles with varying composition in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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A functional geometric field allows both a field and boundary values to be specified together by a function, e.g. for a non-uniform diffusivity field, in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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New solidElectricalConduction fvModel calculates electrical conduction through a solid region and applies the corresponding Joule heating source to the energy equation in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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Consolidated rigid body motion with single and multiple bodies into one functionalRigidBodyMeshMotion system in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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Advance your career with #OpenFOAM Training, Essential and Applied #CFD, Virtual Europe, 21-25 Sep 2026, from the primary developers. Discounts available. Limited seats remaining. Book early: cfd.tips/tveu
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The contents of dictionaries in input files can be printed, including default values, using a .#print statement at the end of the dictionary in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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The surface tension properties of methanol have been corrected in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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splitMeshRegions has been rewritten with a set of rational, inter-operable options in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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The surface tension properties of methanol have been corrected in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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splitMeshRegions has been rewritten with a set of rational, inter-operable options in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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The .#print directive now prints sub-dictionaries more reliably, including model sub-dictionaries for viscosity and thermodynamics in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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The .#print directive prints out contents and default parameters in the fvSolution file and its sub-dictionaries in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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splitMeshRegions has been rewritten with a set of rational, inter-operable options in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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Improved the isothermalFluid and derived solvers for supersonic flow at the inlet in #OpenFOAM-dev github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM…
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