openfoam/ReleaseNotes-dev

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#+TITLE: OpenFOAM release notes for version dev
#+AUTHOR: OpenCFD Ltd.
#+DATE: TBA
#+LINK: http://www.openfoam.com
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# Copyright (c) 2010 OpenCFD Ltd.
* Overview
OpenFOAM-dev is the latest major release of OpenFOAM including many new
developments a number of bug-fixes. This release passes our standard tests
and the tutorials have been broadly checked. Please report any bugs by
following the link: http://www.openfoam.com/bugs.
* GNU/Linux version
This release of OpenFOAM is distributed primarily in 2 ways: (1) as a Debian
pack containing binaries and source; (2) from the SourceForge source code
repository (see [[./README.org][README]]).
The Ubuntu/Debian pack is available for 32 and 64 bit versions of the 10.04
LTS operating system using the system compiler and libraries that will be
installed automatically from standard Debian packs.
To use the source version from the SourceForge repository, we provide a source
pack of third-party packages that can be compiled on the user's system. This
does not include =gcc=, since the system installed version is typically
sufficient, but includes =paraview-3.8.0=, =openmpi-1.4.1=, =scotch_5.1=, =metis-5.0pre2=, =ParMetis-3.1= and =ParMGridGen-1.0=.
* Library developments
There have been a number of developments to the libraries to support the
extension of functionality in solver and utility applications.
*** Core library + Large number of code refinements and consistency improvements to support
other developments.
*** Turbulence modelling
*** Thermo-physical Models
*** DSMC
*** Dynamic Mesh
*** Numerics
* Solvers
A number of new solvers have been developed for a range of engineering
applications. There has been a set of improvements to certain classes of
solver that are introduced in this release.
*** *New* Solvers
+ ...
*** Modifications to multiphase and buoyant solvers + ...
*** Modifications to solvers for sensible enthalpy
+ ...
*** Modifications to steady-state compressible solvers + ...
*** Other modifications
+ ...
* Boundary conditions
New boundary conditions have been introduced to support new applications in
OpenFOAM. + ...
* Utilities
There have been some utilities added and updated in this release.
*** *New* utilities
+ ...
*** Updated utilities + ...
* Post-processing
+ =foamToEnsight=: new =-nodeValues= option to generate and output nodal
field data.
* New tutorials
There is a large number of new tutorials to support the new solvers in the
release.
+ ...