Coolfluid
Scientific computing environment
title: "Coolfluid" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["computational-fluid-dynamics", "fluid-dynamics"] description: "Scientific computing environment" topic_path: "general/computational-fluid-dynamics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolfluid" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Scientific computing environment ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | COOLFluiD |
| logo | [[Image:coolfluid_logo.png |
| developer | von Karman Institute and others |
| latest release version | 2014.9 |
| latest release date | 23 09 2014 |
| operating system | Unix/Linux/Windows/Mac OS X |
| license | [LGPLv3] |
| website | COOLFluiD on GitHub |
| :: |
| name = COOLFluiD | logo = [[Image:coolfluid_logo.png|150px]] | screenshot = | caption = | author = | developer = von Karman Institute and others | released = | latest release version = 2014.9 | latest release date = 23 09 2014 | operating system = Unix/Linux/Windows/Mac OS X | genre = | license = [LGPLv3] | website = COOLFluiD on GitHub
COOLFluiD is a component based scientific computing environment that handles high-performance computing problems with focus on complex computational fluid dynamics (CFD) involving multiphysics phenomena.
It features a Collaborative Simulation Environment where multiple physical models and multiple discretization methods are implemented as components within the environment. These components form a component-based architecture where they serve as building blocks of customized applications.
Capabilities
Kernel
- Component based architecture
- Dynamic loading of external plugins
- Interpolation and integration on arbitrary elements
- Transparent MPI parallelization
- Parallel writing and reading from solution files
- Support for XML case files
- Unstructured 2D/3D hybrid meshes in many formats
Numerical Methods
- Cell Center finite volume solver
- Residual distribution solver
- High order finite element solver
- Spectral Finite Volume solver
- Spectral Finite Difference solver
- Discontinuous Galerkin method solver
- Residual Distribution solver (dedicated to incompressible flow)
Physical Models
- Compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations
- Perfect and Real Gas (from low Mach to hypersonic)
- Chemical reacting mixtures
- Thermal and Chemical non-equilibrium flows
- Incompressible Navier-Stokes
- Linearized Euler (for Aeroacoustics)
- Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics
- Structural Elasticity
- Multi-ion Electrochemistry
- Heat transfer
- Multiple Scalar Advection models
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