CAE

BARAM

Open source CFD program based on OpenFOAM

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About BARAM

  • Offers advanced simulation capabilities for turbulence modeling, including Spalart-Allmaras, SST, standard, RNG, realizable, LES, and DES
  • Supports comprehensive heat transfer analysis with natural/forced convection, conduction, and conjugate heat transfer
  • Handles compressible flow with pressure-based solvers for incompressible to subsonic flow and density-based solvers for subsonic to supersonic flow
  • Enables multiphase simulations using Volume of Fluid for multiple phases and cavitation models like Schnerr-Sauer, Kunz, and Merkle
  • Provides species transport with buoyancy and diffusion, alongside user-defined scalar transport equations with or without flow calculation
  • Includes non-Newtonian models such as Bird-Carreau, Cross power law, Hershel-Bulkley, and Power law
  • Simulates rotating machinery with Multiple Reference Frame (MRF), Sliding Mesh, Actuator Disk, and Fan boundary condition options
  • Models porous media using Darcy-Forchheimer, Power-law, and Porous jump boundary conditions
  • Facilitates batch runs with user-defined parameters in csv and xlsx formats for condition setup
  • Delivers detailed monitoring and reporting of residual values, forces, coefficients, and variables like age, y+, Q, vorticity, heat flux, heat transfer coefficient, shear stress, total pressure, and Mach number
  • Supports multiple mesh types including OpenFOAM PolyMesh, Fluent (.msh/cas), Gmsh (.msh), I-deas Universal (.unv), and StarCCM+ (.ccm)
  • Imports STL files with automatic detection of closed surfaces, surface splitting by feature angle, and support for simple native geometries (Hex, Sphere, Cylinder) and non-watertight surfaces
  • Generates meshes for external and internal flows with cell zones, conformal/non-conformal interfaces, multi-region meshing for OpenFOAM, and refinement based on surfaces, edges, volumes, gaps, and curvature
  • Builds boundary layers and scales efficiently with parallel meshing, with the ability to export 3D meshes as 2D or axi-symmetric
  • Allows mesh manipulation through scaling, translation, and rotation

Technical Specifications

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Latest Version

v25.1.0

License Type

Free

Pricing

Free

Free

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