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OpenFOAM

free software package for numerical processes
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OpenFOAM

Summary

OpenFOAM is a computer program[1]. OpenFOAM draws 174 Wikipedia views per month (computer_program category, ranking #20 of 130).[2]

Key Facts

  • OpenFOAM's instance of is recorded as computer program[3].
  • OpenFOAM's instance of is recorded as application software[4].
  • OpenFOAM's developer is recorded as Henry Weller[5].
  • OpenFOAM's developer is recorded as Mattijs Janssens[6].
  • OpenFOAM's developer is recorded as Mark Olesen[7].
  • OpenFOAM's developer is recorded as Hrvoje Jasak[8].
  • OpenFOAM's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[9].
  • OpenFOAM's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[10].
  • OpenFOAM's operating system is recorded as Linux[11].
  • OpenFOAM's operating system is recorded as Q14658[12].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.1[13].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0[14].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[15].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 5.0[16].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 6[17].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as v1806[18].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 7[19].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as v1812[20].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as v1906[21].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as v1912[22].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 8[23].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 10[24].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 9[25].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as 11[26].
  • OpenFOAM's software version identifier is recorded as v2006[27].

Why It Matters

OpenFOAM draws 174 Wikipedia views per month (computer_program category, ranking #20 of 130).[2] OpenFOAM has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

application C++ computational fluid dynamics computational mechanics Linux Mark Olesen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . openfoam.org. Retrieved . openfoam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . openfoam.org. Retrieved . openfoam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . openfoam.com. Retrieved . openfoam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . openfoam.com. openfoam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . openfoam.com. openfoam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . openfoam.com. openfoam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . openfoam.org. Retrieved . openfoam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . openfoam.org. Retrieved . openfoam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . openfoam.org. Retrieved . openfoam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . openfoam.com. openfoam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · ~2026-27683-06 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    Programmed in → Q2407
    Inception → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P306]]: [[Q1406]]"
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