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ANSYS Multiphysics
Includes ANSYS/FLOTRAN, the CFD code from ANSYS, Inc. Commercial software for various Unix platforms and Windows 95/NT.

CFD Books List
A list of CFD-related books. Latest entries are from 1995.

CFD Jobs Database
Database with open positions in Computational Fluid Dynamics: permanent positions in industry and academia, contract work, PostDoc positions, PhD studentships, summer jobs.

CFD Literature
Descriptions and reviews of books about CFD in general, turbulence modeling, heat transfer modeling, numerical grids, numerical methods and some special topics.

CFX
Commercial CFD software from AEA Technology for UNIX platforms and Windows NT.

CFX User Subroutine Archive
From David T. Creech, several Fortran user subroutines to modify the default physical models in CFX.

Diffpack
Object-oriented (C++) framework for solving partial differential equations. Commercial product but source code for Unix and demo software for Windows can be downloaded.

FEATFLOW
Finite Element program for the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Fortran 77 source code and installation for several UNIX platforms available.

FEMLAB
X Windows program for the solution of partial differential equations based on FEM with adaptive meshing and automatic error control. Source code available. The program has been tested and run on SUN workstations under SunOS 5.4.

FIDAP
Commercial software package from Fluent, Inc. for the simulation of incompressible or compressible flows, particularly for applications in materials processing.

Flo++
General purpose finite volume computational fluid dynamics program for fluid flow and heat transfer problems, Windows 95 or Windows NT v4.0 or higher, an evaluation version (fully functional but limited to 10 000 cells) may be downloaded.

FLOW-3D
A commercial general purpose CFD software package based on the finite-difference method for various Unix platforms and PC.

FLUENT
Commercial general-purpose CFD software for incompressible and mildly compressible flows. Applications include modeling of separators, reactors, and heat/mass transfer equipment. Available for various Unix platforms and Win 95/NT.

FreeFEM
Adaptive Finite Element program to solve a variety of PDEs and PDE systems. Source code and installation instructions for Windows 95/NT, Macintosh/Power Mac, and UNIX work stations (X Windows) available.

The Ideal Flow Machine
Java applet to experiment with and visualize elementary two-dimensional ideal flows. Sources, sinks, vortexes etc. can be placed and the streamlines are plotted.

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
From CHAM, a brief description for beginners.

MillSoft Online
Charge motion simulation program for ball and rock particles tumbling mills based on the discrete element method (DEM); commercially available via a Web interface.

MixSim
Commercial analysis tool from Fluent, Inc. for complete hydrodynamic simulation of agitated mixing vessels. Available for various Unix platforms and Win 95/NT.

Mouse
2D flow solver for compressible gas flow (steady, unsteady, invisicid and viscous) and incompressible flow (steady, invisicid and viscous), requires egcs compiler and Qt library on Unix platforms.

Numerical Grid Generation
Full text of Joe F. Thompson's 1985 textbook about the mathematical background of grid generation and its use in numerical solution of partial differential equations.

PHASES
General purpose software package for numerical simulation of fluid flow (including two-phase flow) and heat/mass transfer processes; requires Windows 9x/NT; PHASES 1.0, a restricted version for diffusion problems, is available at no cost.

PHOENICS
Features and application examples of this well-known CFD code from CHAM. Available with five levels of functionality and price, level 1 is free of charge.

QUICK 'n SIMPLE
Free 2-D CFD program for Mac/PowerMac. Combines graphical user interface with an iterative control-volume finite-difference solution algorithm.

Selected Benchmarks from Commercial CFD Codes
Technical brief by C. J. Freitas which summarizes the results of two forums organized by the Fluids Engineering Division of ASME.

SINDA/FLUINT
Finite-difference, lumped parameter (circuit or network analogy) tool for analyzing heat transfer and fluid flow problems. Available for PC, Sun, and HP workstations. Evaluation versions can be downloaded.

STAR-CD
A commercial multi-purpose thermofluids analysis code based on the finite-volume method.

What CFD Can and Cannot Do
Considerations about the capabilities of CFD from CHAM.

What is CFD?
A brief introduction to the science of Computational Fluid Dynamics from Softflo.