Oomph-lib is an open-source C++ finite-element library, a great versatile tool for 2 and 3-dimensional fluid and solid mechanical modelling. However, it is currently developed on Linux systems. While it is possible to run it on OSX, the setup isn’t trivial. Docker is a container solution, where programs are run in containers, which are isolated…
I recently found myself in the situation where I wanted to get the trajectories of streamlines starting from a specific point. Lots of visualization software offer the possibility to plot streamlines. Two of these are Paraview and Tecplot. Paraview is open-source and generally good, although on dense meshes, streamlines tend to stop randomly. Tecplot is…
When working with fluids, knowing what the flow field looks like is often helpful. While most experimental work is fully three dimensional, a 2D approximation will often capture the essence of the flow. In this post, I will detail how one can use the finite element library oomph-lib to “quickly” calculate the flow in almost any geometry. This will…