Applied CCM
Darrin and Chris share their motivation to create Caelus, their CFD software derived from OpenFOAM
Today is the first episode with 2 guests – Darrin Stephens & Chris Sideroff – business partners in Applied CCM & based in Australia & Canada respectively.
Whilst Applied CCM have several CFD-related activities, this interview is essentially all about Caelus, their CFD software derived from OpenFOAM. I really wanted to take this opportunity to dig into the whys & wherefores of Caelus, including:
- what makes Caelus different to OpenFOAM, both in terms of features & philosophy;
- why forks/derivatives detract from their parent open-source project & what they signify;
- what “industrially-hardened” means in a CFD context & how Red Hat Linux was a source of inspiration;
- why they have “a thing” about validation;
Shownotes
- Applied CCM – information on all of Applied CCM’s activities, including consultancy, training & development;
- Caelus – the project’s homepage, including downloads, installation notes & documentation;
- Caelus on Bitbucket – online access to the git repository for Caelus source code.