OpenFASTNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
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About
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a free, open source tools for modeling and visualizing fire-driven flows. FDS is a computational fluid dynamics code that numerically solves a form of the Navier–Stokes equations for low-speed, thermally driven flow, with particular emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires. It uses large-eddy simulation to represent complex fire-plume dynamics and can be applied to scenarios involving fire, wind, sprinklers, ventilation, geometry, materials, and other conditions that influence fire behavior. Users define a scenario through text-based input files, run the calculation with FDS, and analyze the resulting data. It displays output from FDS and CFAST simulations using OpenGL-based 3D graphics and scientific visualization methods, including animated smoke and tracer particles, two- and three-dimensional shaded contours, iso-surfaces, temperature fields, and flow vectors showing direction and magnitude.
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OpenFAST is an open source wind turbine simulation tool developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). It builds upon the FAST v8 code, integrating aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, control systems, and structural dynamics to enable comprehensive, coupled nonlinear aero-hydro-servo-elastic time-domain simulations of wind turbines. OpenFAST supports various configurations, including land-based, fixed-bottom offshore, and floating offshore turbines. The platform aims to foster an open source developer community across research laboratories, industry, and academia, providing a robust software engineering framework with well-documented source code, automated testing, and a multi-platform build system. Key organizational changes from FAST v8.16 to OpenFAST include the establishment of a new GitHub repository consolidating glue codes, modules, and compiling tools; updated version numbering; and the introduction of unit testing at the subroutine level.
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook
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Audience
Fire safety engineers and researchers that need to simulate and visualize smoke, heat transport, and fire-driven fluid flows
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Audience
Wind energy researchers, engineers, and developers requiring a tool for simulating the dynamic response of various wind turbine configurations
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Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
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Support
Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
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API
Offers API
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API
Offers API
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Pricing
Free
Free Version
Free Trial
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Pricing
Free
Free Version
Free Trial
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Training
Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Training
Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Company InformationNIST
Founded: 1901
United States
pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/
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Company InformationNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
United States
www2.nrel.gov/wind/nwtc/openfast
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Integrations
FireFlow Studio for FDS
OpenGL
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