Flow5 released to open source

(flow5.tech)

114 points | by picture 10 hours ago

5 comments

  • GranPC 10 hours ago
    Context from the homepage (https://flow5.tech):

    An analysis tool for planes and sails operating at low Reynolds numbers

    flow5 is a potential flow solver with built-in pre- and post processing functionalities. Its purpose is to make preliminary designs of wings, planes, hydrofoils and sails reliable, fast and user-friendly.

    • LASR 6 hours ago
      With so many things being called Flow these days, this one is probably the most fitting.
  • euroderf 3 hours ago
    Make it work for paper airplanes and you have a nice teaching tool.
  • notpushkin 7 hours ago
  • serf 6 hours ago
    >Performance scales with the speed and number of processor threads.

    music to my ears. I wish more software had similar rules.

    • tgv 53 minutes ago
      Certain types of (numerical) problems are very parallel in nature. LLMs, for example. But obviously not every problem is. And sometimes a parallel solution isn't the most efficient.
  • samuell 5 hours ago
    Curious that this hit the front page.

    What kind of projects is this software used for?

    • taneq 48 minutes ago
      > Its purpose is to make preliminary designs of wings, planes, hydrofoils and sails reliable, fast and user-friendly.

      From the main project page. So it’s for designing aircraft, mostly.