# OpenFOAM README for version 2.3.1

## Table of Contents

- 1 About OpenFOAM
- 2 Copyright
- 3 Download and installation instructions
- 4 Release notes
- 5 Documentation
- 6 Support and development contracts
- 7 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM

## 1 About OpenFOAM

OpenFOAM is a free, open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software package released by the OpenFOAM Foundation. It has a large user base across most areas of engineering and science, from both commercial and academic organisations. OpenFOAM has an extensive range of features to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to solid dynamics and electromagnetics.

## 2 Copyright

OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file `COPYING` in this directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/, for a description of the GNU General Public License terms under which you can copy the files.

## 3 Download and installation instructions

- To install from this Git repository, see http://www.OpenFOAM.org/git.php

## 4 Release notes

http://www.OpenFOAM.org/version2.3.1

## 5 Documentation

http://www.OpenFOAM.com/docs

## 6 Support and development contracts

http://www.OpenFOAM.com/support

## 7 Reporting Bugs in OpenFOAM

http://www.OpenFOAM.com/bugs

Date: 9th February 2014

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