CFD efforts in the Netherlands

Research in the Netherlands on technical and organizational methods, techniques, and tools to structure and integrate the growing amount of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) software and supporting utility programs, is reviewed. This has resulted in ISNaS, an open software system for development, production, and application of CFD. The system is implemented on a powerful local network connected to the national network. The approach is described for cooperative development of CFD software that can form part of an open system such as ISNaS. Reference is made to application of the approach for solvers for the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations concerning three cooperative development projects.