Integration at the start of a collaborative research project at the application stage has several advantages: The exploitation of the results achieved in the project can be outlined as early as the application stage. This exploitation and the associated tasks can be defined in advance in a cooperation agreement.

During project processing, both the input conditions (e.g. geometry input, meshing strategy, etc.) and the subsequent implementation (e.g. cloud vs. in-house solutions) can be closely coordinated with the problem definition.

This can increase the chances of project approval, as the subsequent commercial exploitation of the results is also directly taken into account.

Sometimes a research project develops into a self-runner:

While it is not yet clear at the start of the project whether all the scientific hurdles can be overcome, over the course of the project there is a lively interest from industry in being able to use the developed methodology in their own companies. Here we can provide our partners with a flexible quote for the efficient use of the OpenFOAM functionality we have developed.

During the project term, interfaces and framework conditions can usually be easily adapted.

It is not uncommon for sophisticated and outstanding extensions to disappear into oblivion, as there is no possibility of maintaining these solutions in the scientific environment.

It is also often associated with considerable hurdles to provide non-OpenFOAM experts with easy access to these solutions.

This is particularly unfortunate if there is considerable interest from the industry in using the functionality. We support you with our automated setup tools.