BARAM is an OpenFOAM®-based CFD program package for compressible and incompressible flow and heat transfer analysis. It is an open source program released by NEXTform under the GNU GPL license. BARAM uses solvers developed by NEXTfoam, which has improved the performance of the standard solvers.
OpenFOAM® has the great advantage of being an open source. But there are some shortcuts in using it because it is based on the Linux OS and command-line interface. Generating mesh and setting boundary/analysis conditions in text user interface is very cumbersome for users who have used existing commercial CFD programs. BARAM was developed to improve these shortcuts of OpenFOAM®.
BARAM is an OpenFOAM® based program package that includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI). It includes utilities related to pre/post-processing provided by OpenFOAM®, and can be post-processed using its own post-processor and ParaView. Since BARAM was developed with consideration of extensibility to support various analysis modules, it is easy to add OpenFOAM® solvers and utilities, and it is possible to create modified package as you want.
CFD program package developed by NEXTFOAM and applied GNU GPL
- Integrated GUI program with NextFOAM which is developed and modified by NEXTFOAM
- Consist baramFlow (solver program) and baramMesh (mesh program)
Supported OS and platforms
- Windows : 10 or later / server 2019 or later
- Linux : Ubuntu 20.04 or later / CentOS 8.2, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux / OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 / Mint 21
- MacOS : 10.14 or later (Apple Silicon only)
- HPC Cluster / AWS & Azure Cloud
Features of BARAM
- Overcoming the weakness of OpenFOAM® : Securing stability/accuracy through modification of OpenFOAM code, GUI, Windows support
- CFD for Everyone! (without limit of license, the number of users and processors)
- Compatible with other programs (ANSYS Fluent, StarCCM+, Convert GMSH, Paraview, Tecplot, Ensight)
- Available on Azure market place
BARAM subscription Model
- Divided by the range of technical support, support platforms (Community, Workgroup, Professional, Enterprise)
- Annual contract for the number of nodes on which the BARAM is installed
| Community | Workgroup | Professional | Enterprise | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation Support |
Community Site | O | O | O | On-site support contract available for Professional / Enterprise Edition (Additional fee will be able to charge for business trip) |
| Problem Response |
Community Site | O | O | O | |
| Update | Community Site | Email / Customer Portal | Email / Customer Portal | Email / Customer Portal | |
| Support Time | X | 8X5 business days receive / respond the next day | 8X5 business days receive / respond the next day | 8X5 business days receive / respond the next day | 24X7 respond support contract available for Professional / Enterprise Edition |
| Support Way | Community Site | Email / Call / Online Meeting | Email / Call / Online Meeting / On-site support | On-site support contract available for Professional / Enterprise Edition (Additional fee will be able to charge for business trip) |
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| Add-on Module | X | X | X | O | Add-on Module contract available for Enterprise Edition |
| Training | X | 10% discount on education per subscription | 20% discount on education per subscription | Free for 2 people | On-site education contract available for Professional / Enterprise Edition (Additional fee will be able to charge for business trip) |
| Cloud | X | X | Provide workstation launcher | Provide workstation launcher / HPC Launcher | |
| On-premise HPC support | X | X | X | Installation & Optimization support | Separate contract over the 5 nodes |
| Professional service | X | X | X | BMT, Derive optimal process, Education, Technical support | |
| Price | 0 | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 | Request a quote |
BARAM Professional Service
Professional Service Program
- Evaluate the performance of BARAM and validate the results of customer problem using BARAM with NEXTFOAM engineers and customer
- Establish the work process for applying BARAM based on the performance evaluation and the validation the results
How to do Professional Service
- Establish CFD process about the problem of customer
- Validation of CFD results, generate mesh and check the feasibility/economic feasibility of the CFD model
- Derive the plan/price for applying BARAM on work (Scale of cluster, Plan about the automation of work process, Needs of add-on module)
- Provide the manual about the whole simulation process
- Education how to use the program – geometry modeling, mesh generating, solver setup, post-process