OpenQBMM 14.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2412. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v2412 repository. See here. To cite this release, please use: To cite OpenQBMM, please use:
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OpenQBMM 12.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2306. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v2312 repository: see here. To cite this release, please use: To cite OpenQBMM please use:
OpenQBMM 12.0.0 for OpenFOAM v2312
As part of the consolidation effort of communication media, which started with the move from forums to GitHub discussions, we are closing the OpenQBMM Twitter account starting August 1st, 2023. Our blog has an RSS feed that can be subscribed to without any need of external accounts and provides links to the blog posts and […]
Goodbye Twitter
OpenQBMM 11.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2306. Changes compared to OpenQBMM 10 can be seen in the changelog. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v2306 repository: see here. To cite this release, please […]
OpenQBMM 11.0.0 for OpenFOAM v2306
Our forum (https://openqbmm.freeforums.net/) will be closed and removed starting April 1st. Forums will be replaced by GitHub Discussions, which are already available here: https://github.com/OpenQBMM/OpenQBMM/discussions and through the Support -> Discussion menu. Registrations on the old forum are now blocked, and the forum will be deleted. This decision came as part of a consolidation process to […]
Forums closure
OpenQBMM 10.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2212. Changes compared to OpenQBMM 9 can be seen in the changelog. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v2212 repository: see here. To cite this release, please […]
OpenQBMM 10.0.0 for OpenFOAM v2212
The article illustrating the theoretical foundations of the generalized quadrature method of moments is now available from the publisher’s website.
Generalized quadrature method of moments theory article published
OpenQBMM 9.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2206. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v2206 repository: see here. To cite this release, please use: To cite OpenQBMM please use:
OpenQBMM 9.0.0 for OpenFOAM-v2206 released
OpenQBMM 8.0.0 is now available. This is a stable maintenance release of OpenQBMM. The target version of OpenFOAM to build this release is OpenFOAM-v2112. This release is also available as a git submodule for the OpenFOAM-v21012 repository: see here. To cite this release, please use: To cite OpenQBMM please use:
OpenQBMM 8.0.0 for OpenFOAM-v2112 released
The OpenQBMM IRC channel has moved to Libera. Please, see the new connection details here. Enjoy 🙂
IRC chat moved to Libera Chat
The OpenQBMM repository at GitHub has been reorganized as follows: the master branch is now based on OpenFOAM v1912 instead than OpenFOAM 7 to facilitate synchronization with the sub-module in OpenFOAM from www.openfoam.com the development branch based on OpenFOAM 7 from http://openfoam.org has been renamed development-openfoam.org a new branch development-openfoam.com was added to track developments […]
New branch structure
We prepared a patch release to group together bug fixes, particularly regarding the case setup and moment initialization of polydisperseBubbleFoam. No changes impacting user input were made. For a detailed list of changes with respect to OpenQBMM 4.0.0, please refer to the list of commits following no b78a799e8f66481f9c84d63733f513ce57602470 In case you experience issues, please open […]
OpenQBMM 5.0.1 for OpenFOAM 7 is now available
Our article on the zeta realizable scheme for moment transport on R+ support “A second-order realizable scheme for moment advection on unstructured grids”, written in collaboration with EM2C-CentraleSupelec-UP Saclay was accepted and can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2019.106993. The pre=print is available on ResearchGate.
Article on realizable zeta scheme on unstructured grids
The OpenQBMM team will be attending the 2019 Symposium of the Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE) on October 28th – 29th, discussing the simulation capability of the framework and presenting some of the results obtained using OpenQBMM.
OpenQBMM at the 2019 CoMFRE Symposium

Some time ago we have conducted a survey to gather interest in who is using OpenQBMM, what are their areas of interest and what are the desired features in future releases. This survey was part of an effort to better understand the interest of the current and the potential user base of the framework and […]