An open-source CFD code for additive manufacturing built on OpenFOAM.

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Contributing

We encourage you to contribute to AdditiveFOAM! Please check the guidelines on how to do so.

Contributors

• John Coleman
• Kellis Kincaid
• Gerry L. Knapp
• Benjamin Stump
• Alex Plotkowski
• Matt Rolchigo
• Sam T. Reeve

Citing

If you use AdditiveFoam in your work, please cite the JOSS article :

@article{Coleman2025,
  author       = {John Coleman and
                  Kellis Kincaid and
                  Gerald L. Knapp and
                  Benjamin Stump and
                  Samuel Temple Reeve and
                  Matt Rolchigo and
                  Alex Plotkowski},
  title        = {AdditiveFOAM: A Continuum Multiphysics Code for Additive Manufacturing},
  journal      = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  year         = 2025,
  publisher    = {The Open Journal},
  volume       = {10},
  number       = {109},
  pages        = {7770},
  doi          = {10.21105/joss.07770},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07770}
}

Please also consider citing the Zenodo DOI of the version you used as a software citation:

@software{AdditiveFOAM_1.1.0,
  author       = {John Coleman and
                  Kellis Kincaid and
                  Gerald L. Knapp and
                  Benjamin Stump and
                  Samuel Temple Reeve and
                  Matt Rolchigo and
                  Alex Plotkowski},
  title        = {AdditiveFOAM: A Continuum Multiphysics Code for Additive Manufacturing},
  month        = may,
  year         = 2025,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {1.1.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.15413241},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15413241}
}