COMPRESSIBLEINTERISOFOAM(1)

okay so this is the compressibleInterIsoFoam(1) page from the OpenFOAM Commands Manual, and yes bestie, we’re doing the full tour. 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

compressibleInterIsoFoam — part of OpenFOAM (The Open Source CFD Toolbox). That’s the whole identity, and she’s iconic. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

# 🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This is a solver for <hotpink>two compressible, non-isothermal immiscible fluids</hotpink> using VOF phase-fraction based interface capturing. It also does optional mesh motion and mesh topology changes, including adaptive re-meshing. <rainbow>literally the main character of two-fluid CFD</rainbow> ✨

# ✨ OPTIONS ✨

Every flag gets a bullet. No skipping, no cap. 🫶

- **`-case`** *dir* — case directory, instead of the current directory. 📁
- **`-decomposeParDict`** *file* — alternative `decomposePar` dictionary file. 🗂️
- **`-parallel`** — run in parallel; tagged `[Parallel option]`. 🔥
- **`-postProcess`** — execute functionObjects only. 🧩
- **`-doc`** — display documentation in browser. go read, bestie. 📖
- **`-help`** — display short help and exit. 🫶
- **`-help-full`** — display full help and exit. 💅

## 💅 ADVANCED OPTIONS 💅

Advanced but still important, okay? Don’t scroll past the lore. 🧚

- **`-debug-switch`** *name=val* — set the named DebugSwitch with `default value: 1`; marked `[Can be used multiple times]`. 🐛
- **`-fileHandler`** *handler* — override the file handler type. 🗂️
- **`-hostRoots`** `((host1 dir1) .. (hostN dirN))` — per-subprocess root directories for distributed running; the host specification can be a regex. Tagged `[Parallel option]`. 🌐
- **`-info-switch`** *name=val* — set the named InfoSwitch with `default value: 1`; marked `[Can be used multiple times]`. ℹ️
- **`-lib`** *name* — additional library or library list to load; marked `[Can be used multiple times]`. 📚
- **`-listFunctionObjects`** — list functionObjects. 🧩
- **`-listFvOptions`** — list fvOptions. ⚙️
- **`-listRegisteredSwitches`** — list switches registered for run-time modification (see `-listUnsetSwitches` option). 🎛️
- **`-listScalarBCs`** — list scalar field boundary conditions (`fvPatchField<scalar>`). 🔢
- **`-listSwitches`** — list switches declared in libraries (see `-listUnsetSwitches` option). 📚
- **`-listTurbulenceModels`** — list turbulenceModels. 🌀
- **`-listUnsetSwitches`** — modifies switch listing to display values not set in `etc/controlDict`. 🙈
- **`-listVectorBCs`** — list vector field boundary conditions (`fvPatchField<vector>`). ➡️
- **`-mpi-no-comm-dup`** — disable initial `MPI_Comm_dup()`. 💀
- **`-mpi-split-by-appnum`** — split world communicator based on the `APPNUM`. 🧵
- **`-mpi-threads`** — request use of MPI threads. 🧵
- **`-no-libs`** — disable use of the `controlDict 'libs' entry`. 🚫
- **`-noFunctionObjects`** — do not execute function objects. 🚫
- **`-opt-switch`** *name=val* — set the named OptimisationSwitch with `default value: 1`; marked `[Can be used multiple times]`. ⚡
- **`-roots`** `(dir1 .. dirN)` — subprocess root directories for distributed running, tagged `[Parallel option]`. 🌳
- **`-world`** *name* — name of the local world for parallel communication, tagged `[Parallel option]`. 🌍
- **`-doc-source`** — display source code in browser. 📄
- **`-help-man`** — display full help (manpage format) and exit. 📖
- **`-help-notes`** — display help notes (description) and exit. 📝

# 🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Online documentation: `https://www.openfoam.com/documentation/` — go click, bestie. 🔗

# 👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

`Copyright © 2018-2025 OpenCFD Ltd.` — preserved and cute. 💖

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