A Status Quo Investigation of Large Language Models towards Cost-Effective CFD Automation with OpenFOAMGPT: ChatGPT vs. Qwen vs. Deepseek

Abstract

We evaluated the performance of OpenFOAMGPT incorporating multiple large-language models. Some of the present models efficiently manage different CFD tasks such as adjusting boundary conditions, turbulence models, and solver configurations, although their token cost and stability vary. Locally deployed smaller models like QwQ-32B struggled with generating valid solver files for complex processes. Zero-shot prompting commonly failed in simulations with intricate settings, even for large models. Challenges with boundary conditions and solver keywords stress the requirement for expert supervision, indicating that further development is needed to fully automate specialized CFD simulations.