Tools for computational fluid dynamics.
To run first load the cfdace module (module add cfdace).
In addition to the command cfdace, there are OpenGL and X versions. The commands are summarized below.
| OpenGL | X |
|---|---|
| CFD-GEOM | XCFD-GEOM |
| CFD-ACE-GUI | XCFD-ACE-GUI |
| CFD-VIEW | XCFD-VIEW |
| CFD-VisCART | XCFD-VisCART |
| CFD-ACE-SOLVER | |
| CFD-RUN | |
| CFD-Toolkit | |
| CFD-TOPO-GUI |
Version: 2004
Labs:
Scientific Development and Visualization Lab
System(s):All SUN and SGI workstations
License: 2 concurrent users.
Categories:Fluid Dynamics
FIDAP uses the finite element method to simulate many classes of incompressible fluid flows, such as 2-D axisymmetric and 3-D steady-state or transient simulations that include the effects of temperature.
To run, you must first load the "fluent" module ( module add fluent).
Documentation is available at http://www.msi.umn.edu/restricted/fluent/index.htm. These manuals are only accessible from an institute machine.
Version: 8.52
Labs:
IBM SP
License: 20 concurrent processes
Categories:Fluid Dynamics
FLUENT uses a finite volume numerical procedure to solve the differential equations governing fluid flow, as well as conservation of energy and chemical species therein. Both compressible and incompressible flows can be modeled, as can turbulence by way of the k-e turbulence model.
Documentation is available at http://www.msi.umn.edu/restricted/fluent/index.htm. These manuals are only accessible from an institute machine.
Version: 6.10-1
Labs:
IBM SP
License: 20 processes
Categories:Fluid Dynamics
Fast is an interactive computational fluid dynamics Post-Processing software package from NASA for SGI workstations. Due to its many features, it is used by researchers at the Supercomputing Institute from many different fields. Features of FAST include: Drawing shaded meshes, isosurfaces, streamlines, vector fields, particle traces and contours. It can output Postscript. Annotation and legends are easy to add. FAST specializes in curvilinear grids and reads in PLOT3D data files. Copies of the FAST User Guide are available in the Institute's reference library. FAST has a good deal of on-line help while in the program itself. There is a brief man page (man fast).
Version: 1.1a
Labs: Scientific Development and Visualization Lab, Basic Sciences
Computing Lab
System(s): all SGI workstations
Categories: Fluid Dynamics, Visualization, Isosurfaces, Contours,
Vector Fields
For more information, see http://www.msi.umn.edu/software/fast/tutorial/index.html.
FEMLAB is a Matlab-based Multiphysics modeling tool that solves all types of problems based on Finite Element Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Predefined applications modes include stress/strain, heat transfer, CFD, and electromagnetics. Addional features of FEMLAB include specialized add-on modules for chemical Engineering, Structural Mechanics and Electromagnetics.
To run Femlab, first load the femlab module (module load femlab), next type femlab,
Version: 3.0
Labs:
Altix, Scientific Development and Visualization Lab
System(s): SGI Altix 3000, SUN workstations at SDVL
Categories:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Aided Engineering, Fluid Dynamics
Gambit, from Fluent, Inc is a tool for creating meshes for CFD problems.
To run first load the fluent module (module add fluent), then type gambit
Manuals are available in the Institute's library and there is an online help in the form of html documents from within Gambit. Other documentation is available at http://www.msi.umn.edu/restricted/gambit/index.htm. These manuals can only be accessible from an institute machine.
Version: 2.0.4
Labs:
IBM SP
System(s): IBM SP
Categories: Fluid Dynamics
Tecplot is a powerful interactive plotting program for visualizing and analyzing engineering and scientific data. It integrates XY plotting with two- and three- dimensional surface data-visualization capabilities into a single easy-to-use program. Tecplot allows the user to create plots with contours, iso-surfaces, mesh lines, vectors, streamlines, light-source shaded surfaces, and scatter symbols. Tecplot manuals are available in the Institute's reference library, in /usr/local/tecplot8/doc (pdf format), and on line.
Tecplot has some built in animation capabilities which produces AVI movies or raster meta files. For raster metafiles, use rm2sun or rm2mpeg to convert these to sun image files or to a mpeg movie respectively (be sure to add the imageproc module, module add imageproc).
Version:10.0-0-7
Labs: Scientific Development and Visualization Lab, Basic Sciences
Computing Lab,
Scientific Development and Visualization Lab-sdvlapp1, Medicinal Chemistry/Supercomputing Institute Visualization-Workstation Laboratory, Altix, IBM Power4
System(s): all UNIX workstations, Unisys, PCs in SDVL and BSCL
License: Shared U site license
Categories: Visualization, Isosurfaces, Contours,
Graphs, Vector Fields, Fluid Dynamics
For more information, see http://www.msi.umn.edu/software/tecplot/tutorial/index.html.
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