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OpenLB—Open source lattice Boltzmann code

Krause, Mathias J.; Kummerländer, Adrian; Avis, Samuel J.; Kusumaatmaja, Halim; Dapelo, Davide; Klemens, Fabian; Gaedtke, Maximilian; Hafen, Nicolas; Mink, Albert; Trunk, Robin; Marquardt, Jan E.; Maier, Marie-Luise; Haussmann, Marc; Simonis, Stephan

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Mathias J. Krause

Adrian Kummerländer

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Samuel Avis sam.avis@durham.ac.uk
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Davide Dapelo

Fabian Klemens

Maximilian Gaedtke

Nicolas Hafen

Albert Mink

Robin Trunk

Jan E. Marquardt

Marie-Luise Maier

Marc Haussmann

Stephan Simonis



Abstract

We present the OpenLB package, a C++ library providing a flexible framework for lattice Boltzmann simulations. The code is publicly available and published under GNU GPLv2, which allows for adaption and implementation of additional models. The extensibility benefits from a modular code structure achieved e.g. by utilizing template meta-programming. The package covers various methodical approaches and is applicable to a wide range of transport problems (e.g. fluid, particulate and thermal flows). The built-in processing of the STL file format furthermore allows for the simple setup of simulations in complex geometries. The utilization of MPI as well as OpenMP parallelism enables the user to perform those simulations on large-scale computing clusters. It requires a minimal amount of dependencies and includes several benchmark cases and examples. The package presented here aims at providing an open access platform for both, applicants and developers, from academia as well as industry, which facilitates the extension of previous implementations and results to novel fields of application for lattice Boltzmann methods. OpenLB was tested and validated over several code reviews and publications. This paper summarizes the findings and gives a brief introduction to the underlying concepts as well as the design of the parallel data structure.

Citation

Krause, M. J., Kummerländer, A., Avis, S. J., Kusumaatmaja, H., Dapelo, D., Klemens, F., …Simonis, S. (2021). OpenLB—Open source lattice Boltzmann code. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 81, 258-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.04.033

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 29, 2020
Online Publication Date May 27, 2020
Publication Date Jan 1, 2021
Deposit Date May 29, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Computers and Mathematics with Applications
Print ISSN 0898-1221
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 81
Pages 258-288
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.04.033

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