@hackage dsmc-tools0.1.0.0

This package provides CLI to dsmc library to perform rarefied gas flow simulation. The tool is named dsmc-runner. Another tool, dsmc-caster is used to render CSG bodies to check if the body geometry is defined correctly.

Both programs can be run with -? flag to obtain usage informaiton and help of command-line flags.

To run programs using multiple threads, specify +RTS -N flag.

Extra data files which are installed with this package can be found in share directory used by Cabal.

• dsmc-runner

To perform a simulation, input parameters for DSMC must be defined in «problem file», which uses INI-like format, see example.prb included in the package.

To define the body (which is then referenced from the problem file), .geo format is used, see body.geo, smiley.geo and reentry2.geo for example.

The runner dumps macroscopic data in text format to the file specified using -m option, which can be then analyzed using visualization software like ParaView.

To sum up,

$ dsmc-runner example.prb -m macro.txt +RTS -N

2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Program started
2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Using problem file: example.prb
2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Macroscopic data output file: macro.txt
2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Not writing ensemble data
2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Using body definition file: ./reentry2.geo
2012-06-13 11:32:02 MSK: [DEBUG] Starting simulation
2012-06-13 11:32:04 MSK: [DEBUG] Not steady yet; particles count: 1662080
2012-06-13 11:32:05 MSK: [DEBUG] Not steady yet; particles count: 1661946
2012-06-13 11:32:06 MSK: [DEBUG] Not steady yet; particles count: 1662026
…

• dsmc-caster

dsmc-caster is a program used to view bodies defined using .geo format.

$ dsmc-caster smiley.geo +RTS -N

Drag with left mouse button to rotate the object and mouse wheel to zoom in/out. More command-line options are available, see usage help with -? flag.