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Title: Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer

Abstract

The SPARTA package is software for simulating low-density fluids via the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, which is a particle-based method for tracking particle trajectories and collisions as a model of a multi-species gas. The main component of SPARTA is a simulation code which allows the user to specify a simulation domain, populate it with particles, embed triangulated surfaces as boundary conditions for the flow, overlay a grid for finding pairs of collision partners, and evolve the system in time via explicit timestepping. The package also includes various pre- and post-processing tools, useful for setting up simulations and analyzing the results. The simulation code runs either in serial on a single processor or desktop machine, or can be run in parallel using the MPI message-passing library, to enable faster performance on large problems.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Sandia National Laboratories; Sandia National Laboratories
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1232086
Report Number(s):
SPARTA; 003373MLTPL00
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Software
Software Revision:
00
Software Package Number:
003373
Software Package Contents:
Open Source Software package available from Sandia National Laboratory at the following URL: http://sparta.sandia.gov
Software CPU:
MLTPL
Open Source:
Yes
Source Code Available:
Yes
Country of Publication:
United States

Citation Formats

Michael Gallis, Steve Plimpton. Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer. Computer software. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1232086. Vers. 00. USDOE. 24 Jan. 2014. Web.
Michael Gallis, Steve Plimpton. (2014, January 24). Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer (Version 00) [Computer software]. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1232086.
Michael Gallis, Steve Plimpton. Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer. Computer software. Version 00. January 24, 2014. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1232086.
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title = {Stochastic PArallel Rarefied-gas Time-accurate Analyzer, Version 00},
author = {Michael Gallis, Steve Plimpton},
abstractNote = {The SPARTA package is software for simulating low-density fluids via the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, which is a particle-based method for tracking particle trajectories and collisions as a model of a multi-species gas. The main component of SPARTA is a simulation code which allows the user to specify a simulation domain, populate it with particles, embed triangulated surfaces as boundary conditions for the flow, overlay a grid for finding pairs of collision partners, and evolve the system in time via explicit timestepping. The package also includes various pre- and post-processing tools, useful for setting up simulations and analyzing the results. The simulation code runs either in serial on a single processor or desktop machine, or can be run in parallel using the MPI message-passing library, to enable faster performance on large problems.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1232086}, year = {Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Fri Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2014},
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