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USim 3.0 Installation, Licensing and Release Notes
Introduction
Installation
USim Installation Instructions
Included Software
USim Documentation
License Installation
Windows or Linux
On Mac OS X
Release Notes
New and Updated Features in 3.0
New and Updated Features in 2.2
New and Updated Features in 2.0
USim Quick Start
USim Quick Start: Getting Started with the USim Series of Computational Applications
USimComposer Introduction
Setup
Run
Visualize
USimComposer Menu Bar
USimBase Examples
Flow over a Forward-Facing Step (forwardFacingStep.pre)
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability (khInstability.pre)
Magnetized Ramp Flow (rampFlow.pre)
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (rtInstability.pre)
Shock Tube (shockTube.pre)
Unstable Plasma zPinch (zPinch.pre)
USimHEDP Examples
Anisotropic Diffusion (anisotropicDiffusion.pre)
Anisotropic Poisson (anisotropicPoisson.pre)
Multi-Fluids with Collisions (collisionalMultiFluid.pre)
Dense Plasma Focus (densePlasmaFocus.pre)
Gas Injection (gasInjection.pre)
Two-Fluid Magnetic Reconnection (gemChallenge.pre)
Magnetic Nozzle (magneticNozzle.pre)
Merging Plasma Jets (plasmaJetMerging.pre)
Ten-Moment, Two-Fluid Shock (tenMomentShock.pre)
Verify EOS Table (verifyEOSTable.pre)
USimHS Examples
Diffusion (diffusion.pre)
Turbulent Flow Over Flat Plate (flatPlate.pre)
Flow over a Cylindrical Rod (highSpeedRod.pre)
Supersonic Crossflow over a Cylinder (mach2Cylinder.pre)
Blunt-Body Reentry Vehicle (ramC.pre)
3D Reentry Vehicle (ramC3d.pre)
Coupled USimHS and USimHEDP Examples
Arc Plasma Torch (plasmaTorch.pre)
Radio Communication Blackout (ramCEM.pre)
USim In Depth
Basic Concepts
Pre File Syntax
Key Parameters
Macros
Introduction
Overview
Basic USim Simulations
Using USim to solve the Euler Equations
Using USim to solve the Magnetohydrodynamic Equations
Solving Multi-Dimensional Problems in USim
Solving Problems on Advanced Structured Meshes in USim
Solving Problems on Unstructured Meshes in USim
Advanced USim Simulations
Advanced USim Simulation Concepts
Advanced Methods for Solving the Euler Equations with USim
Advanced Methods for Solving the Magnetohydrodynamics Equations with USim
Advanced Methods for Solving for Solving Problems in Multi-Dimensions with Usim
Advanced Methods for Solving Problems on Advanced Meshes with USim
Using USim to Solve Advanced Physics Problems
Using USim to Solve a Diffusion Problem
Using USim to Solve the Two-Fluid Plasma Model
Using USim to Solve MHD with General Equation of State
Using USim to Solve MHD with General Equation of State
Using USim to Solve a Magnetic Nozzle Problem
Using USim to Solve an Anisotropic Diffusion Problem
Using USim to Solve Multi-Fluid Problems with Collisions
Using USim to solve 10 moment ions with 5 moment electrons
Using USim to Solve Navier-Stokes Equations
Using USim to Solve Multi-Species Reactive Flows
Advanced Time-Stepping Methods in USim
Running USim from the Command Line
Restarting a USim Simulation
Running on a Remote Host
USim Reference Manual
Introduction
Macros
Mathphys Macro
Grid Macro
Euler Macro
Ideal MHD Macro
Anisotropic Conductivity Macro
Grid
cart (1d, 2d, 3d)
bodyFitted (1d, 2d, 3d)
unstructured
DataStruct
bin
dynVector
nodalArray
DataStructAlias
UpdateStep
UpdateSequence
Updater
initialize (1d, 2d, 3d)
linearCombiner (1d, 2d, 3d)
uniformCombiner (1d, 2d, 3d)
combiner (1d, 2d, 3d)
dynVectorOperator
equation (1d, 2d, 3d)
computePrimitiveState(1d, 2d, 3d)
vertexJetUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
firstOrderMusclUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
classicMusclUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
unstructMusclUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
thirdOrderMusclUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
vector (1d, 2d, 3d)
diffusion (1d, 2d, 3d)
navierStokesViscousOperator (1d, 2d, 3d)
kOmegaOperator (1d, 2d, 3d)
kEpsilonOperator (1d, 2d, 3d)
generalizedOhmsLaw (1d, 2d, 3d)
resitiveOperator (1d, 2d, 3d)
multiUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
implicitMultiUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
localOdeIntegrator (1d, 2d, 3d)
timeStepRestrictionUpdater (1d, 2d, 3d)
boundaryEntityGenerator (1d, 2d, 3d)
characteristicCellLength (1d, 2d, 3d)
entityGenerator (1d, 2d, 3d)
minDistanceToWall (1d, 2d, 3d)
operatorEntityGenerator (1d, 2d, 3d)
paintEntity (1d, 2d, 3d)
binCells (1d, 2d, 3d)
fieldAtPoint (1d, 2d, 3d)
intCombinedFields (1d, 2d, 3d)
lineIntegral (1d, 2d, 3d)
maxCombinedFields (1d, 2d, 3d)
surfaceIntegral (1d, 2d, 3d)
surfaceVariables (1d, 2d, 3d)
nanChecker (1d, 2d, 3d)
pressureDensityCorrector (1d, 2d, 3d)
valueCorrector (1d, 2d, 3d)
Time Integrator
Preconditioner
Hyperbolic Equations
eulerEqn
realGasEqn
realGasEosEqn
tenMomentEqn
multiSpeciesSingleVelocityEqn
mhdDednerEqn
mhdDednerEosEqn
gasDynamicMhdDednerEqn
simpleTwoTemperatureMhdDednerEqn
twoTemperatureMhdDednerEqn
maxwellEqn
maxwellDednerEqn
gasDynamicMaxwellDednerEqn
twoFluidEqn
userDefinedEqn
Algebraic Equations
eulerSym
mhdSym
maxwellSym
multiSpeciesSym
twoFluidSym
exprHyperSrc
mhdSrc
tenMomentFluidSrc
twoFluidSrc
idealGasVariables
idealGasComputeVariables
propaceosVariables
propaceosComputeVariables
sesameVariables
sesameComputeVariables
vanDerWaalsVariables
vanDerWaalsComputeVariables
bremsPowerSrc
radiationAbsorption
radiationEmission
coilFieldEqn
current
lorentzForce
wireFieldEqn
computeChargeError
hyperbolicCleanSym
collisionFrequency
conductivityTensor
momentumEnergyExchange
NFluidSrc
reactionTableRhs
temperatureRelaxation
transportCoeffSrc
Boundary Conditions
copy (1d, 2d, 3d)
eulerBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
functionBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
generalBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
maxwellBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
mhdBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
periodicCartBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
simpleBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
sufaceEvaporation (1d, 2d, 3d)
tenMomentBc (1d, 2d, 3d)
Time Step Restriction
cyclotronFrequency (1d, 2d, 3d)
frequency (1d, 2d, 3d)
hyperbolic (1d, 2d, 3d)
plasmaFrequency (1d, 2d, 3d)
positiveValue (1d, 2d, 3d)
quadratic (1d, 2d, 3d)
whistlerWave (1d, 2d, 3d)
Multi-Species Data Files
Multi-Species Chemical Reactions
Multi-Species Specific Heat At Constant Pressure
Multi-Species Energy of Formation, Molecular Weight, Molecular Diameter and Degrees of Freedom
Current Topic
Contents
USim 3.0 Installation, Licensing and Release Notes
USim Quick Start
USim In Depth
USim Reference Manual
Index
A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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L
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M
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N
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O
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
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U
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V
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W
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Z
A
ablation
Anisotropic Diffusion
anisotropic diffusion
Arrhenius-type Chemical Reactions
Arrhenius-type Chemical Reactions with Equilibriation
B
Backward
ballistic
bin
binCells
blackout
bodyFitted
boundary
Boundary Condition
boundaryEntityGenerator
bremsPowerSrc
C
characteristicCellLength
Chemical Reactions
classicMusclUpdater
coilFieldEqn
collisionFrequency
combiner
computeChargeError
computePrimitiveState
conduction
,
[1]
conductivityTensor
convertToSingleFluid
convertToTwoFluid
copy
copyGridBndryUpdater
Crank-Nicholson
curl
current
curvilinear coordinates
,
[1]
cyclotronFrequency
Cylindrical Rod at Sea Level
D
Data Files
DataStruct
DataStructAlias
DC arc
Degrees of Freedom
densePlasmaFocus
diffusion
,
[1]
,
[2]
Dirchlet
divergence
divergence cleaning
,
[1]
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
,
[6]
dynVector
dynVectorOperator
E
electron energy
,
[1]
electrostatics
Energy of Formation
entityGenerator
Equation
Equation-of-state table
equationUpdater
Euler
eulerBc
eulerEqn
eulerSym
eulerThreeTempEqn
eulerTwoTempEqn
explicit time integration
expression
exprFunc
exprHyperSrc
F
fieldAtPoint
first derivatives
firstOrderMusclUpdater
Fixed-rate chemical reactions
Flow over cylinder
Forward-Facing Step
forwardFacingStep
frequency
functionBc
funcUpdater
G
Gas dynamic MHD
gasDynamicMaxwellDednerEqn
gasDynamicMhdDednerEqn
gemChallenge
general equation of state
,
[1]
,
[2]
generalBc
generalizedOhmsLaw
gradient
gravitational force
grid
H
highSpeedRod
hydrodynamics
,
[1]
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
,
[6]
,
[7]
,
[8]
hyperbolic
hyperbolicCleanEqn
hyperbolicCleanSym
hypersonic
,
[1]
hypersonic flow
,
[1]
I
idealGasComputeVariables
idealGasVariables
idealMhdEqn
implicitMultiUpdater
initialize
intCombinedFields
inviscid compressilbe hydrodynamics
iterative
iterative solver
J
Jacobian Free Newton Krylov
K
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
kEpsilonOperator
kOmegaOperator
L
laminar viscosity
laplacian
limiter
linearCombiner
lineIntegral
localOdeIntegrator
lorentzForce
M
Magnetic nozzle
magnetohydrodynamics
,
[1]
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
,
[6]
,
[7]
,
[8]
,
[9]
mass injection
maxCombinedFields
Maxwell's equations
,
[1]
maxwellBc
maxwellDednerEqn
maxwellEqn
maxwellSym
mhdBc
mhdDednerEosEqn
mhdDednerEqn
mhdSrc
mhdSym
minDistanceToWall
Molecular Diameter
Molecular Weight
momentumEnergyExchange
Multi-Fluid Collisions
multigrid
multispecies
multiSpeciesSingleVelocityEqn
multiSpeciesSym
multiUpdater
N
nanChecker
Navier-Stokes
,
[1]
,
[2]
navierStokesViscousOperator
Neumann
NFluidSrc
nodalArray
ntCart
O
operatorEntityGenerator
ordinary differential equation`
P
paintEntity
periodicCartBc
plane-wave
plasma
Plasma acceleration
plasmadynamics
,
[1]
,
[2]
plasmaFrequency
plasmaJetMerging
Poisson
positiveValue
pressureDensityCorrector
primitive state
propaceosComputeVariables
propaceosVariables
Q
quadratic
R
radiationAbsorption
radiationEmission
RAMC
rampFlow
Rayleigh Taylor Instability
reactions
reactionTableRhs
Reactive flow
reactive flow
real gas
,
[1]
realGasEosEqn
realGasEqn
reentry
,
[1]
resistiveOperator
Reynolds-Average Navier Stokes models
Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes
Riemann problem
Runge Kutta
S
second derivatives
sesameComputeVariables
sesameVariables
shock tube
shock wave generation
simpleBc
simpleTwoTemperatureMhdDednerEqn
Source
Specific Heat At Constant Pressure
specified surface temperature
stress
sufaceEvapration
Super Time Step
Supersonic
supersonic flow
surface ablation
Surface Diagnostic
surfaceIntegral
T
temperatureAndHeatFlux
temperatureRelaxation
ten moment
Ten Moment Two-Fluid
tenMomentBc
tenMomentEqn
tenMomentFluidSrc
thermal conduction
thirdOrderMusclUpdater
three temperature
time integration
Time Step
time step
timeStepRestrictionUpdater
transportCoeffSrc
turbulence
turbulent
two fluid
two temperature
,
[1]
two-fluid
,
[1]
twoFluidEqn
twoFluidSrc
twoFluidSym
twoTemperatureMhdDednerEqn
twoTemperatureMhdEosEqn
U
uniformCombiner
unstructMusclUpdater
unstructured
unstructured mesh
Updater
UpdateSequence
UpdateStep
userDefinedEqn
V
vacuum
valueCorrector
vanDerWaalsComputeVariables
vanDerWaalsVariables
vector
vertexJetUpdater
vibrational temperature
viscosity
viscous
W
wave speed
whistlerWave
wireFieldEqn
Z
zPinch