FLECS, a flexible coupling shell, application to fluid-structure interaction

Numerical simulations involving multiple, physically different domains can be solved effectively by coupling simulation programs, or solvers. The coordination of the different solvers is commonly handled by a coupling shell. A coupling shell synchronizes the execution of the solvers and handles the transfer of data from one physical domain to another. In this paper, we introduce Flecs, a flexible coupling shell, designed for implementing and applying an interface for multidisciplinary simulations with superior accuracy. The aim is not to achieve the best possible efficiency or to support a large feature set, but to provide a flexible platform for developing new data transfer algorithms and coupling schemes

FLECS, a Flexible Coupling Shell Parallel Application to Fluid-Structure Interaction

In this paper we discuss the second version of FLECS, a generic, open-source coupling shell that can be used to join two or more arbitrary solvers. In general multidisciplinary computations are very computing-intensive. A remedy against long computing times is large-scale parallelism. The challenge of the present parallelization work is to obtain acceptable computing times and to get rid of severe memory requirements that exist on sequential machines, for the generic flow problems at hand. The aim is to provide a flexible platform for developing new data transfer algorithms and coupling schemes

Flecs, a flexible coupling shell - Parallel application to fluid-structure interaction

In this paper we discuss the second version of FLECS, a generic, open-source coupling shell that can be used to join two or more arbitrary solvers. In general multidisciplinary computations are very computing-intensive. A remedy against long computing times is large-scale parallelism. The challenge of the present parallelization work is to obtain acceptable computing times and to get rid of severe memory requirements that exist on sequential machines, for the generic flow problems at hand. The aim is to provide a flexible platform for developing new data transfer algorithms and coupling schemes

Flecs, a Flexible Coupling Shell. Application to Fluid-Structure Interaction

Numerical simulations involving multiple, physically different domains can be solved effectively by coupling simulation programs, or \emph{solvers}. The coordination of the different solvers is commonly handled by a \emph{coupling shell}. A coupling shell synchronizes the execution of the solvers and handles the transfer of data from one physical domain to another. In this paper, we introduce \Flecs, a flexible coupling shell, designed for implementing and applying an interface for multidisciplinary simulations with superior accuracy. The aim is not to achieve the best possible efficiency or to support a large feature set, but to provide a flexible platform for developing new data transfer algorithms and coupling schemes