Coupling Multi-Physics Applications Using ForestClaw
Document Type
Event
Location
COAS 305: College of Arts and Sciences
Start Date
7-4-2026 11:15 AM
End Date
7-4-2026 12:30 PM
Description
Adaptive meshing capabilities play an important role in computational methods for solving partial differential equations. Especially on uniform Cartesian meshes, local adaptivity is crucial to achieving reasonable performance times for large scale runs. The ForestClaw library is a general purpose parallel, adaptive mesh solver for solving hyperbolic conservation laws on an adaptive hierarchy of logically Cartesian finite volume meshes. One of the key design decisions made early in the ForestClaw development was to include support for legacy codes. In particular, our aim was to provide an interface for domain specific research codes that could benefit from adaptive capabilities. ForestClaw now has extensions for computational models for depth averaged geophysical flows, overland flooding, volcanic ash transport, among others. And, in collaboration with M. Zettergren and J. Snively (ERAU), and team members on the DARPA sponsored AIRWaves project, ForestClaw is the basis for FIGMENTS (ForestClaw Interface for Gemini and Magic EnvironmeNTS) project. In this talk, I will provide an overview of ForestClaw capabilities and demonstrate the unique coupling capabilities that make the FIGMENTS project possible.
Coupling Multi-Physics Applications Using ForestClaw
COAS 305: College of Arts and Sciences
Adaptive meshing capabilities play an important role in computational methods for solving partial differential equations. Especially on uniform Cartesian meshes, local adaptivity is crucial to achieving reasonable performance times for large scale runs. The ForestClaw library is a general purpose parallel, adaptive mesh solver for solving hyperbolic conservation laws on an adaptive hierarchy of logically Cartesian finite volume meshes. One of the key design decisions made early in the ForestClaw development was to include support for legacy codes. In particular, our aim was to provide an interface for domain specific research codes that could benefit from adaptive capabilities. ForestClaw now has extensions for computational models for depth averaged geophysical flows, overland flooding, volcanic ash transport, among others. And, in collaboration with M. Zettergren and J. Snively (ERAU), and team members on the DARPA sponsored AIRWaves project, ForestClaw is the basis for FIGMENTS (ForestClaw Interface for Gemini and Magic EnvironmeNTS) project. In this talk, I will provide an overview of ForestClaw capabilities and demonstrate the unique coupling capabilities that make the FIGMENTS project possible.