Berkeley Fluids Seminar
University of California, Berkeley
Bring your lunch and enjoy learning about fluids!
February 17, 2015
Daniel Lecoanet (Physics, Berkeley)
An Open-Source, Flexible, Spectral PDE Solver
Abstract: Dedalus is a new computational framework for solving general partial differential equations relevant to many contemporary applications in astrophysics, geosciences, mathematical biology, and beyond. This toolkit is designed for maximum extensibility by a large community of scientists and applied mathematicians. In this talk, I will describe the code and demonstrate it's ease-of-use by writing and running an example problem in real time. I will also discuss one of several scientific problems we have already tackled with Dedalus: the excitation of internal gravity waves by convection.
Acknowledgments
Prof. Graham Fleming (Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Eliot Quataert on behalf of The Theoretical Astrophysics Center and the Astronomy Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Philip S. Marcus on behalf of the Mechanical Engineering Department (UC Berkeley)
Prof. Michael Manga (Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley)
Prof. Evan Variano (Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley)