ITP: esys-particle -- HPC Discrete Element Modelling Software

[Anton Gladky <gladky.anton@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Anton Gladky <gladky.anton@gmail.com>


* Package name    : esys-particle
  Version         : 2.1
  Upstream Author : Esys-Particle team
* URL             : https://launchpad.net/esys-particle
* License         : Open Software License version 3.0
  Programming Lang: C++, Python
  Description     : HPC Discrete Element Modelling Software

ESyS-Particle is Open Source software for particle-based numerical modelling.
The software implements the Discrete Element Method (DEM), a widely used
technique for modelling processes involving large deformations,
granular flow and/or fragmentation.
ESyS-Particle is designed for execution on parallel supercomputers,
clusters or multi-core
PCs running a Linux-based operating system. The C++ simulation engine
implements spatial
domain decomposition via the Message Passing Interface (MPI). A Python
wrapper API provides
flexibility in the design of numerical models, specification of
modelling parameters and contact logic,
and analysis of simulation data. ESyS-Particle has been used to
simulate earthquake nucleation,
comminution in shear cells, silo flow, rock fragmentation, and fault
gouge evolution, to name but a few applications.