EDF - Introduction Code_Saturne

Code_Saturne is portable on all Linux and UNIX platforms tested so far (HP-UX, Solaris, Cray, IBM Blue Gene, Tru64...). It runs in parallel with MPI on distributed memory machines (clusters, Cray XT, IBM Blue Gene...).
Developed since 1997 at EDF R&D, it is based on a co-located Finite Volume approach that accepts meshes with any type of cell (tetrahedral, hexahedral, prismatic, pyramidal, polyhedral...) and any type of grid structure (unstructured, block structured, hybrid, conforming or with hanging nodes, ...).

Compatible mesh generators include I-DEAS®, GMSH, Gambit®, Simail®, Salomé, Harpoon®, ICEM®, ...
Post-processing output is available in EnSight®, CGNS and MED_fichier formats, with advanced data management capabilities by the FVM library (EDF's "Finite Volume Mesh" library, under LGPL licence). Parallel code coupling capabilities are also provided by the FVM library.

Code_Saturne is property of EDF and distributed under the GNU GPL licence.

Code_Saturne can be coupled to EDF's thermal software SYRTHES (conjugate heat transfer). It can also be used jointly with EDF's structural analysis software Code_Aster, in particular in the Salomé platform. SYRTHES and Code_Aster are developped by EDF and distributed under GNU GPL licence.

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20/10/2011 : release of intermediate Code_Saturne 2.1

26/09/2011 : the 2011 edition of the Code_Saturne User Meeting will be held on November the 28th 

20/07/2011 : release of stable and validated Code_Saturne version 2.0  

04/08/2009 : release of Code_Saturne beta version2.0.0-beta2

13/07/2009: the 2009 edition of the Code_Saturne User Meeting will be held in Chatou (France) on December 7th and 8th

18/12/2008 : corrective patch for advanced modification of the runcase file from the Graphical Interface with Code_Saturne development version 1.4.0

02/12/2008: the 2008 edition of the Code_Saturne User Meeting was held in Chatou (France) on December 1st and 2nd

30/11/2008 :beta-release of Code_Saturne development version 1.4.0

28/11/2008 :SYRTHES,EDF's simulation tool for thermal transients in solid geometries, is available for download and coupling with Code_Saturne

27/11/2008 :release of stable and validated Code_Saturneversion 1.3.3

26/09/2008 :www.code-saturne.org : new website address for Code_Saturne

18/09/2008 :correctivepatch for CGNS compliance with Code_Saturnedevelopment version 1.4.b

09/09/2008 :beta-releaseof Code_Saturne developmentversion 1.4.b

07/07/2008 :Code_Saturne selected as ApplicationBenchmark Code in the European project PRACE on High Performance Computing

11/06/2008: Code_Saturne "Gold Award" inparallel computing at the Daresbury Laboratory (UK)

18/04/2008: version1.3.2 of Code_Saturne isvalidated and officially declared fit for industrial use at EDF

31/01/2008: Universityof Manchester (UK) launches a collaborative TWiki website dedicated to Code_Saturne and CFD

20/12/2007: developmentversion 1.3.1 of Code_Saturne isavailable for download

27/11/2007: the2007 edition of the Code_SaturneUser Meeting was held in Chatou (France) on November 26th and 27th