EDF - Introduction

Code_Saturne is portable on Linux PCs and all UNIX platforms tested so far (HP-UX, Solaris, Cray, OSF1, ...). It runs in parallel with MPI on distributed memory machines (Origin 2000 and 3000, PC clusters, Cray XT-3, IBM Power PC p575, IBM Blue Gene, IBM Power PC 970 Marenostrum...).
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.

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

13/07/2009: the2009 edition of the Code_SaturneUser Meeting will be held in Chatou (France) on December 7th and 8th

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

02/12/2008: the2008 edition of the Code_SaturneUser Meeting was held in Chatou (France) on December 1st and 2nd

30/11/2008 :beta-releaseof Code_Saturne developmentversion 1.4.0

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

27/11/2008 :releaseof stable and validated Code_Saturneversion 1.3.3

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

19/09/2008 :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

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