Running Nalu-Wind

This section describes the general process of setting up and executing Nalu-Wind, understanding the various input file options available to the user, and how to extract results and analyze them. For the simplest case, Nalu-Wind requires the user to provide a YAML input file with the options that control the run along with a computational mesh in Exodus-II format. More complex setups might require additional files:

• Trilinos MueLu preconditioner configuration in XML format

• ParaView Cataylst input file for in-situ visualizations

• Additional Exodus-II mesh files for solving different physics equation sets on different meshes, or for solution transfer to an input/output mesh.

• Exodus-II File Format
  • Examining Exodus-II Files
  • Other Exodus-II Utilities
• Invoking Nalu-Wind - Command-line options
• Nalu-Wind Input File
  • Linear Solvers
  • Time Integration Options
  • Physics Realm Options
    • Common options
    • Equation Systems
    • Initial conditions
    • Boundary Conditions
      • Inflow Boundary Condition
      • Open Boundary Condition
      • Wall Boundary Condition
      • Symmetry Boundary Condition
      • Periodic Boundary Condition
      • Non-Conformal Boundary
    • Material Properties
    • Solution Options
    • Mesh Transformation
    • Mesh Motion
    • Output Options
    • Restart Options
    • Time-step Control Options
    • Actuator Turbine Model
    • Turbulence averaging
    • Data probes
    • Post-processing
    • ABL Forcing
    • Boundary Layer Statistics
• Transfers
• Simulations
• Lessons Learned from Meshing the McAlister Case
  • Introduction
  • Meshes
    • Notes on Geometry
    • Surface Mesh
    • Statistics of Current Mesh (grid07_conformal10.exo)
  • Lessons Learned
  • General Pointwise Tips
  • References