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Jacob Bruney
8/11/20
Minimum Viscocity
Nek users, I am trying to simulate Euler equations and need to remove or minimize viscosity. I ran
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Minimum Viscocity
Nek users, I am trying to simulate Euler equations and need to remove or minimize viscosity. I ran
8/11/20
Teng, Ming
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Tanmoy Chatterjee
3
8/6/20
Noises in budget terms
Hello Tanmoy, Thank you for the reply. I tried refinement by increasing polynomial order and it was
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Noises in budget terms
Hello Tanmoy, Thank you for the reply. I tried refinement by increasing polynomial order and it was
8/6/20
LAYLA FOURA
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Haoran
2
8/4/20
Visualisation of the mesh and the geometry in NEK5000
Hi LAYLA, The mesh could be visualised by .fXXXXX file generated by running your case with Nek5000.
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Visualisation of the mesh and the geometry in NEK5000
Hi LAYLA, The mesh could be visualised by .fXXXXX file generated by running your case with Nek5000.
8/4/20
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Manjima Bhattacharya
1:41 PM
Lyapunov Exponent
Hello, I am a new user to Nek5000, and I wanted to know if there was any possible way to calculate
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Lyapunov Exponent
Hello, I am a new user to Nek5000, and I wanted to know if there was any possible way to calculate
1:41 PM
R Frantz
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tuanliu wenxin
4
6:51 AM
Saving initial condition with multiple scalar fields.
Thank you very much! This help me a lot! 在2023年4月11日星期二 UTC+8 17:17:27<YuHsiang Lan> 写道: Hi,
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Saving initial condition with multiple scalar fields.
Thank you very much! This help me a lot! 在2023年4月11日星期二 UTC+8 17:17:27<YuHsiang Lan> 写道: Hi,
6:51 AM
tuanliu wenxin
Feb 4
Question regarding Explicit Filtering for Passive Scalars via .par file
Dear Nek5000 Developers and Community, I am currently conducting an LES simulation of urban canopy
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Question regarding Explicit Filtering for Passive Scalars via .par file
Dear Nek5000 Developers and Community, I am currently conducting an LES simulation of urban canopy
Feb 4
Filipe Brandao
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Fischer, Paul
6
Feb 2
Theoretical question about convergence rate
Hi Filipe, The results above from are from Quarteroni, Sacco, Saleri's book and state that
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Theoretical question about convergence rate
Hi Filipe, The results above from are from Quarteroni, Sacco, Saleri's book and state that
Feb 2
Michael Andrew Calkins
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Dillon Shaver
7
Feb 2
Convection in a cylinder
Thank you Dillon for the advice! It took a bit more work to get those faces identified correctly. I
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Convection in a cylinder
Thank you Dillon for the advice! It took a bit more work to get those faces identified correctly. I
Feb 2
Mukherjee, Saikat [M E]
Jan 30
Postdoc position
Hello, I have a postdoctoral position opening in my group, with a focus on porous media flows and
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Postdoc position
Hello, I have a postdoctoral position opening in my group, with a focus on porous media flows and
Jan 30
tuanliu wenxin
Jan 27
Strategy for mixed periodicity: Fully periodic Velocity vs. Inflow/Outflow Passive Scalars
Dear Nek5000 Community, I am currently setting up a simulation involving turbulent flow with passive
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Strategy for mixed periodicity: Fully periodic Velocity vs. Inflow/Outflow Passive Scalars
Dear Nek5000 Community, I am currently setting up a simulation involving turbulent flow with passive
Jan 27
steven
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Bibhas Kumar
9
Jan 23
How to set a axisymmetric boundary condition
Yes, I have encountered a similar problem before; this issue is a little trickier than it seems (
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How to set a axisymmetric boundary condition
Yes, I have encountered a similar problem before; this issue is a little trickier than it seems (
Jan 23
Filipe Brandao
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Yuan, Haomin
2
Jan 12
Getting wrong dimensions when converting Periodic domain with gmsh2nek
Can you share your geo file ? Haomin (Kirk) Yuan From: nek...@googlegroups.com <nek5000@
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Getting wrong dimensions when converting Periodic domain with gmsh2nek
Can you share your geo file ? Haomin (Kirk) Yuan From: nek...@googlegroups.com <nek5000@
Jan 12
Bhargav Mantravadi
2
12/23/25
Ctarg related issue
Dear Team, Please ignore this email -- I have identified the issue. I can achieve CFL > 0.5 when
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Ctarg related issue
Dear Team, Please ignore this email -- I have identified the issue. I can achieve CFL > 0.5 when
12/23/25
Bibhas Kumar
12/19/25
axisymmetric simulation with a hybrid mesh
Hello everyone, I am encountering convergence issues during the pressure solver initialization in
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axisymmetric simulation with a hybrid mesh
Hello everyone, I am encountering convergence issues during the pressure solver initialization in
12/19/25
MWTWM M
12/19/25
DIV(V)-QTL too large!
Dear community, In my simulation case, a warning as shown in the figure below has appeared. It is
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DIV(V)-QTL too large!
Dear community, In my simulation case, a warning as shown in the figure below has appeared. It is
12/19/25
Bibhas Kumar
,
Fischer, Paul
4
12/17/25
Using 'A ' BC for axisymmetric formulation on elements with face ID: not 1
In Nek5000, the x axis is the axis of rotation. It is critical that vertex 1 and 2 of each element
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Using 'A ' BC for axisymmetric formulation on elements with face ID: not 1
In Nek5000, the x axis is the axis of rotation. It is critical that vertex 1 and 2 of each element
12/17/25
Sai Pranay
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Filipe Brandao
6
12/15/25
Boundary ID after n2to3
Hi YuHsiang, So in usrdat or usrdat2, I would only need to set BCs for IDs 1, 2 and 3 correct? Em
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Boundary ID after n2to3
Hi YuHsiang, So in usrdat or usrdat2, I would only need to set BCs for IDs 1, 2 and 3 correct? Em
12/15/25
Bhargav Mantravadi
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
12/14/25
Velocity gradient tensor
Hi Yu-Hsiang, Thank you very much for your reply and the helpful input. I have noted your suggestions
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Velocity gradient tensor
Hi Yu-Hsiang, Thank you very much for your reply and the helpful input. I have noted your suggestions
12/14/25
khanhh...@gmail.com
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Yuan, Haomin
3
12/11/25
Solve Energy equation with periodic BC in Nek5000
Hi, you need to add an sink or source to your energy equation. So you are solving temperature variant
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Solve Energy equation with periodic BC in Nek5000
Hi, you need to add an sink or source to your energy equation. So you are solving temperature variant
12/11/25
Chunheng Zhao
,
Fischer, Paul
2
12/9/25
gather scatter for surface integral
Dear Chunheng, The code below (also included as attachment) shows how to compute a surface integral
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gather scatter for surface integral
Dear Chunheng, The code below (also included as attachment) shows how to compute a surface integral
12/9/25
Filipe Brandao
, …
YuHsiang Lan
8
12/8/25
Issue running a 2D coarse mesh
It works when adjusting the header of the .re2 file. However when doing the same for a 3D mesh, it
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Issue running a 2D coarse mesh
It works when adjusting the header of the .re2 file. However when doing the same for a 3D mesh, it
12/8/25
MWTWM M
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
12/8/25
Why should HEX20 elements be used instead of HEX8 elements?
Dear YuHsiang Lan Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Monday, December 8, 2025 at
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Why should HEX20 elements be used instead of HEX8 elements?
Dear YuHsiang Lan Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Monday, December 8, 2025 at
12/8/25
MWTWM M
,
Yuan, Haomin
3
12/4/25
exo2nek
Dear Haomin (Kirk) Yuan Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Thursday, December 4,
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exo2nek
Dear Haomin (Kirk) Yuan Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Thursday, December 4,
12/4/25
James Johnson
12/2/25
Flat Plate RANS Divergence
Hello, I have been trying the k-tau RANS model on a 2D flat plate geometry with boundary conditions
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Flat Plate RANS Divergence
Hello, I have been trying the k-tau RANS model on a 2D flat plate geometry with boundary conditions
12/2/25
Bhargav Mantravadi
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
12/1/25
Spherical shell geometry
Hi Yu-Hsiang, Thank you very much for your response. I checked the BCs, and the .rea file generated
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Spherical shell geometry
Hi Yu-Hsiang, Thank you very much for your response. I checked the BCs, and the .rea file generated
12/1/25
Nils Benedikt
, …
Philipp Schlatter
10
12/1/25
Simulation crashes after partitioning elements to MPI ranks
Hi everyone, Just in case anyone stumbles upon this thread in the future wondering how to resolve
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Simulation crashes after partitioning elements to MPI ranks
Hi everyone, Just in case anyone stumbles upon this thread in the future wondering how to resolve
12/1/25
春风复苏
11/30/25
The overwriting issue with restarted computations
Hello everyone in the community, I ran a simulation for a while and finally obtained foo0.f00100. I
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The overwriting issue with restarted computations
Hello everyone in the community, I ran a simulation for a while and finally obtained foo0.f00100. I
11/30/25
春风复苏
,
YuHsiang Lan
4
11/30/25
Promble of "makenek ldcob"
Thank you for reminding me. I actually tried adding "-mcmodel=large" into PPLIST (makenek)
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Promble of "makenek ldcob"
Thank you for reminding me. I actually tried adding "-mcmodel=large" into PPLIST (makenek)
11/30/25
MWTWM M
11/25/25
Immersed Boundary Method (IBM)
Dear community, Within a numerical simulation framework based on the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM),
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Immersed Boundary Method (IBM)
Dear community, Within a numerical simulation framework based on the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM),
11/25/25
春风复苏
,
YuHsiang Lan
4
11/22/25
Parallel run shows partial lid velocity in 3D cavity flow
Thank you very much. On Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 11:24:06 PM UTC+8 YuHsiang Lan wrote: Hi, I'm
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Parallel run shows partial lid velocity in 3D cavity flow
Thank you very much. On Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 11:24:06 PM UTC+8 YuHsiang Lan wrote: Hi, I'm
11/22/25
Bibhas Kumar
, …
YuHsiang Lan
5
11/15/25
Robin BC 'c' vs flux BC 'f'
Hi YuHsiang, That's interesting. Thanks for suggesting. That's helpful. Best, Bibhas On
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Robin BC 'c' vs flux BC 'f'
Hi YuHsiang, That's interesting. Thanks for suggesting. That's helpful. Best, Bibhas On
11/15/25
MWTWM M
,
Bastien B. - LHEEA - Centrale Nantes
3
11/14/25
Boundary layer treatment of wavy or sawtooth-shaped meshes
Dear Bastien Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Friday, November 14, 2025 at 5:32
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Boundary layer treatment of wavy or sawtooth-shaped meshes
Dear Bastien Thanks for your answer, it really helps. Student Ma On Friday, November 14, 2025 at 5:32
11/14/25
George
11/14/25
ZPG turbulent flat-plate boundary layer setup and test case
Dear Nek community, I am a newcomer to Nek5000. I would like to ask for some guidance on how to set
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ZPG turbulent flat-plate boundary layer setup and test case
Dear Nek community, I am a newcomer to Nek5000. I would like to ask for some guidance on how to set
11/14/25