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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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Sai Pranay
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Filipe Brandao
4
1:16 PM
Boundary ID after n2to3
I am facing similar issue here. I have a 2D mesh created with gmsh with only 3 boundary IDs: 1- inlet
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Boundary ID after n2to3
I am facing similar issue here. I have a 2D mesh created with gmsh with only 3 boundary IDs: 1- inlet
1:16 PM
khanhh...@gmail.com
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Yuan, Haomin
3
Dec 11
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
Dec 11
Chunheng Zhao
,
Fischer, Paul
2
Dec 9
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
Dec 9
Filipe Brandao
, …
YuHsiang Lan
8
Dec 8
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
Dec 8
MWTWM M
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
Dec 8
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
Dec 8
MWTWM M
,
Yuan, Haomin
3
Dec 4
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,
Dec 4
James Johnson
Dec 2
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
Dec 2
Bhargav Mantravadi
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
Dec 1
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
Dec 1
Nils Benedikt
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Philipp Schlatter
10
Dec 1
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
Dec 1
春风复苏
Nov 30
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
Nov 30
春风复苏
,
YuHsiang Lan
4
Nov 30
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)
Nov 30
MWTWM M
Nov 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),
Nov 25
春风复苏
,
YuHsiang Lan
4
Nov 22
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
Nov 22
Bibhas Kumar
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YuHsiang Lan
5
Nov 15
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
Nov 15
MWTWM M
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Bastien B. - LHEEA - Centrale Nantes
3
Nov 14
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
Nov 14
George
Nov 14
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
Nov 14
Yinglu Peng
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Dimitrios K. Fytanidis
5
Nov 1
Prenek GUI not displaying correctly on Ubuntu (VMware, Xorg)
Hi all, I tried modifying the font settings in xdriver.c as suggested in previous discussions (
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Prenek GUI not displaying correctly on Ubuntu (VMware, Xorg)
Hi all, I tried modifying the font settings in xdriver.c as suggested in previous discussions (
Nov 1
Yinglu Peng
,
YuHsiang Lan
3
Nov 1
Questions about creating 3D cylindrical meshes or simulating flow past a sphere in Nek5000 v19.0
Hi! I'm currently generating a geometry where the circle size depends on its radius. I plan to
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Questions about creating 3D cylindrical meshes or simulating flow past a sphere in Nek5000 v19.0
Hi! I'm currently generating a geometry where the circle size depends on its radius. I plan to
Nov 1
Chunheng Zhao
Oct 29
Jacobine error
Hi Neks, I have a Jacobine error from my simulation. It is not always there. Sometimes, it runs fine,
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Jacobine error
Hi Neks, I have a Jacobine error from my simulation. It is not always there. Sometimes, it runs fine,
Oct 29
Pau Fradera
,
X. G. Zhou
5
Oct 29
Output turbulent scalar fluxes
Dear Community, I wanted to remind about this message I sent a while ago. I would greatly appreciate
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Output turbulent scalar fluxes
Dear Community, I wanted to remind about this message I sent a while ago. I would greatly appreciate
Oct 29
Bastien B. - LHEEA - Centrale Nantes
, …
YuHsiang Lan
16
Oct 24
Full_restart crash due to MPI_Win_Create bug
Hi Bastien, Because you are using full_restart, if_full_pres is turned on. Otherwise, it's off by
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Full_restart crash due to MPI_Win_Create bug
Hi Bastien, Because you are using full_restart, if_full_pres is turned on. Otherwise, it's off by
Oct 24
j.simo...@gmail.com
,
YuHsiang Lan
2
Oct 15
Preconditioning pressure for 2.5D hydrodynamic stability calculations
Hi, Can you provide the equations you are solving? Do you also modify the matrix for the pressure
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Preconditioning pressure for 2.5D hydrodynamic stability calculations
Hi, Can you provide the equations you are solving? Do you also modify the matrix for the pressure
Oct 15
N SHIVA
Oct 8
How to speed up the simulation
Hi, I am working on a simaultion my local system with 13 core and 10 iteration per min I am getting.
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How to speed up the simulation
Hi, I am working on a simaultion my local system with 13 core and 10 iteration per min I am getting.
Oct 8
ME19B1026 SHIVA
,
X. G. Zhou
2
Sep 26
Genmap not connected error
Hi. It is suggested to upload your build.log or screenshot that indicates errors. I think it would be
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Genmap not connected error
Hi. It is suggested to upload your build.log or screenshot that indicates errors. I think it would be
Sep 26
Thor Gjesdal
,
Chinthaka Ravinatha
5
Sep 26
Boundary conditions in a genbox-generated cYlinder mesh
Hi Thor, Glad to hear that you managed to assign the periodicity through Prenek and are making
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Boundary conditions in a genbox-generated cYlinder mesh
Hi Thor, Glad to hear that you managed to assign the periodicity through Prenek and are making
Sep 26
ME19B1026 SHIVA
,
YuHsiang Lan
2
Sep 14
DIV(V)-QTL too large! error
Hi, What are the tolerances you have for the linear solvers? The default tol are designed for the
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DIV(V)-QTL too large! error
Hi, What are the tolerances you have for the linear solvers? The default tol are designed for the
Sep 14
Chinthaka Jacob
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Fischer, Paul
3
Sep 8
What does bm1 represent in glsc3?
Correct. bm1 is the diagonal mass matrix on "mesh 1" (the velocity mesh on the GLL points)
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What does bm1 represent in glsc3?
Correct. bm1 is the diagonal mass matrix on "mesh 1" (the velocity mesh on the GLL points)
Sep 8
ME19B1026 SHIVA
,
hy...@anl.gov
2
Sep 2
ICEM CFD to Nek5000 quad8 issue
what error do you see ? On Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 7:55:35 AM UTC-5 shivasa...@gmail.com wrote:
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ICEM CFD to Nek5000 quad8 issue
what error do you see ? On Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 7:55:35 AM UTC-5 shivasa...@gmail.com wrote:
Sep 2
Pau Fradera
, …
Dillon Shaver
5
Aug 28
Problem with last scalar fields (S8/S9) looking corrupted in ParaView output
Hi Dillon, Thank you for your reply. You were absolutely right, I splitted the output in smaller
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Problem with last scalar fields (S8/S9) looking corrupted in ParaView output
Hi Dillon, Thank you for your reply. You were absolutely right, I splitted the output in smaller
Aug 28
Filipe Brandao
Aug 27
turbJet tutorial crashing immediately after dumping restart files
Hi, I am trying the turbJet case with some modifications and I am noticing that the solution always
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turbJet tutorial crashing immediately after dumping restart files
Hi, I am trying the turbJet case with some modifications and I am noticing that the solution always
Aug 27