Advanced Simulation Library (ASL) is a multiphysics simulation framework for solving partial differential equations. It provides numerical methods and reusable components for investigating fluid flow, transport phenomena, material behaviour and other physical systems.
The software is designed to accelerate numerical calculations on parallel computing hardware. Its computational approach is intended to reduce the effort required to build simulation applications while allowing researchers to represent complex geometries and physical interactions.
ASL supports modelling based on finite-difference, lattice Boltzmann and immersed-boundary methods. These approaches are useful in computational fluid dynamics and related research, particularly when the geometry of a physical problem is difficult to describe using a conventional fitted mesh.
The framework can be used to develop applications for studying coupled physical and chemical phenomena. Example areas include transport processes, reaction systems, elasticity and moving interfaces.
ASL provides interfaces for working with geometrical and scientific data, allowing simulation results to be passed to visualisation tools. Its reusable components help researchers construct specialised numerical models without implementing every computational operation independently.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Numerical methods for solving partial differential equations.
- Finite-difference and lattice Boltzmann simulation approaches.
- Immersed-boundary methods for complex geometries.
- Mesh-free representations of selected physical problems.
- Computational fluid dynamics models.
- Compressible and incompressible flow calculations.
- Multicomponent transport process modelling.
- Simulation of chemical and electrode reactions.
- Elasticity and poroelasticity calculations.
- Tracking of evolving physical interfaces.
- Matrix-free numerical solution techniques.
- Support for parallel computational acceleration.
- Geometric primitives and scientific mesh data handling.
- Integration with VTK and ParaView workflows.
- Data import and export for supported scientific formats.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/AvtechScientific/ASL
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Developer: Avtech Scientific
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
ASL is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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