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31 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Wolfgang Bangerth, Juliane Dannberg, Menno Fraters, Rene Gassmoeller, Anne Glerum, Timo Heister, Robert Myhill, John Naliboff

A finite element parallel code to simulate problems in thermal convection in both 2D and 3D models.ASPECT is a code to simulate problems in thermal convection. Its primary focus is on the simulation of processes in the earth's mantle, but its design is more general than that. The primary...

PyLith

27 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard (primary-developer), Charles A. Williams (primary-developer), Matthew Knepley (primary-developer)

PyLith is a finite-element code for dynamic and quasistatic simulations of crustal deformation, primarily earthquakes and volcanoes. Binary packages are available for macOS and Linux. Detailed installation instructions for the binary packages are in the PyLith manual.

Relax

26 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Sylvain Barbot (primary-developer)

Relax implements a semi-analytic Fourier-domain solver and equivalent body forces to compute quasi-static relaxation of stress perturbation.It is not an acronym, it's a motto!The open-source program Relax evaluates the displacement and stress in a half space with gravity due to...

Virtual Quake

26 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): John M. Wilson, Kasey W. Schultz, Eric M. Heiein, Michael K. Sacks, John B. Rundle

Virtual Quake (formerly Virtual California) is a boundary element code that performs simulations of fault systems based on stress interactions between fault elements to understand long term statistical behavior.

SELEN

25 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Giorgio Spada (primary-developer), Daniele Melini (primary-developer)

SELEN: a program for solving the "Sea Level Equation.The open source program SELEN solves numerically the so-called "Sea Level Equation" (SLE) for a spherical, layered, non-rotating Earth with Maxwell viscoelastic rheology. The SLE is an integral equation that was introduced in...

LithoMop

22 Oct 2021 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Charles A. Williams (primary-developer)

LithoMop is a finite element code for the solution of the visco-elastic/plastic deformation that was designed for lithospheric modeling problems.A newer version of LithoMop, called PyLith, has been released by CIG.

2021 CIG Community Research Highlights

02 Aug 2021 | Documents | Contributor(s): Lorraine Hwang

Research highlights solicited from the community for CIG IV,

ASPECT Hackathon 2018 Final report

06 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

ASPECT Hackathon 2018 Final report. June 18-28, 2018.

ASPECT Hackathon 2020 Report

03 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

ASPECT Hackathon 2020 Report. August 3-7, 10-14, 2020.

ASPECT Hackathon 2016 Final Report

01 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

ASPECT Hackathon 2016 Final Report. June 24-July 2, 2016.

Computational Science Roundtable Discussion

01 Apr 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Staff

Computational Science Roundtable Discussion. October 16-18, 2006.

ASPECT Hackathon 2019 Preliminary Report

29 Mar 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

ASPECT Hackathon 2019 Preliminary Report. May 21-June 1, 2019.

ASPECT 2020 Virtual User Meeting Log

29 Mar 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Organizing Committee

ASPECT 2020 Virtual User Meeting Log. January 21-23, 2020.

Spectral-Element and Adjoint Methods in Seismology

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Jeroen Tromp

Spectral-Element and Adjoint Methods in Seismology. October 16-18, 2006. Jeroen Tromp.

An Architecture for Composing Solvers

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Barry Smith

An Architecture for Composing Solvers - Case study of PETSc. October 16-18, 2006. Barry Smith.

Going Beyond an Elastic Halfspace

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Mark Simons, Eric Hetland, Mark Turner

Going Beyond an Elastic Halfspace - CIG Short-Term Crustal Dynamics. October 16-18, 2006. Mark Simons, Eric Hetland, and Mark Turner.

Plumbing the Depths: Computational Challenges for Magma Dynamics in Earth Sciences

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Marc Spiegelman, Richard Katz

Plumbing the Depths: Computational Challenges for Magma Dynamics in Earth Sciences. October 16-18, 2006. Marc Spiegelman, Richard Katz.

An Overview of the Application of Newton-Krylov based Solution Methods for Nonlinear Multiple-time-scale PDE Systems

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): John Shahid

An Overview of the Application of Newton-Krylov based Solution Methods for Nonlinear Multiple-time-scale PDE Systems. October 16-18, 2006. John Shahid .

Scalable Techniques for Scientific Visualization

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Claudio Silva

Scalable Techniques for Scientific Visualization. October 16-18, 2006. Claudio Silva.

Modeling Geophysical Mass Flows – Mesh(Free), Model and Parameter Adaptivity

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Abani Patra

Modeling Geophysical Mass Flows – Mesh(Free), Model and Parameter Adaptivity. October 16-18, 2006. Abani Patra.

Improving Scalability of Sparse Direct Linear Solvers

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): X. Sherry Li

Improving Scalability of Sparse Direct Linear Solvers. October 16-18, 2006. X. Sherry Li.

Scientific and computational challenges in simulating fluid-rock interaction

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Mousumi Roy

Scientific and computational challenges in simulating fluid-rock interaction and its role in the long-term tectonics of continental lithosphere. October 16-18, 2006.Mousumi Roy.

Grid Refinement and Parallel computing for mantle convection and Thermochemical Convection

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Scott King, Peter van Keken

Grid Refinement and Parallel computing for mantle convection and Thermochemical Convection. October 16-18, 2006. Scott King, Peter van Keken.

Besides Teraflops: Getting More from Big Iron

11 Feb 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Tiankai Tu

Besides Teraflops: Getting More from Big Iron. October 16-18, 2006. Tiankai Tu.

2015 ASPECT: From Benchmarking to 3D Subduction Applications

04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Cedric Thieulot, Anne Glerum, Menno Fraters, Wim Spakman

ASPECT, the Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth's Convection, is an extensible open source, community supported code. The code is being applied to a broad range of problems in geodynamics. This talk will explore the community's efforts in benchmarking, implementation of...

2015 An introduction to Virtual Quake

04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Kasey Schultz, John Wilson

This webinar will introduce Virtual Quake, a boundary element code that performs simulations of fault systems based on stress interactions between fault elements to understand long term statistical behavior. The webinar will cover:Downloading, installing and running Virtual...

2015 Simulating seismic wave propagation with SW4

04 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Anders Petersson

This webinar describes how to use the SW4 code to simulate ground motion due to earthquakes. After a brief overview of the numerical method, we describe how to set up a simulation in terms of seismic sources, the material model, visco-elastic attenuation, and topography. We also present some of...

2015 An introduction to BurnMan - a mineral physics toolkit

03 Feb 2021 | Webinars | Contributor(s): Sanne Cottar, Timo Heister, Bob Myhill, Ian Rose, Cayman Unterborn

In this webinar we will introduce the extensible, open source mineral physics toolkit BurnMan. This software allows the user to calculate the elastic and thermodynamic properties of rocks, minerals, fluids and melts based on the properties of end-member phases. BurnMan is bundled with...

CUBIT Geometry and Mesh Generation Toolkit

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Steve Owen

CUBIT Geometry and Mesh Generation Toolkit. October 16-18, 2006. Steve Owens.

Modeling the geodynamo: Successes and challenges

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Moritz Heimpel

Modeling the geodynamo: Successes and challenges. October 16-18, 2006. Moritz Heimpel.

Mesh Generation for Geological Applications

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Carl Gable

Mesh Generation for Geological Applications: Why it is Different Than Planes, Trains and Automobiles. October 16-18, 2006. Carl Gable.

hypre - High Performance Preconditioners

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Robert Falgout

hypre - High Performance Preconditioners. October 16-18, 2006. Robert Falgout.

Wave propagation in highly complex models

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Heiner Igel, Marco Stupazzini, Christoph Moder, Martin Kaser, Josep de la Puente

Wave propagation in highly complex models: grid generation–local time stepping-parallelization. October 16-18, 2006. Heiner Igel, Martin Käser, Josepde la Puente, Marco Stupazzini, Christoph Moder.

Trilinos Overview

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Roscoe Bartlett

Trilinos Overview. October 16-18, 2006. Roscoe Bartlett.

Using multi-cycle earthquake simulations to understand crustal dynamics

24 Jan 2021 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Brad Aagaard

Using multi-cycle earthquake simulations to understand crustal dynamics. October 16-18, 2006. Brad Aagaard.

Introduction to running ASPECT in a Jupyter notebook

19 Dec 2020 | Software: Download | Contributor(s): Lorraine Hwang, Ian Rose, ASPECT Community

ASPECT. Introduction to running ASPECT in a Jupyter notebook.See the Wiki pages for instructions on github.Join the ASPECT forum to get help running the code.