The FLACS-CFD Run Manager
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Run Manager main functions
Starting the preprocessor CASD
Managing FLACS simulations
• Local hardware
• FLACS Cloud
Starting the postprocessor Flowvis
Start FLACS-Risk
Access Help:
• On-line (HTML)
Click on Tools buttons to start CASD,
• PDF FLACS-Risk, FLOWVIS or open a
Select Language: command window
• Chinese
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Run Manager window
Click “Add directory” and
Select the working directory browse to the desired
directory; all the recognised
FLACS jobs will be listed
Click on the directory record
with the right button for
removing or rescanning the
directory
Status. Provides the current status of
Click on any scenario with the right each job: Ready, Running,
button to open it in CASD Suspended, Finished, Mass Residual
Error
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Run Manager window
Select, prepare and run a job Click on a job record to
activate it;
Define job parameters
(see later)
Calculate
porosities
Simulate, Abort,
Suspend or Resume the
selected job on the Local
Hardware
Access to FLACS
Cloud
The progress of the run will be
visualised in the “Plot” tab; a text
listing of the run outputs will be
available in the ‘Log File’ tab
(do not use these results for
analysis)
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Run Manager window
Run a list of jobs in batch mode
1 - Click on “Batch
run” button
2 – modify
the list order
3 – define the nb. of simultaneous jobs
4 – start the batch run
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Options -> Preferences
CASD Tab:
• Database locking (Avoid simultaneous
changes by different users)
Porosity tab:
• Number of threads for porosity
calculation FLACS Geometry Calculator
(FGC)
• Choose the geometry model for the FGC:
• FLACS Geometry
• CAD Geometry (Experimental)
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Options -> Preferences
Flacs tab:
• Number of
threads
(processors) for
the parallel run
Plot tab:
• Linear or log scale Cloud tab:
for the plot
• Key file and
window parameters for
accessing the
FLACS Cloud
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FLACS-Cloud
Run FLACS-CFD simulations on a high-performance computing (HPC) service:
• Pre and postprocessing performed in the local hardware
• Computation is run in the Amazon AWS Cloud
FLACS-Cloud capabilities
• User configurable maximum runtime
• Display cloud usage statistics
• User selection of FLACS-CFD version
• Display CPU/disk quota
• Ability to download entire projects without any local files
Key benefits of the FLACS-Cloud service
• Highly scalable computational capacity and level of security
• No investment in in-house computing equipment required
• Reduced lead time on projects
• Easy to use with existing workflows
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Parameters
cc file (described later)
Setup file (advanced options,
described later)
Renice: Change job priority
Simulator options (only when using
the FLACS CLOUD)
Activate parallel run and set
number of threads (will turn red if
number of available processors is
exceeded)
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cc-file - Runtime simulation
control file
Can be created with CASD or with a text editor.
Can be edited (or created) also during the simulation.
Valid cc-file keywords:
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setup-file - Specialized settings
It’s an optional file used to set advanced
user-defined variables
Can be created with CASD or with a text
editor
Key-words are organized in the following
namelists:
• JOBSPEC
• SETUP
• PARAMETERS
The name lists may be entered in any
order or may alternatively be left out
entirely.
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Setup-file example - Vessel
burst simulation
The following setup-file will define a 12m diameter spherical high-
pressure region at 300 barg and 2500ºC:
VERSION 1.1
$PARAMETERS
PFAC = 1
HPPOS = 44, 44, 0
HPSIZ = 12, 12, 12
HPEXP = 2.0, 2.0, 2.0
HPTYP = 1, 1, 1
$END
$SETUP
KEYS="PS1=01,P_SET=Y:301,T_SET=Y:2500"
$END
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Input files list and description
Name Descripton Editable Generated by Details
[Link] Header file YES CASD, text editor Listing of job files
cs123456.dat3 Scenario file YES CASD, text editor Scenario definition
cg123456.dat3 Grid file NO CASD Grid definition
cp123456.dat3 Porosity file NO PORCALC Porosity definition Required
co123456.dat3 Geometry file NO CASD Geometry definition
[Link] Geometry file NO CASD Used for visualisation only
cm123456.dat3 Polygon file NO CASD Used by Flowvis for minus primitives
cc123456.dat3 Runtime YES Runmanager, text Used to define output, generate or load
simulation editor dump files, terminate the simulation, etc
control file
cl123456.n000 Leak file YES CASD, text editor Define time dependent leak inlet
[Link] Pool file YES CASD, text editor Define pool parameters
[Link] Pool file YES CASD, text editor Define time dependent pool inlet
Optional
[Link] Setup file YES Runmanager, text Advanced settings
editor
cn123456.dat3 CFL file YES Text editor Define time dependent CFL numbers
[Link] Terrain File No CASD Contains imported terrain informaiton
[Link] Heat file YES Text Editor Specify heat transfer by convection
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Output files list and description
CGNS file (ex: [Link]):
• Single file containing 1D results, 3D results and dump snapshots
• The CGNS file is self-contained and can be accessed by Flowis5
• The CGNS file can be manipulated using the following tools:
• Cgnsview: CGNS file viewer and editor based on Tcl/Tk
• cgnsdiff : Compare 2 CGNS files
• cgns to _ *: Export utilities
• Cgnslist: List the contents of a CGNS file.
• Cgnscompress: Compress a CGNS file
• duplicate cgns: split the CGNS file: 1D data, etc
More examples/resources available in:
• C:\Program Files\Gexcon\FLACS-CFD_21.3\bin\python\apidocs [Link]
Log file (ex: rt000000.dat3 for windows and tt000000 in Linux):
• Contains output messages from the operating system and the run
For previous FLACS versions output files, run FLACS in the cmd window:
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