Performing parameter variations can be stressful, especially if some parameters have to be altered in various places in an OpenFOAM case. This is where the python modules of PyFoam come in quite handy. I assume, that you have a basic knowledge on how an OpenFOAM case is structured and that you are familiar with programming [...]
Tags: linux, OpenFOAM, programming, PyFoam, python, Software
One of the hassles with working on a distant HPC is that you need to push and pull huge amounts of data back and forth. This wouldn’t be a big issue if you would have a really fast internet connection and/or if you would just need to do that once a day. Unfortunately, neither is [...]
Removing brackets from a huge datafile can be done in multiple ways, but from my point of view, using the unix command sed and regular expressions is the fastest and easiest way to do that. sed -e "s/[(,)]//g" $file > output This comes in handy, if you need to plot data, that is located on [...]
First of all, this is not going to be yet an other hot tempered discussion on which editor is the best, but a description why and how I switched my workflow from Textmate to vim. 1. Why? This is an easy one. As you might know or at least guess, I am editing files on [...]
Bei OpenFOAM handelt es sich um grandioses Open Source Werkzeug, um kontinuummechanische Probleme numerisch zu simulieren. Soviel zur Theorie. Zuhause habe ich es auch wunderbar auf meinem Computer (Ubuntu 8.04) installiert bekommen, allerdings lief die Installation im Büro nicht so reibungslos ab, wie ich auf Basis der ersten Installation erwartet hatte. Weder unter OpenSUSE 10.3 [...]
Wen nervt das ständige anstecken der externen Festplatte nicht, wenn man mal wieder ein Backup mit Time Machine machen möchte? Was liegt da näher, als das gesamte Backup kabellos sichern zu können? Alles was man dazu benötigt ist einen alten Computer, eine hinreichend große Festplatte, WLAN und etwas Zeit. Das Ziel ist, auf dem Computer [...]