Chombo-Discharge vs FEST-3D
Chombo-Discharge
chombo-discharge.github.ioFEST-3D
fest3d.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Chombo-Discharge | FEST-3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Physics Simulation Software | 7.8 (#39) | 8.6 (#11) |
| Assessment tools | No | No |
| Authoring tools | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery mode | desktop | desktop |
| Intended users | The documentation describes it as an evolving research code and says users should be willing to understand how it operates and learn Chombo basics. | The project describes its team as students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Madras, and its tutorials are provided for learning and verification. |
| Lesson library | No | Yes |
| Offline access | Yes | Yes |
| Parallel computing | It supports OpenMP, MPI, or MPI combined with OpenMP, and can individually load-balance particle and fluid work. | FEST-3D uses MPI to distribute computation across processors on one or more machines. |
| Purpose | Chombo-Discharge is a modular research code for two- and three-dimensional simulations of low-temperature plasmas in complex geometries. | FEST-3D is a Fortran 90 finite-volume solver for Navier–Stokes equations on structured grids, developed for aerodynamic flow problems. |
| Support | The installation guide invites users to contact the project on GitHub about installation issues. | The homepage lists [email protected] as the project contact email. |
| 3D visuals | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
Chombo-Discharge
Chombo-Discharge has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
FEST-3D
FEST-3D is a Fortran 90 finite-volume computational fluid dynamics solver for Navier–Stokes flow problems on structured grids, developed for aerodynamics. It handles incompressible and compressible flows, including inviscid, laminar, transitional and turbulent cases. Users can select among flux schemes, reconstruction methods, time-integration options, turbulence models and transition models. MPI distributes computations across processors on one or more machines. The solver is free and open source under the GNU General Public License version 3.0, with source available from GitHub. Its installation script supports Ubuntu/Debian, CentOS and macOS, while manual installation instructions cover Linux. Building requires a Fortran compiler, an MPI library, CMake and Make. Tutorials in a separate repository address verification cases such as a smooth bump, lid-driven cavity, flat plates and an airfoil. FEST-3D writes VTK or Tecplot output for separate visualization tools. Grid generation and post-processing are outside the solver, and the project notes its halt/stop condition does not work with MPI.