Nek5000 is a highly scalable spectral element computational fluid dynamics code for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on 2D quadrilateral and 3D hexahedral meshes. Nek5000 was awarded the 1999 Gordon Bell Prize[2][3] and a 2016 R&D 100 Award.[4]

Nek5000
Developer(s)ANL MCS Division
Initial release1996; 28 years ago (1996)[1]
Stable release
19.0 / 28 December 2019; 4 years ago (2019-12-28)
Repositorygithub.com/Nek5000/Nek5000
Written inFortran 77, C
Operating systemUnix-like (typically Linux and macOS)
TypeSpectral element method, Computational fluid dynamics
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websitenek5000.mcs.anl.gov,
As of5 May 2023

History

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Gslib

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Nekbone

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Neko

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NekCEM

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NekLBM

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NekROM

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NekRS

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ParRSB

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References

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  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions - Nek5000". www.mcs.anl.gov. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ Saha, Sandip; Biswas, Pankaj; Nath, Sujit (2021). "A review on spectral element solver Nek5000". International Conference on Computational Sciences-Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing (CSMCS 2020). Vol. 2336. p. 030001. doi:10.1063/5.0045709. S2CID 234179145.
  3. ^ Bell, Gordon; Bailey, David H; Dongarra, Jack; Karp, Alan H Karp; Walsh, Kevin (2017). "A look back on 30 years of the Gordon Bell Prize". The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications. 31 (6): 469–484. doi:10.1177/1094342017738610. S2CID 27184781.
  4. ^ "Argonne researchers win three 2016 R&D 100 Awards | Argonne National Laboratory". www.anl.gov. Retrieved 5 May 2023.