General Information

Producer: Siemens PLM Software (formerly CD-adapco Group)

Modules

The following tables lists installed STAR-CCM+ versions.

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Below you find explanations to obtain and check out product licenses and regarding support and training.

Functionality

STAR-CCM+ is a powerful finite-volume-based program package for modelling of fluid flow problems. ( The name STAR stands for "Simulation of Turbulent flow in Arbitrary Regions". It is maintained/developed by Siemens PLM Software (formerly CD-adapco Group). The STAR-CCM+ package can be applied to a wide range of problems such as

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Conditions for Usage and Licensing

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To use STAR-CCM+

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you need to mail support@nhr.zib.de and ask to become a member of the UNIX group adapco.

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We provide free Power On Demand (POD) keys for teaching and academic research for non-industry funded projects

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. Write us if you fulfil these conditions and state the number of needed hours (The core/node count does not matter.).

You can check your group membership by calling groups.
In order to run STAR-CCM+ on HLRN-IV, you have to specify the parameters -licpath and -podkey, as shown in the example script below. Users with their own licenses can specify the parameters to point to their own licenses.

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Introduction and courses

This documentation describes the specifics of installation and usage of STAR-CCM+

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You can check your group membership by calling groups.

Details of the HLRN Installation of STAR-CCM+

STAR-CCM+ is installed below /sw/eng/starccm/. We provide module files which make all environment settings for the use of a specific STAR-CCM+ version.at HLRN. Introductory courses for STAR-CCM+ as well as courses for special topics are offered by CD-adapco and their regional offices, e.g. in Germany. It is strongly recommended to take at least an introductory course (please contact Siemens PLM Software).

Documentation and materials

STAR-CCM+ products come with complete documentation. The User Guide is available in PDF format, see directory /sw/eng/starccm/<version>/STAR-CCM+<version>/doc.

Installed versions

module avail starccm

All versions use double precision. The recommended default module - providing all necessary environment settings - can be loaded with: module load starccm

Example Jobscripts

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH -t 00:10:00
#SBATCH --nodes=2
#SBATCH --partition cpu-genoa:all
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=40192
#SBATCH -p medium-job-name=StarCCM
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL
#SBATCH
--job-name=StarCCM

module load starccm/14.04.011-r8

## create the host list for starccm+
srun hostname -s | sort | uniq -c | awk '{ print $2":"$1 }' > starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID}

export CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE=1999@flex.cd-adapco.com
export PODKEY=<type your podkey here> here - we can provide one for you - under the above mentioned terms>
export MYCASE=<type your sim file name>

## run starccm+
starccm+ -dp -np ${SLURM_NTASKS} -batch ${MYCASE} \
 -power -podkey ${PODKEY} -licpath ${CDLMD_LICENSE_FILE} \
 -machinefile starhosts.${SLURM_JOB_ID} -mpi intel 

echo '#################### StarCCM+ finished ############'
rm starhosts.$SLURM_JOB_ID

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