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Getting Started

  • Introduction
    • Modeling Your First Process
  • Installation
    • System Requirements
    • Hardware Guide
    • Platform Diagnostics
    • Windows
    • Linux (Single-Node)
    • Linux (Multi-Node)
    • AWS
      • AWS Prerequisites
      • AWS (Linux)
      • AWS Advanced (EFS, PCluster, NICE DCV)
    • Azure
    • Google Cloud
    • Containers
      • Singularity
      • M-Star CFD Docker Container
    • Python Install
    • FFmpeg Linux Install
    • Remote Visualization (NICE DCV)
    • Windows Python Setup Guide
    • Troubleshooting M-Star Pre/Post Startup
  • Licensing
    • Workstation License
    • Floating/Network License
    • M-Star License Utility
    • Troubleshooting License Issues
    • M-Star Post Licenses
    • Third-Party Licenses
      • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
    • Locate your MAC Address
  • Tutorial Videos
    • Buffer Length
    • Computed Velocity
    • Fill Points
    • Free Surface Dynamics
    • Importing CAD Geometry
    • Using Nearest Neighbor Distance Distributions
    • On and Off Lattice Boundary Conditions
    • Predicting Forces on Solid Bodies
    • Selecting Surfaces for Boundary Conditions
    • Simple Agitated Tank
    • Tanks with Inlets and Outlets
    • Types of Averaging
    • Gas Induction Modeling
    • Particle Blending and Suspension Modeling
    • Recirculation Systems
    • Sloshing Systems
    • Python Overview
    • Python CLI Example
    • Optimization Example
    • Python Model Properties
    • Mixing Tank Example
    • Using the Aggregator Tool
    • Introduction to M-Star Post
    • Python Annotation in M-Star Post
    • Working with Slices in M-Star Post
    • Working with Volumes in M-Star Post
  • How-To Guides
    • Modeling Chemical Reactions
    • Modeling Inlet and Outlet Boundary Conditions
    • Cooling and Dilution
    • Choosing a Simulation Resolution: Agitated Tanks
    • Loading Initial State
    • Predicting Mass Transfer (kLa) in Gasified Bioreactors
    • Mixing Bioreactors with Bottom Mounted Impellers
    • Computing Blend Time on any Model
    • Implementing Custom Rheology in T-Junction Pipe
    • Using Custom Particle Variables to Track Particle Exposure
    • Implementing a Simple Feedback Controller
    • JKR Adhesion and Capillary Bridging Interaction Model for DEM
    • Predicting Residence Time Distribution
    • Optimizing Bubble Models: Complex
    • Optimizing Impeller Position: Simple
    • Using DOE in M-Star CFD
  • Knowledge Base
    • Warnings and Errors
      • “No Fluid” Errors
    • M-Star Pre/Post won’t start on Windows AWS
    • CUDA-aware MPI
    • M-Star CFD Version 4.0.x Notes
    • NVRTC Compilation Error (Linux)
    • Understanding GPU Peer Access
    • Solver Startup Delay

M-Star Pre

  • Overview
    • Menu
      • CAD Assembly Explorer
      • Preferences
      • Duplicate Object Pattern
    • Toolbar
    • Context-Specific Toolbar
      • Add Conduction Surface Boundary Conditions
      • Add Conduction Volume Boundary Conditions
      • Add Fill Point
      • Add Geometry
      • Add Inclusion Zone
      • Add Isosurface Variable
      • Add Moving Body Variable
      • Add Particle Injection
      • Add Particle Reaction
      • Add Particle Scalar
      • Add Particle Variable
      • Add Patch
      • Add Refinement Zone
      • Add Scalar Injection
      • Add Static Body Reaction
      • Add Static Body Variable
      • Add Thermal Preset
      • Add Variable
      • Define Axis
      • Diagnostics
      • Edit Lookup Table
      • Edit Mesh
      • Edit Parameter Sweep
      • Edit Global Constants
      • Explode
      • Fit Bounding Box
      • Flip
      • Inlet/Outlet Setup
      • Mate
      • Move
      • Preview Flow
      • Recenter
      • Reset
      • Reset Box
      • Resize
      • Rotate
      • Scale
      • Trim
      • Volume Calculator
    • Context-Specific Toolbar for Child Geometry
    • Model Tree
      • Dynamic Names
    • Property Grid
    • Navigation Icons
    • Viewing Panel
      • Viewing Panel Functions
    • Log Window
    • Program Information
    • GUI Command Line Arguments
  • Model Setup
    • Simulation Parameters
    • Main Lattice
      • External Accelerations
    • Fluid Configuration
  • Fluid
    • Single Phase
    • Free Surface
    • Immiscible Two Fluid
    • Background Fluid
    • No Fluid
    • Newtonian
    • Power-law
    • Carreau
    • Cross
    • Bingham Plastic
    • Custom Fluid
    • Fluid Output Data
  • Geometry
    • Surface
    • Mesh
    • Moving Parametric Primitive
    • Parametric Geometry Catalog
      • Parametric Impellers
      • Parametric Miscellaneous
      • Parametric Moving Geometry
      • Parametric Pipes
      • Parametric Primitives
      • Parametric Tanks
    • Non-Parametric Geometry Catalog
      • Non-Parametric Baffles
      • Non-Parametric Impellers
      • Non-Parametric Miscellaneous
      • Non-Parametric Wave Bags
    • Child Geometry Output Data
  • Create
    • Create: Fundamentals
      • Static Body
      • Moving Body
        • Motion Type
          • Motion Modifier Option
          • Driven Motion
      • Static Inlet/Outlet
        • Boundary Condition Types
      • Moving Inlet/Outlet
    • Create: Particles
      • Massless Tracers
      • Inertial Particles
      • DEM Particles
        • DEM Particle Interactions with Solid and Static Bodies
      • Liquid Droplets
      • Gas Bubbles
      • Injection Option
      • Initial Particle Size Distribution Type
      • Particle Injection Region
      • Forces and Fluid Coupling
      • Breakup/Coalesce
      • Scalar Coupling
      • Particle Output Data
    • Create: Lattice
      • Porous Medium
    • Create: Scalar
      • Scalar Field
        • Static Inlet/Outlet Boundary Conditions
      • Fluid Reaction
      • Scalar Injection Region
      • Scalar Output Data
    • Create: Variables
      • Voxel Variables
      • Global Variables
        • Global Variable Data Sources
      • Global Constants
      • UDF Region
      • Variables Output Data
    • Create: Runtime
      • Global Script
      • Control Loop
      • Statistic Filter
      • Event Detector
      • Lookup Table
      • Function Library
    • Create: Thermal
      • Thermal Field
      • Static Body Conduction
      • Thermal Contact
    • Create: Data Sampling
      • Probe
      • Output Line
      • Output Plane
      • Output Surface
      • Isosurface
    • Create: Data Analysis
      • Mean Age
      • Histogram
      • Control Volume
  • Output
    • Statistics
      • Blend Time
      • Control Volume
      • Custom Variable
      • Domain
      • Fluid
      • Global Variable
      • Histogram
      • Histogram Cumulative
      • Inlet Outlet
      • Interface
      • Memory Usage
      • Moving Body
      • Moving Outlet
      • Output Line
      • Output Surface
      • Particle Screen
      • Particles
      • Particles Exits
      • Probe
      • Scalar
      • Signal
      • Static Body
      • Thermal Field
      • Thermodynamics
      • Timing
    • Planes/Probes
    • Volume
    • Fluid Interface
    • Static Bodies
    • Moving Bodies
    • Bubbles/Particles
    • Restart Files
  • Check
    • Check Model
    • Preview Lattice
    • Preview Surface Meshes
    • Preview Motions
  • Solve
    • Run Solver
    • Run Auto Resolver
    • Run Optimizer
    • Add Parameter Sweep to Solver Queue
    • Add to Solver Queue
  • UDFs and Tables
    • UDF and Table Editors
    • System UDF
    • Local UDF
    • Two-Column Tables
    • Multi-Column Table

M-Star Solve

  • Running the Solver
    • M-Star Solve
    • Solver Command Line Interface
    • M-Star Queue
    • M-Star Resolver
    • M-Star Optimizer
    • How to use Restart Initialization
  • Workflow and Integration
    • Parameter Sweep
    • Global Scripts
    • Volume Fill Utility

M-Star Post

  • Overview
    • Post Menu
      • Edit Settings
    • Post Toolbar
    • Post Ray Tracing Toolbar
    • Post 3D Controls
    • Post Timestep Toolbar
    • Post Data Tree
    • Post 3D View
    • Post Output Messages
    • Post Property Panel
    • Troubleshooting
  • Post Processing
    • Post-Processing
    • Output Aggregator
    • Output Manager
    • Ffmpeg
    • Batch Processing in Paraview
  • Scaling Performance

M-Star API

  • Python Pre API
    • Examples
      • Command Line Example
      • Optimize Blend Time
      • Mixing Tank
      • Simple Case
      • Python Parameter Sweep
      • Workflow Parameter Sweep
      • Scripted CAD pre-processing with build123d
      • Sweep over CAD files
      • Sweep over CAD files + 1D parameter sweep
    • Installation
    • Module functions
    • Model
    • Components
    • Properties
    • Mesh Settings
    • Output
    • Foundation Classes
    • Initial State

More Resources

  • Literature and Validation
    • Flow in the Trailing Vortex of an Impeller
  • References
  • Webinars
  • Theory
    • Theory and Implementation
    • Large Eddy Simulation Review
    • Porous Medium Review
    • Nearest Neighbor Distribution
  • Architecture Technical Overview
    • Data Flow
    • Software Architecture
    • Technical Diagrams
    • Quality/Security Assurance
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Post Processing¶

  • Post-Processing
  • Output Aggregator
  • Output Manager
  • Ffmpeg
  • Batch Processing in Paraview
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