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YADE - An extensible framework for the interactive simulation of multiscale, multiphase, and multiphysics particulate systems
Abstract
This contribution presents the key elements of YADE, an extensible open-source framework for dynamic simulations. During the past 19 years, YADE has evolved from "Yet Another Dynamic Engine"' to a versatile multiscale and multiphysics solver, counting a large, active, and growing community of users and developers. The computationally intense parts of the source code are written in C++, using flexible object models that allow for easy implementation of new features. The source code is wrapped in Python, equipping the software with an interactive kernel used for rapid and concise scene construction, simulation control, post-processing, and debugging. The project, including documentation and examples, is hosted on https://yade-dem.org, while the source code is freely available on GitLab. Over the last decade, YADE has expanded in terms of capabilities thanks to the contribution of many developers from different fields of expertise, including soil and rock mechanics, chemical engineering, physics, bulk material handling, and mineral processing. The rapid growth of YADE can be attributed to (1) the careful and robust design of the framework core, (2) a continuous integration pipeline with fully embedded thorough tests which are executed upon each merge request, ensuring stable compilation for various operating systems, and (3) user-friendliness, facilitated by the Python interface, detailed documentation, and rigorous user support. In this paper, we review the main features of YADE, highlighting its versatility in terms of applications, its flexibility in terms of code development, as well as recent improvements in terms of computational efficiency.
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Vasileios Angelidakis
- Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Katia Boschi
- Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Karol Brzeziński
- Warsaw University of Technology, 00 637 Warsaw, Poland
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Robert Caulk
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Bruno Chareyre
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Carlos Andrés del Valle
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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Jérôme Duriez
- Aix Marseille Univ, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Anton Gladky
- Independent researcher, 09618 Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany
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Dingeman L.H. van der Haven
- University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Gerald Pekmezi
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Luc Scholtès
- Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Klaus Thoeni
- The University of Newcastle, 2308 Callaghan, Australia
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109293
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COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
no. 304,
ISSN: 0010-4655 - Language:
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- Publication year:
- 2024
- Bibliographic description:
- Angelidakis V., Boschi K., Brzeziński K., Caulk R., Chareyre B., del Valle C. A., Duriez J., Gladky A., van der Haven D. L., Kozicki J., Pekmezi G., Scholtès L., Thoeni K.: YADE - An extensible framework for the interactive simulation of multiscale, multiphase, and multiphysics particulate systems// COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS -Vol. 304, (2024), s.109293-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.cpc.2024.109293
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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