Open‐Source Software in Computational Research: A Case Study | Zendy

Madhava Syamlal | Zendy; Thomas J. O′Brien | Zendy; Sofiane Benyahia | Zendy; Aytekin Gel | Zendy; Sreekanth Pannala | Zendy

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Open‐Source Software in Computational Research: A Case Study

Author(s) -

Madhava Syamlal,

Thomas J. O′Brien,

Sofiane Benyahia,

Aytekin Gel,

Sreekanth Pannala

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

modelling and simulation in engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-5591

pISSN - 1687-5605

DOI - 10.1155/2008/937542

Subject(s) - computer science , software , software development , software engineering , verification and validation , computational model , systems engineering , simulation , engineering , operating system , operations management

A case study of open-source (OS) development of the computational research software MFIX, used for multiphase computational fluid dynamics simulations, is presented here. The verification and validation steps required for constructing modern computational software and the advantages of OS development in those steps are discussed. The infrastructure used for enabling the OS development of MFIX is described. The impact of OS development on computational research and education in gas-solids flow, as well as the dissemination of information to other areas such as geophysical and volcanology research, is demonstrated. This study shows that the advantages of OS development were realized in the case of MFIX: verification by many users, which enhances software quality; the use of software as a means for accumulating and exchanging information; the facilitation of peer review of the results of computational research

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