2015/10/23 by Gabriel D. Weymouth, Weymouth, Gabriel D. · 7 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1510.06886
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
arxiv created 2015/10/23 · openalex publication_date 2015/10/23 · arxiv updated 2015/10/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Despite the fact that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is now (relatively) fast and freely available, it is still amazingly difficult to use. Inaccessible software imposes a significant entry barrier on students and junior engineers, and even senior researchers spend less time developing insights and more time on software issues. Lily Pad was developed as an initial attempt to address some of these problems. The goal of Lily Pad is to lower the barrier to CFD by adopting simple high-speed methods, utilising modern programming features and environments, and giving immediate visual feed-back to the user. The resulting software focuses on the fluid dynamics instead of the computation, making it useful for both education and research. LilyPad is open source and available online at https://github.com/weymouth/lily-pad for all use under the MIT license.