What is BOUT++?

• Framework for writing fluid and plasma simulations in curvilinear geometry
• Finite-difference code, variety of numerical methods and time-integration solvers
• Intended to be quite modular, enabling fast testing of numerical methods
• Can evolve any number of equations, with equations appearing in a readable form
• Primarily designed and tested with reduced plasma fluid models in mind
• Jointly developed by University of York (UK), LLNL, CCFE, DTU, and other international partners

Maintainers

BOUT++ is currently maintained by the following people:

• Ben Dudson, University of York, UK (lead maintainer)
• Peter Hill, University of York, UK
• Joseph Parker, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK

Contributors

BOUT++ is developed by University of York and international partners. Contributions to the code and tool chains have been made by many researchers including:

• George Breyiannis, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
• James Buchanan, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK
• David Dickinson, University of York, UK
• Luke Easy, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy / University of York, UK
• Sean Farley
• Brett Friedman, UCLA, USA
• Erik Grinaker, University of York, UK
• Ilon Joseph, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Jarrod Leddy, University of York, UK
• Michael Loiten, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• Chenhao Ma, Peking University, China
• Jens Madsen, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
• Dmitry Meyerson, MIT, USA
• John Omotani, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• David Schwörer, Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Teilinstitut Greifswald, Germany
• Brendan Shanahan, Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Teilinstitut Greifswald, Germany
• Maxim Umansky, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Nick Walkden, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK
• Tianyang Xia, ASIPP, China
• Xueqiao Xu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Hong Zhang, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Contact, bug reports, help, etc.

You can get help on using BOUT++, or submit bug reports either through the GitHub site, or through the Google Group.

Funding

BOUT++ development is made possible by the following funding bodies: