Computational Physics Framework

A Computational Physics Framework is a computational scientific software framework by Argonne and others that provides computational physics infrastructure for computational physics problem solving.

• AKA: Physics Computing Framework, Scientific Physics Framework.
• Context:
  • It can typically provide Computational Physics Algorithm Libraryies through computational physics numerical implementations.
  • It can typically support Computational Physics Parallel Processing via computational physics distributed architectures.
  • It can typically enable Computational Physics Model Development using computational physics abstraction layers.
  • It can typically facilitate Computational Physics Data Management with computational physics storage interfaces.
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  • It can often integrate Computational Physics Solvers for computational physics equation systems.
  • It can often optimize Computational Physics Performance through computational physics hardware acceleration.
  • It can often ensure Computational Physics Reproducibility via computational physics version control.
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  • It can range from being a Domain-Specific Computational Physics Framework to being a General-Purpose Computational Physics Framework, depending on its computational physics application scope.
  • It can range from being a Low-Level Computational Physics Framework to being a High-Level Computational Physics Framework, depending on its computational physics abstraction level.
  • It can range from being a Sequential Computational Physics Framework to being a Parallel Computational Physics Framework, depending on its computational physics execution model.
  • It can range from being a Compiled Computational Physics Framework to being a Interpreted Computational Physics Framework, depending on its computational physics implementation approach.
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  • It can integrate with Computational Physics Visualization Tool for computational physics result rendering.
  • It can connect to Computational Physics Workflow Manager for computational physics job scheduling.
  • It can interface with Computational Physics Data Repository for computational physics dataset access.
  • It can communicate with Computational Physics Benchmark Suite for computational physics performance testing.
  • It can synchronize with Computational Physics Documentation System for computational physics knowledge sharing.
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• Examples:
  • Finite Element Computational Physics Frameworks, such as:
    • FEniCS Computational Physics Framework for computational physics PDE solving.
    • deal.II Computational Physics Framework for computational physics adaptive meshing.
    • MOOSE Computational Physics Framework for computational physics multiphysics coupling.
  • Particle Computational Physics Frameworks, such as:
    • LAMMPS Computational Physics Framework for computational physics molecular dynamics.
    • GROMACS Computational Physics Framework for computational physics biomolecular simulation.
    • HOOMD-blue Computational Physics Framework for computational physics GPU acceleration.
  • Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Frameworks, such as:
    • OpenFOAM Computational Physics Framework for computational physics CFD analysis.
    • SU2 Computational Physics Framework for computational physics aerodynamic design.
    • Palabos Computational Physics Framework for computational physics lattice Boltzmann.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • General Programming Framework, which lacks physics-specific functionality.
  • Mathematical Software Package, which focuses on symbolic computation.
  • Visualization Framework, which emphasizes graphics over computation.
• See: Software Framework, Apache Hadoop Data-Processing Framework, Prow CI/CD Framework, Distributed Physics Computation Framework, Physics Simulation System, Computational Physics, Scientific Computing.

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