History of KAPSEL †

• KAPSEL-3

• [2018/04/01] KAPSEL-3.40 release.
  • Performance improvements: implementation of FFTW and memory optimization around FFT.
  • Policy change in handling periodic boundary conditions in input.udf and restart.udf.

• [2018/03/15] KAPSEL-3.35 release.
  • Bug fix around HDF5 file handling.

• [2018/03/06] KAPSEL-3.34 release.
  • Bug fix effective only when switch.INIT_distribution.type=user_specify

• [2018/02/09] KAPSEL-3.33 release.
  • Now compatible with OCTA8.3 with Python3.

• [2017/04/04] KAPSEL-3.32 release.
  • Enabled "continue" for simulations with rigid bodies.

• [2016/01/27] KAPSEL-3.31 release.
  • Bug fixes around angular motions of rigid bodies.

• [2015/11/09] KAPSEL-3.30 release.
  • Bug fixes around angular motions of rigid bodies.

• [2015/01/19] KAPSEL-3.20 release.
  • Bug fixes

• [2014/10/12] KAPSEL-3.12 release.
  • Paraview suport
  • HDF-5 support
  • Bug fixes (treatment of overlapping particles in the case of rigid bodies to avoid over counting)

• [2013/11/13] KAPSEL-3.07 release.
  • Bug fixes (around LE boundary condition, etc...).
  • Examples and Makefile update.

• [2013/07/03] KAPSEL-3.06 release.
  • Bug fixes (around restart, etc...).
  • define.udf update (v3.00,v3.01->v3.02)

• [2013/06/17] KAPSEL-3.05 release.
  • Bug fixes.

• [2013/06/15] KAPSEL-3.04 release.
  • Restoration of "Pin" function, which has been disabled at some point between v2.0 and v2.1.

• [2013/06/12] KAPSEL-3.03 release.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Examples are now included in zip file. Bug fixes of examples which did not work properly (Very sorry for not fixing them so long).

• [2013/06/10] KAPSEL-3.02 release.
  • Consistency check for OCTA2013.

• [2013/06/01] KAPSEL-3.01 release.
  • Bug fixes.

• [2013/05/01] KAPSEL-3.00 release.
  • Implementation of rigid bodies (any shapes assembled by spherical particles) and squirmers (active swimming particles).
  • Older versions of UDF(v2.0,v2.1) cannot be used as they are. Those must be converted to UDF(v3.0). You may find more detailed information in How to Simulate page.

• KAPSEL-2
  • [30 Mar 2011] KAPSEL-2.10 release.
    • Implementation of Lees-Edwards periodic boundary condition for planer shear flow.
    • Bug fixes.

• [19 Aug 2009] KAPSEL-2.00 release.
  • Thermal fluctuation to introduce Brown motion of dispersed particles.
  • Steady and oscillatory shear flow using zigzag flow profile to be consistent with periodic boundary condition.
  • Flexible chain.
  • Pin function to fix any subset of particles.
  • Linked cell for efficient calculation of pair interactions.
  • Intel MKL and OpenMP to achieve higher performance on multi-core machines (Linux only).
  • Bug fixes.

• KAPSEL-1

• [31 May 2006] KAPSEL-1.0 release.

History of define.udf †

• v3.4 [2018/04/01] define.udf (current)
• v3.3 [2018/02/13] define_3.3.udf
• v3.2 [2017/04/04] define_3.2.udf
• v3.13 [2015/01/19] define_3.13.udf
• v3.12 [2014/10/12] define_3.12.udf
• v3.02 [2013/07/01] define_3.02.udf
• v3.01 [2013/06/11] define_3.01.udf
• v3.00 [2013/01/13] define_3.00.udf
• v2.10 [2010/03/13] define_2.10.udf
• v2.00 [2009/08/13] define_2.00.udf
• v1.00 [2006/05/29] define_1.00.udf