$Date: 2008-04-21 21:58:58 +0530 (Mon, 21 Apr 2008) $ $Author: gibson $ 

README for channelflow, a C++ spectral channel flow code.
Version 1.2.2

Channelflow is a direct numerical simulator for incompressible fluid
flow on a periodic, rectangular, wall-bounded domain. Channelflow uses
spectral discretization in spatial directions (Fourier x Chebyshev x
Fourier), finite-differencing in time, and primitive variables (3d
velocity and pressure) to integrate the incompressible Navier-Stokes
equations. The mathematics are based on the spectral channel-flow
algorithm in Section 7.3 of Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics by
Canuto, Hussaini, Quarteroni, and Zang. Channelflow is written in C++
and designed to be easy to use, easy to understand, modular,
extensible, and fast. Channelflow is documented, licensed under the
GNU GPL version 2, and available for download at

   http://www.channelflow.org


Please see the INSTALL file for installation instructions. See also the 
Channelflow User's Manual in the doc/ directory for information on usage
and algorithmic details.


John F. Gibson

Center for Nonlinear Sciences
School of Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0430

gibson@cns.physics.gatech.edu
jfg@member.fsf.org
404 385 2509