SU2 code

SU2 is a suite of open-source software tools written in C++ for the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDE) and performing PDE-constrained optimization. The primary applications are computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamic shape optimization, but has been extended to treat more general equations such as electrodynamics and chemically reacting flows. SU2 supports continuous and discrete adjoint for calculating the sensitivities/gradients of a scalar field.

Developers
SU2 is being developed by individuals and organized teams around the world. The SU2 Lead Developers are: Dr. Francisco Palacios and Dr. Thomas D. Economon.

The most active groups developing SU2 are:
 * Prof. Juan J. Alonso's group at Stanford University.
 * Prof. Piero Colonna's group at Delft University of Technology.
 * Prof. Nicolas R. Gauger's group at Kaiserslautern University of Technology.
 * Prof. Alberto Guardone's group at Polytechnic University of Milan.
 * Prof. Rafael Palacios' group at Imperial College London.

Capabilities
The SU2 tools suite solution suite includes


 * High-fidelity analysis and adjoint-based design using unstructured mesh technology.
 * Compressible and incompressible Euler, Navier-Stokes, and RANS solvers.
 * Additional PDE solvers for electrodynamics, linear elasticity, heat equation, wave equation and thermochemical non-equilibrium.
 * Convergence acceleration (multi-grid, preconditioning, etc.).
 * Sensitivity information via the continuous adjoint methodology approach.
 * Adaptive, goal-oriented mesh refinement and deformation.
 * Modularized C++ object-oriented design.
 * Parallelization with MPI.
 * Python scripts for automation.
 * FEATool Multiphysics features built-in GUI and CLI interfaces for SU2.

License
SU2 is free and open source software, released under the GNU General Public License version 3 (SU2 v1.0 and v2.0) and GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (SU2 v2.0.7 and later versions).

Free and open-source software

 * Advanced Simulation Library (AGPL)
 * CLAWPACK
 * Code Saturne (GPL)
 * FreeFem++
 * Gerris Flow Solver (GPL)
 * OpenFOAM
 * OpenFVM
 * Palabos Flow Solver

Proprietary software

 * ADINA CFD
 * ANSYS CFX
 * ANSYS Fluent
 * Azore
 * FEATool Multiphysics
 * Pumplinx
 * STAR-CCM+
 * COMSOL Multiphysics
 * KIVA (software)
 * RELAP5-3D
 * PowerFlow
 * FOAMpro
 * SimScale
 * Cradle SC/Tetra
 * Cradle scSTREAM
 * Cradle Heat Designer

Official resources

 * SU2 home page
 * SU2 Github repository

Community resources

 * SU2 Forum at CFD Online
 * SU2 wiki page at CFD Online

Other resources

 * SU2 version 2.0 announcement
 * Review of SU2 by Tecplot Co-founder
 * Stanford News story about SU2 initial release
 * FEATool Multiphysics GUI and CFD solver interface for SU2