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Plans, configures, inspects, restarts, and analyzes bounded FluidSim computational-fluid-dynamics simulations with explicit numerical-validity and HPC safety checks. Use for FluidSim solver selection,
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Plans, configures, inspects, restarts, and analyzes bounded FluidSim computational-fluid-dynamics simulations with explicit numerical-validity and HPC safety checks. Use for FluidSim solver selection, parameter review, FFT/MPI setup, output diagnostics, or restart compatibility.
Plans, configures, inspects, restarts, and analyzes bounded FluidSim computational-fluid-dynamics simulations with explicit numerical-validity and HPC safety checks. Use for FluidSim solver selection, parameter review, FFT/MPI setup, output diagnostics, or restart compatibility.
Use FluidSim 0.9.0 as a framework for Python-defined numerical solvers, especially periodic Cartesian pseudospectral CFD. Upstream FluidSim is CeCILL-2.1; the MIT frontmatter license applies only to this skill.
This skill does not treat a completed run, a stable time step, a smooth plot, or a closed program exit as evidence of numerical convergence or physical validity.
uv.lock, package/platform/backend versions, logs,
output inventory, checksums, and restart lineage.Stop if physical assumptions, units, boundary conditions, forcing semantics, resolution criteria, resource limits, or acceptance criteria are missing.
As verified on 2026-10-01:
fluidsim==0.9.0 (2025-12-04).>=3.11 and lists Python 3.11–3.14.fluidsim imported in
the smoke test, but ns2d.create_default_params() failed until the fft extra
was installed.fluidfft==0.4.5 and
pyFFTW==0.15.1.Prefer a project lock:
uv init --python 3.12
uv add "fluidsim[fft]==0.9.0" "fluidfft==0.4.5" "pyFFTW==0.15.1"
uv lock
uv sync --frozen
For an isolated disposable environment:
uv venv --python 3.12
uv pip install "fluidsim[fft]==0.9.0" "fluidfft==0.4.5" "pyFFTW==0.15.1"
The project lock is the reproducibility record; direct pins alone do not freeze all transitive artifacts. Do not reuse a lock across incompatible platforms or MPI ABIs.
MPI is optional and native:
uv add "mpi4py==4.1.2" "fluidfft-mpi-with-fftw==0.0.1" "fluidfft-fftwmpi==0.0.1"
uv lock
Those packages still require a compatible MPI runtime and FFTW development libraries. The optional native plugins are:
fluidfft-fftw==0.0.1: sequential
fft2d.with_fftw1d, fft2d.with_fftw2d, fft3d.with_fftw3d.fluidfft-mpi-with-fftw==0.0.1: MPI
fft2d.mpi_with_fftw1d, fft3d.mpi_with_fftw1d.fluidfft-fftwmpi==0.0.1: MPI-enabled FFTW
fft2d.mpi_with_fftwmpi2d, fft3d.mpi_with_fftwmpi3d.fluidfft-p3dfft==0.0.1: fft3d.mpi_with_p3dfft; requires P3DFFT.FluidFFT documents cuFFT historically, but FluidFFT 0.4.5 declares no CUDA extra or installed GPU plugin in its package metadata, and its CUDA installation page is unfinished. Do not claim GPU acceleration or install an unrelated CUDA wheel as a FluidSim backend. Treat GPU work as source-level experimental integration requiring separate validation.
See installation for system dependencies, MPI ABI, HDF5-MPI, backend discovery, and verification.
Use direct, versioned imports:
from fluidsim.solvers.ns2d.solver import Simul
params = Simul.create_default_params()
params.oper.nx = params.oper.ny = 32
params.oper.Lx = params.oper.Ly = 2 * 3.141592653589793
params.oper.coef_dealiasing = 2 / 3
params.time_stepping.USE_CFL = True
params.time_stepping.cfl_coef = 0.5
params.time_stepping.deltat0 = 0.001
params.time_stepping.deltat_max = 0.01
params.time_stepping.t_end = 0.1
params.time_stepping.max_elapsed = "00:05:00"
params.init_fields.type = "noise"
params.init_fields.noise.velo_max = 0.01
params.output.HAS_TO_SAVE = False
params.output.ONLINE_PLOT_OK = False
Important 0.9 corrections:
params.time_stepping.cfl_coef, not CFL.params.forcing.tcrandom.time_correlation, not a flat
tcrandom_time_correlation.constant, noise, jet, dipole,
from_file, from_simul, and in_script; do not invent a universal list for
every solver.state_phys_t*.nc; spectra use
spectra1D.h5/spectra2D.h5; scalar means are solver-dependent
spatial_means.txt or JSON-lines.params.output.sub_directory is relative under FLUIDSIM_PATH.ParamContainer rejects undeclared attributes. Always generate defaults from the
selected Simul class and inspect them before changing values. See
parameters.
Primary Cartesian CFD keys and imports:
from fluidsim.solvers.ns2d.solver import Simul # ns2d
from fluidsim.solvers.ns2d.bouss.solver import Simul # ns2d.bouss
from fluidsim.solvers.ns2d.strat.solver import Simul # ns2d.strat
from fluidsim.solvers.ns3d.solver import Simul # ns3d
from fluidsim.solvers.ns3d.bouss.solver import Simul # ns3d.bouss
from fluidsim.solvers.ns3d.strat.solver import Simul # ns3d.strat
The 0.9 registry also includes plate2d, sw1l variants, waves2d, 1D models,
0D models, spherical solvers, and framework adapters. Availability in the
registry does not make a solver appropriate for a scientific question. Verify
equations, variables, geometry, boundaries, and diagnostics in the solver
source. See solvers.
Forcing is solver-specific. A current normalized random example is:
params.forcing.enable = True
params.forcing.type = "tcrandom"
params.forcing.forcing_rate = 1.0
params.forcing.nkmin_forcing = 4
params.forcing.nkmax_forcing = 5
params.forcing.tcrandom.time_correlation = "based_on_forcing_rate"
Record the forced variable, normalization definition, wave-number band, random seed/state, injection target, and measured injection. FluidSim 0.9 saves state parameters for restart; 0.8.6 fixed time-correlated forcing restart behavior.
Available pseudospectral schemes include Euler/RK2 phase-shift variants,
RK2_trapezoid, and RK4. A named order does not establish accuracy. Check CFL,
fast-wave/diffusive limits, deltat_max, and time-step refinement. See
advanced features.
For read-only analysis:
from fluidsim import load_sim_for_plot
sim = load_sim_for_plot("run-directory", hide_stdout=True)
sim.output.spatial_means.plot()
sim.output.spectra.plot1d(coef_compensate=0)
sim.output.phys_fields.plot(time=1.0)
load_sim_for_plot uses a coarse operator and disables saving/online plotting.
For a state-bearing object:
from fluidsim import load_state_phys_file
sim = load_state_phys_file("run-directory", t_approx="last")
For a controlled restart, prefer load_for_restart or first run
fluidsim-restart --only-check. Do not use --modify-params with untrusted text:
the upstream CLI executes Python code supplied to that option. This skill's
generator never emits it. Verify solver, grid/domain, state variables, versions,
forcing state, checksum, target time, output destination, and resource bounds.
Resolution changes require the dedicated reviewed workflow, not a silent grid
edit. See simulation workflow and
output analysis.
Before interpreting results, require:
Never label a run “DNS,” “converged,” “validated,” “steady,” or “physically correct” from parameter values or plots alone.
All tools emit strict JSON, reject URLs/traversal/symlinks, bound input sizes/counts, use no network or subprocess, and never launch a simulation:
python3 scripts/solver_config_validator.py --example
python3 scripts/solver_config_validator.py --config config.json
python3 scripts/grid_resource_estimator.py --config config.json
python3 scripts/simulation_dry_run.py --config config.json --output run.py
python3 scripts/output_inventory.py --path run-directory
python3 scripts/budget_summary.py --path run-directory
python3 scripts/restart_compatibility.py --source state.nc --target-config config.json
The HDF5 tools lazily require h5py, inspect bounded metadata/hyperslabs, and
never follow external links or load full field arrays.
Checks on 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01 used Python 3.12/3.13, the pinned
solver/FFT versions, and NumPy 2.5.3,
h5py 3.16.0, and h5netcdf 1.8.1. They passed a 16x16 NS2D analytical viscous-decay
check, output/load/restart/plot round-trip, and time-correlated forcing-state
round-trip. A 16x16 to 20x20 resolution change also preserved the analytical
state to floating-point tolerance. All twelve Cartesian profiles were checked against generated
defaults. This does not validate other solvers physically or verify MPI/GPU.
MPI/native-plugin installation and cluster examples are illustrative.
The estimator is approximate; declared RAM, disk, file, and CPU limits are not OS-enforced quotas. It refuses a resource-fit result for enabled outputs it does not model or iteration-only termination. The generator checks installed FluidSim/FluidFFT versions and checkpoint hashes at execution. Custom in-script initialization/forcing needs a separately implemented scientific script.
Verified 2026-10-01 against PyPI 0.9.0, FluidSim 0.9 docs, release notes, official source mirror, FluidFFT 0.4.5 docs, and the primary FluidSim (DOI 10.5334/jors.239) and FluidFFT (DOI 10.5334/jors.238) papers. API claims use official docs/source; method/performance claims in the references are scoped to the cited primary papers and their benchmark setups.
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Kassis, T., Agarwal, V., He, Y., Patel, D., & Brueckner, A. M. (2026). Scientific Agent Skills: A Library of Procedural Knowledge for Research Agents. arXiv:2609.00065. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.00065
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