FDS

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a large-eddy simulation (LES) code for low-speed flows, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires.

Available versions of FDS in ULHPC

To check available versions of FDS at ULHPC type module spider abaqus. The following versions of FDS are available in ULHPC:

# Available versions
phys/FDS/6.7.1-intel-2018a
phys/FDS/6.7.1-intel-2019a
phys/FDS/6.7.3-intel-2019a

Interactive mode

To try FDS in the interactive mode, please follow the following steps:

# From your local computer
$ ssh -X iris-cluster

# Reserve the node for interactive computation
$ salloc -p interactive --time=00:30:00 --ntasks 1 -c 4 --x11

# Load the required version of FDS and needed environment
$ module purge
$ module load swenv/default-env/devel
$ module load phys/FDS/6.7.3-intel-2019a

# Example in fds 
$ fds example.fds

Batch mode

MPI only:

#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -J FDS-mpi
#SBATCH -N 2
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=28
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-socket=14
#SBATCH -c 1
#SBATCH --time=00:30:00
#SBATCH -p batch

# Write out the stdout+stderr in a file
#SBATCH -o output.txt

# Mail me on job start & end
#SBATCH --mail-user=myemailaddress@universityname.domain
#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END

# To get basic info. about the job
echo "== Starting run at $(date)"
echo "== Job ID: ${SLURM_JOBID}"
echo "== Node list: ${SLURM_NODELIST}"
echo "== Submit dir. : ${SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR}"

# Load the required version of FDS and needed environment
module purge
module load swenv/default-env/devel
module load phys/FDS/6.7.3-intel-2019a

srun fds example.fds

MPI+OpenMP (hybrid):

#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -J FDS-hybrid
#SBATCH -N 2
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=56
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=2
#SBATCH --time=00:30:00
#SBATCH -p batch

# Write out the stdout+stderr in a file
#SBATCH -o output.txt

# Mail me on job start & end
#SBATCH --mail-user=myemailaddress@universityname.domain
#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END

# To get basic info. about the job
echo "== Starting run at $(date)"
echo "== Job ID: ${SLURM_JOBID}"
echo "== Node list: ${SLURM_NODELIST}"
echo "== Submit dir. : ${SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR}"

# Load the required version of FDS and needed environment
module purge
module load swenv/default-env/devel
module load phys/FDS/6.7.3-intel-2019a

srun --cpus-per-task=2 fds_hyb example.fds

Additional information

To know more about FDS documentation and tutorial, please refer https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/manuals.html

Tip

If you find some issues with the instructions above, please file a support ticket.

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Last update: December 2, 2024