STAR-CCM+

STAR-CCM+ is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based simulation software developed by Siemens.

Submitting a job¶

To submit a job on 128 cores in the queuing system, for set-up named casename.sim, use:

sbatch --ntaks=128 --time=5-0 --job-name=JobName --wrap "/cluster/software/commercial/starccm/19.06.009_01/19.06.009-R8/STAR-CCM+19.06.009-R8/star/bin/starccm+ \
     -power -podkey value -batchsystem slurm -rsh ssh -batch-report -batch casename.sim

To build a mesh in batch mode (e.g. using 24 cores for set-up named casename.sim), use the following syntax:

sbatch --ntasks=24 --time=12:00:00 --wrap="/cluster/software/commercial/starccm/19.06.009_01/19.06.009-R8/STAR-CCM+19.06.009-R8/star/bin/starccm+ \
     -power -podkey value -batchssytem slurm -rsh ssh -batch mesh casename.sim

Please make sure that you are using the -batchsystem slurm and -rsh ssh options.

License information¶

STAR-CCM+ is a commercial software. If you would like to use it on Euler, you will have to provide your own Power On Demand (POD) license. The license server which will be used to check out features is flex.cd-adapco.com. Euler

export LM_LICENSE_FILE=1999@flex.cd-adapco.com:1999@flex1.cd-adapco.com:$LM_LICENSE_FILE

Setting your POD key

Your personal Power on Demand key will be provided by your siemens account manager. You can supply the value when submitting your job using:

-podkey value <--- replace value with your POD key

alternatively, you can set the LM_PROJECT variable to point to your POD key

export LM_PROJECT=value <--- replace value with your POD key

e.g. by including the following line in the .bashrc file in your home directory