TransiFlow
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The facts
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What it does
- 3D visuals
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Authoring tools
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Backend choice
- The package supports SciPy, Epetra, HYMLS, and PETSc computational backends.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backend limits
- The Epetra and PETSc backends lack a parallel preconditioner and eigenvalue solver, so the documentation says they cannot solve large problems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Backends
- The default SciPy backend is feature complete and suited to model development and problems with fewer than 1 million unknowns.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Continuation
- It implements pseudo-arclength continuation with adaptive arclength step size for computing bifurcation diagrams.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom models
- Users can add custom boundary conditions and custom models.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopchecked 24 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The package is installable from PyPI with pip and is also available from its source repository for editable installation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Eigenvalue dependency
- The PyPI project page says JaDaPy must be installed or included in PYTHONPATH to compute eigenvalues.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Eigenvalues
- It provides an interface to JaDaPy for computing eigenvalues that can help detect bifurcation points; JaDaPy must be installed separately or included in PYTHONPATH.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Example problems
- Documented problem examples include lid-driven cavity, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, Taylor-Couette flow, and Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The project README describes installing TransiFlow in a Python virtual environment and running its examples from the source directory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- PyPI classifies the package for developers and science or research, and describes its topic as scientific and engineering software.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Lesson library
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
- License
- PyPI lists the package under Apache License 2.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Numerical methods
- It implements pseudo-arclength continuation, implicit time integration, and finite-volume discretizations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Other backend limits
- The Epetra and PETSc backends lack a parallel preconditioner or eigenvalue solver and are stated as unsuitable for solving large problems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parallel backend
- The HYMLS backend is intended for large-scale parallel computations and is reported to have scaled to 4096 cores and over 500 million unknowns.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Parallel computing
- The HYMLS backend is intended for large parallel computations and its preconditioner is documented as scaling to 4096 cores and over 500 million unknowns.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Problem examples
- Documented examples cover lid-driven and differentially heated cavities, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, Taylor-Couette flow, double-gyre circulation, and Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- TransiFlow is a Python package for analyzing transitions in fluid flows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release publishing
- PyPI reports that the 1.0.1 release was published through GitHub Actions with a verified publish attestation.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
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