Contributing

Contributing#

Roadmap#

Work in Progress (WIP)#

Note: Some of the work-in-progress features can be found in the branches of the XLB repository. For contributions to these features, please reach out.

  • 🌐 Grid Refinement: Implementing adaptive mesh refinement techniques for enhanced simulation accuracy.

  • 💾 Out-of-Core Computations: Enabling simulations that exceed available GPU memory, suitable for CPU+GPU coherent memory models such as NVIDIA’s Grace Superchips (coming soon).

  • ⚡ Multi-GPU Acceleration using Neon + Warp: Using Neon’s data structure for improved scaling.

  • 🗜️ GPU Accelerated Lossless Compression and Decompression: Implementing high-performance lossless compression and decompression techniques for larger-scale simulations and improved performance.

  • 🌡️ Fluid-Thermal Simulation Capabilities: Incorporating heat transfer and thermal effects into fluid simulations.

  • 🎯 Adjoint-based Shape and Topology Optimization: Implementing gradient-based optimization techniques for design optimization.

  • 🧠 Machine Learning Accelerated Simulations: Leveraging machine learning to speed up simulations and improve accuracy.

  • 📉 Reduced Order Modeling using Machine Learning: Developing data-driven reduced-order models for efficient and accurate simulations.

Wishlist#

Contributions to these features are welcome. Please submit PRs for the Wishlist items.

  • 🌊 Free Surface Flows: Simulating flows with free surfaces, such as water waves and droplets.

  • 📡 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Simulating the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

  • 🛩️ Supersonic Flows: Simulating supersonic flows.

  • 🌊🧱 Fluid-Solid Interaction: Modeling the interaction between fluids and solid objects.

  • 🧩 Multiphase Flow Simulation: Simulating flows with multiple immiscible fluids.

  • 🔥 Combustion: Simulating combustion processes and reactive flows.

  • 🪨 Particle Flows and Discrete Element Method: Incorporating particle-based methods for granular and particulate flows.

  • 🔧 Better Geometry Processing Pipelines: Improving the handling and preprocessing of complex geometries for simulations.

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