Chombo-Discharge

7.4easy start · #16 of 91
in Physics Simulation Software

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Well documentedyes
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Runs on Linux.

Chombo-Discharge is ranked #16 of 91 in physics simulation software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

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Free Free Freely obtainable research code; requires LAPACK and BLAS chombo-discharge.github.io · 5 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Delivery mode: desktop
Lesson library: No
Authoring tools: Yes
Assessment tools: No
3D visuals: Yes
Offline access: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Chombo-Discharge is a modular research code for two- and three-dimensional simulations of low-temperature plasmas in complex geometries.
Adaptive grids: It uses Cartesian embedded-boundary grids and patch-based adaptive mesh refinement.
Physics capabilities: Its features include advection-diffusion-reaction processes, electrostatics, radiative transport, particle-mesh operations, and multiphysics interfaces.
Parallel computing: It supports OpenMP, MPI, or MPI combined with OpenMP, and can individually load-balance particle and fluid work.
I/O and restart: It supports parallel HDF5 I/O and checkpoint-restart for both fluid and particles.
Python setup tools: Python tools accompanying physics modules can help users set up applications.
Visualization integration: VisIt is listed as an optional package for visualization and analysis.
Build platform: The installation guide provides a quick-start build for a Linux workstation.
Notable limit: The code supports only global time-step methods and does not support time subcycling.
Intended users: The documentation describes it as an evolving research code and says users should be willing to understand how it operates and learn Chombo basics.
Support: The installation guide invites users to contact the project on GitHub about installation issues.
Development history: The project was originally developed at SINTEF Energy Research between 2015 and 2018, with further development starting in 2021.
Price from: Free

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Sources

chombo-discharge.github.io/chombo-discharge/· checked 5 Oct 2026
chombo-discharge.github.io/chombo-discharge/Base/Overview.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
chombo-discharge.github.io/chombo-discharge/Applications/Implement· checked 5 Oct 2026
chombo-discharge.github.io/chombo-discharge/Base/Installation.html· checked 5 Oct 2026