Comsol
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Comsol¶
Introduction¶
COMSOL Multiphysics provides a range of simulation, finite element analysis and solver functionality. More information on the package is available from the COMSOL website.
Versions available¶
System |
Version |
Load command |
|---|---|---|
ARC3 |
5.2 |
|
ARC3 |
5.2a |
|
ARC3 |
5.3 |
|
ARC3 |
5.3a |
|
ARC3 |
5.4 |
|
ARC3 |
5.5 |
|
ARC4 |
5.3a |
|
ARC4 |
5.4 |
|
ARC4 |
5.5 |
|
Accessing the software¶
To make COMSOL available in your environment, enter the command:
$ module load comsol
Example script¶
This script will request exclusive access to an entire node.
#!/bin/bash
# Run in current working directory with current environment
#$ -cwd -V
#change this line for time
#$ -l h_rt=01:00:00
#Email on start and end of job
#$ -m be
#the line below sets the number of cores and nodes
#$ -l nodes=1
module load comsol/5.1
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=<port@server>:$LM_LICENSE_FILE
comsol batch -np $NSLOTS -tmpdir $TMPDIR -inputfile input.mph -outputfile outphysics.mph -recoverydir /nobackup/$USER/comsolrecovery
In the script above:
Change <port@server> to the license server details obtained from your supervisor. For example if you are given 1322@server :
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=1322@server:$LM_LICENSE_FILE
Using batch license¶
In addition to the default licenses available for COMSOL, additional batch licenses are available. These can be used by adding an additional flag to you COMSOL command -usebatchlic.
Managing comsol memory usage while running¶
Running comsol in command line can often create a large number of temporary files in the .comsol directory in your home directory (Details on running comsol in command line). This can often lead to a quota exceeded error on jobs.
To resolve this we recommend creating a comsolrecovery directory in your nobackup and adding the following line to your comsol batch command in your submission script -recoverydir /nobackup/$USER/comsolrecovery.