Re: [ESPResSo-users] Espresso/Espresso++ and multiphase fluids

[Peter Košovan]

Hi Markus,

I find the statement that Espresso++ is a successor of Espresso misleading, although not really untrue. A more informative but less appealing to a new Espresso++ user would be to state that it is a successor of some ancient version of Espresso. Both packages have common roots, share parts of the name and of the user/developer communities but they are different software projects and their development is independent.

I think it's unfortunate that the homepage of Espresso++ makes the impression that Espresso will be discontinued and displaced by Espresso++. As far as I know, there are no such plans among the Espresso developers. Perhaps Axel or Olaf can comment in more detail.

With regards,

peter

2014-02-12 12:25 GMT+01:00 Wink, Markus <address@hidden>:

Dear Espresso-community,

 

I have read that Espresso++ is the successor of Espresso. Does it mean, that  the support of Espresso will be stopped soon and one should swap to Espresso++? So far, the documentation of the latter does not seem to be that extensive as the one of ESPresSo.
I have also read the paper on Espresso++ (DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.12.004) which states, that the main difference lies in the ability of providing AdResS. Besides that, are there other reasons why one should choose ESPresSo++ over ESPresSo?

 

Furthermore I am interested in the simulation of multiphase fluids. I am thinking of simulations of flow-focusing devices, joining of droplets or injection of droplets. ESPresSo should be able doing that using the Shan-Chen algorithm , shouldn’t it? Does anyone of you has tried it before and could tell me about his experience, please?

 

Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,

 

Markus Wink

 

 

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