Code_Saturne

Current status of install

20.08.2026 – We are in the process of ensuring versions of code_satune on CSF4 are on CSF3. We are also looking at version 9.2. Coolprop is also being done.

Please do not submit a ticket, this webpage will be updated when they are available.

Overview

Code_Saturne is the free, open-source software developed and released by EDF to solve computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications. It solves the Navier-Stokes equations for 2D, 2D-axisymmetric and 3D flows, steady or unsteady, laminar or turbulent, incompressible or weakly dilatable, isothermal or not, with scalars transport if required. Several turbulence models are available, from Reynolds-Averaged models to Large-Eddy Simulation models. In addition, a number of specific physical models are also available as modules: gas, coal and heavy-fuel oil combustion, semi-transparent radiative transfer, particle-tracking with Lagrangian modeling, Joule effect, electrics arcs, weakly compressible flows, atmospheric flows, rotor/stator interaction for hydraulic machines.

Restrictions on use

This software is open-source originally developed by EDF Energy and therefore anyone on the CSF may use it.

Set up proceedure

We recommend that you load the necessary environment by using the module:

module load apps/intel-18.0/code_saturne/8.1.0           # v8.1.0
module load apps/intel-18.0/Code_Saturne/8.0.3           # v8.0.3
module load apps/intel-18.0/Code_Saturne/7.0             # v7.0.2
module load apps/intel-18.0/Code_Saturne/6.0             # v6.0.4
module load apps/intel-18.0/Code_Saturne/5.0             # v5.0.9

This will in turn load the modules used for the installation of the code (opempin/compilers/python etc)

Please do not run python on the login node. Jobs should be submitted to the compute nodes via batch.

Please follow the instructions in the documentation to create your case and study.

The specific version documentation listed below gives full details of how to run Code_Saturne.

v5.0.9

Please see the Code_Saturne v5.0.9 CSF3 documentation.

v6.0.4

Please see the Code_Saturne v6.0.4 CSF3 documentation.

v7.0.2

Please see the Code_Saturne v7.0.2 CSF3 documentation

v8.0.3 & v8.1.0

No specific documentation. We will be rationalising the code_saturne documentation during Aug/Sept 2026.

Further Information

Documentation, FAQs and Tutorials can be found on the Code_Saturne website and in Code_Saturne’s forum

Last modified on August 25, 2026 at 12:47 pm by Pen Richardson