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1# libCEED: Examples
2
3This page provides a brief description of the examples for the libCEED
4library.
5
6## Basic libCEED Examples
7
8Two examples that rely only upon libCEED without any external libraries are provided in the [ceed/](./ceed) folder. For more details, please see the dedicated [documentation section](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/ceed/index.html).
9
10## Bakeoff Problems
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14The Center for Efficient Exascale Discretizations (CEED) uses Bakeoff Problems (BPs)
15to test and compare the performance of high-order finite element implementations. The
16definitions of the problems are given on the ceed
17[website](https://ceed.exascaleproject.org/bps/). Each of the following bakeoff
18problems that use external discretization libraries (such as MFEM, PETSc, and Nek5000)
19are located in the subdirectories `mfem/`, `petsc/`, and
20`nek5000/`, respectively.
21
22Here we provide a short summary:
23
24```{eval-rst}
25+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
26| User code               | BPs                                                            |
27+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
28|                         | - BP1 (scalar mass operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`               |
29| ``mfem``                | - BP3 (scalar Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`            |
30+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
31|                         | - BP1 (scalar mass operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`               |
32|                         | - BP2 (vector mass operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`               |
33|                         | - BP3 (scalar Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`            |
34| ``petsc``               | - BP4 (vector Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`            |
35|                         | - BP5 (collocated scalar Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P`   |
36|                         | - BP6 (collocated vector Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P`   |
37+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
38|                         | - BP1 (scalar mass operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`               |
39| ``nek5000``             | - BP3 (scalar Laplace operator), with :math:`Q=P+1`            |
40+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
41```
42
43These are all **T-vector**-to-**T-vector** and include parallel scatter, element
44scatter, element evaluation kernel, element gather, and parallel gather (with the
45parallel gathers/scatters done externally to libCEED).
46
47BP1 and BP2 are $L^2$ projections, and thus have no boundary condition.
48The rest of the BPs have homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions.
49
50The BPs are parametrized by the number $P$ of Gauss-Legendre-Lobatto nodal points
51(with $P=p+1$, and $p$ the degree of the basis polynomial) for the Lagrange
52polynomials, as well as the number of quadrature points, $Q$.
53A $Q$-point Gauss-Legendre quadrature is used for all BPs except BP5 and BP6,
54which choose $Q = P$ and Gauss-Legendre-Lobatto quadrature to collocate with the
55interpolation nodes. This latter choice is popular in applications that use spectral
56element methods because it produces a diagonal mass matrix (enabling easy explicit
57time integration) and significantly reduces the number of floating point operations
58to apply the operator.
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62For a more detailed description of the operators employed in the BPs, please see the dedicated [BPs documentation section](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/bps.html).
63
64## PETSc+libCEED Navier-Stokes Solver
65
66The Navier-Stokes problem solves the compressible Navier-Stokes
67equations using an explicit or implicit time integration. A more detailed
68description of the problem formulation can be found in the
69[fluids/](./fluids) folder and the corresponding [fluids documentation page](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/fluids/index.html).
70
71## PETSc+libCEED Solid mechanics elasticity mini-app
72
73This example solves the steady-state static momentum balance equations using unstructured high-order finite/spectral element spatial discretizations. A more detailed
74description of the problem formulation can be found in the
75[solids/](./solids) folder and the corresponding [solids documentation page](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/solids/index.html).
76
77## PETSc+libCEED Surface Area Examples
78
79These examples, located in the [petsc/](./petsc) folder, use the mass operator to compute the surface area of a
80cube or a discrete cubed-sphere, using PETSc. For a detailed description, please see the corresponding [area documentation page](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/petsc/index.html#area).
81
82## PETSc+libCEED Bakeoff Problems on the Cubed-Sphere
83
84These examples, located in the [petsc/](./petsc) folder, reproduce the Bakeoff Problems 1-6 on a discrete
85cubed-sphere, using PETSc. For a detailed description, please see the corresponding [problems on the cubed-sphere documentation page](https://libceed.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/petsc/index.html#bakeoff-problems-on-the-cubed-sphere).
86
87## Running Examples
88
89To build the examples, set the `MFEM_DIR`, `PETSC_DIR`, and
90`NEK5K_DIR` variables and, from the `examples/` directory, run
91
92```{include} ../README.md
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95```
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