μFluids@Home
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μFluids@Home is a computer simulation of two-phase fluid behavior in microgravity and microfluidics problems.
[edit] About
µFluids is a distributed computing project that can be run using the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, or BOINC, client. the goal is to develop better satellite propellant management devices and also to develop address two-phase flow in microchannel and MEMS devices. The project can be run by any volunteer with a computer that is running on an OS that is supported and that has the BOINC client installed.
[edit] Computing platform
It uses the BOINC distributed computing platform.
Application notes
- At this time there is no screen saver, but one is being worked on.
- Work unit CPU times are generally slow (3 to 5 hours).
- Work units average in size around 500 KB.
- You have to run many work units to get levels of credit normal to SETI@Home or Climateprediction.net distributed programs.
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