Section 13 Managing and Starting Simulations
This chapter provides guidance on model naming conventions and how TUFLOW’s powerful Variables, Events and Scenarios functionalities may be used to simulate any number of scenarios and events from a single control (.tcf) file.
The latter part of the chapter discusses the installation of TUFLOW, the different TUFLOW dongle types and how to start a simulation, both as a standalone TUFLOW simulation and in conjunction with third-party software.
Finally, there is a section on the reproducibility of results when using different hardware.
13 Managing and Starting Simulations
13.3.1 Overview of the TUFLOW Distribution
13.3.2 Single and Double Precision
13.3.3 Customising TUFLOW using TUFLOW_USER_DEFINED.dll
13.4.1.1 Protocols for Accessing Dongles
13.4.1.1.1 Licence Switching Options
13.4.1.2 TUFLOW_Licence_Settings.lcf File
13.4.1.3 Dongle Failure during a Simulation
13.4.2.1 Script Examples and Run Options (Switches)
13.4.2.2 Copy/Package Model from Script Files
13.4.2.3 Advanced Script Files
13.4.2.4 Running TUFLOW on Linux
13.4.3.1 TUFLOW HPC and GPU Module Commands
13.4.3.2 Compatible Graphics Cards
13.4.3.3 Updating NVIDIA Drivers
13.4.3.4 NVLink – Multi-GPU Performance (HPC Only)
13.4.4 Running TUFLOW 1D Only Simulations
13.5 Using TUFLOW with Flood Modeller, SWMM, XP-SWMM, 12D or from SMS
13.5.1 Using TUFLOW with EPA SWMM
13.5.2 Using TUFLOW with Flood Modeller
13.5.4 Using TUFLOW with XP-SWMM
13.6 Optimising Startup and Run Times
13.6.1 Improved pre-processing of 1D Model Inputs
13.6.2 Parallel Processing for SGS initialisation
13.6.3 Optimising Multi-GPU Performance (HPC Only)
13.6.4 Auto Terminate (Simulation End) Options
13.7 Reproducibility of Results
13.7.1 TUFLOW Classic (CPU only)
13.7.2 TUFLOW HPC (incl. Quadtree) on CPU
13.7.3 TUFLOW HPC (incl. Quadtree) on GPU
13.7.4 TUFLOW HPC (incl. Quadtree) on multiple GPUs / CPU threads