PyClaw Basics

• Installing PyClaw
  • Dependencies: Python, gfortran, numpy, and matplotlib
  • Clawpack
  • Testing your installation with nose
  • Next steps
• PyClaw tutorial: Solve the acoustics equations
  • The Solver
  • The domain
  • Initial condition
  • Problem-specific parameters
  • The controller
• Working with PyClaw’s built-in examples
  • Running and plotting examples
  • List of built-in examples
  • Adding new examples
• Plotting PyClaw results
  • Basics
  • Plotting result from parallel runs