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Notice: All versions of USS_UNCLE, UNCLE, GUMBO, and supporting web-based materials are copyrighted.  They made available by Mississippi State University for use only as designated by the U.S. Government and are not to be reproduced or distributed except as authorized by the U.S. Government or Mississippi State University.  All versions of USS_UNCLE, UNCLE, and GUMBO are subject to both U.S. Critical Technologies Export Controls and Other Restrictions arising from US Government Contracts.

What are UNCLE and USS_UNCLE ?

UNCLE  is a scalable parallel incompressible flow simulation code that solves the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (UnRANS) equations for complex geometries represented by multiblock structured grids with arbitrary block connectivity.  It is being developed by the Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter) at the ERC, An Institute for Computational Science and Engineering  at Mississippi State University (MSU).   UNCLE is a research code that has evolved over the past few years under support from the Office of Naval Research, and is continuously being extended and improved. UNCLE  has been applied to a number of flows of Navy interest, including submarine, propulsor and surface ship flows.

USS_UNCLE  is a graphical user interface for using the UNCLE flow simulation code.  It includes various tools that simplify the use of UNCLE for analysis and design of Navy hydrodynamics applications. USS_UNCLE currently includes GUMBO (Graphical Unstructured MultiBlock Omnitool) for graphical preprocessing of grid and boundary condition information needed by the flow solver, as well as a graphical capability to define input files for case running, and online documentation.

NOTE: UNCLE, and USS_UNCLE are works in progress and will be continuously enhanced over time.

The primary users of USS_UNCLE  and UNCLE are the SimCenter, the US Navy, and other users designated by the Navy (ONR Contact: Dr. L. Patrick Purtell).  This is also the primary purpose of the USS_UNCLE user interface.  Mississippi State University retains the intellectual property rights to UNCLE, USS_UNCLE, and GUMBO, but does not market these codes.  All versions of UNCLE, USS_UNCLE, and GUMBO are copyrighted by Mississippi State University.

Although UNCLE is generally used in support of specific Navy contracts, the SimCenter occasionally supports US industry directly, through individually arranged sponsored collaborations.  Typically, the SimCenter supports client US companies in their analysis and design studies, using UNCLE for CFD analysis.  Such arrangements are always subject to US critical technologies export controls, restrictions arising from government contracts, and are not undertaken without concurrence of the governmental agencies who have sponsored the enabling research.

Contact Information: For more information about USS_UNCLE , contact Michael Remotigue. (remo@erc.msstate.edu)   For more information about UNCLE, contact James Newman III.  (newman@erc.msstate.edu)  For more information about the SimCenter, contact David Marcum.  (marcum@erc.msstate.edu)

Computational Simulation and Design Center (SimCenter)
MSU/ERC
Box 9627,  Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627,  (662) 325-3193

CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY EXPORT CONTROLS:All versions of USS_UNCLE and UNCLE are subject to US critical technologies export controls. All access and use of USS_UNCLE and UNCLE must be approved by cognizant governmental officials.

RIGHTS IN DATA:  This software has been delivered to the US Government with restricted rights under government contracts. The use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in these contracts and governing federal "Rights in Data" contract clauses.