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DEM simulation engine, released by
DCS Computing Gmbh, Linz, Austria
www.dcs-computing.com, [email protected]
LIGGGHTS® is open-source, distributed under the terms of the GNU Public
License, version 2 or later.
LIGGGHTS® is part of CFDEM® project:
www.liggghts.com | www.cfdem.com
Core developer and main author:
Christoph Kloss, [email protected]
LIGGGHTS® and CFDEM® are registered trade marks of DCS Computing GmbH,
the producer of the LIGGGHTS® software and the CFDEM®coupling software
See http://www.cfdem.com/terms-trademark-policy for details.
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Copyright 2012- DCS Computing GmbH, Linz
Copyright 2009-2015 JKU Linz
Some parts of LIGGGHTS® are based on LAMMPS and Copyright on these
parts is held by Sandia Corporation and other parties. Info on LAMMPS below
Some parts of LIGGGHTS® are contributied by other parties, which are
holding the Copyright. This is listed in each file of the distribution.
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The LIGGGHTS® distribution includes the following files and directories:
README this file
LICENSE the GNU General Public License (GPL)
doc documentation
examples simple example simulation setups
lib libraries LIGGGHTS® can be linked with
python Python wrapper on LIGGGHTS® as a library
src source files
Point your browser at any of these files to get started:
doc/Manual.html the manual
doc/Section_intro.html hi-level introduction
doc/Section_start.html how to build and use
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Some parts of LIGGGHTS® are based on LAMMPS
LAMMPS stands for Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel
Simulator.
LAMMPS is Copyright (2003) Sandia Corporation. Under the terms of Contract
DE-AC04-94AL85000 with Sandia Corporation, the U.S. Government retains
certain rights in this software. This software is distributed under
the GNU General Public License.
LAMMPS is a classical molecular dynamics simulation code designed to
run efficiently on parallel computers. It was developed at Sandia
National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy facility, with
funding from the DOE. It is an open-source code, distributed freely
under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
The primary author of LAMMPS is Steve Plimpton, who can be emailed
at [email protected]. The LAMMPS WWW Site at lammps.sandia.gov has
more information about the code and its uses.
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Core developer and main author of LIGGGHTS®:
Christoph Kloss, [email protected]