Input Files

The SU2 software suite requires several input files and produces several output files appropriate for each problem defined by the user. The Configuration File defines the problem of interest, and the various settings to be used by the software suite. A Mesh File contains the discretization of a physical domain of interest for a problem into a computational grid composed of unstructured elements (triangles, quadrilaterals, tetrahedra, hexahedra, pyramids, or prisms). Optionally, a simulation may be resumed from a Restart File if terminated at a specified number of iterations or after achieving a specified level of convergence in the residuals. These restart files contain all of the appropriate information regarding the solution state at the last recorded time step. The files config_template.cfg and config_template_basic.cfg in the SU2 directory contain all of the configuration options available, with notes and examples of their syntax.