Documentation

Manuals, tutorials, and reference material

Build Goma

Build instructions live in the source repository README.

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Goma User Manual

The main reference manual for input cards and setup.

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Beginners Tutorial

An introduction to running Goma (templates at bottom of page).

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Legacy tutorials

Reference PDF library

These are older tutorials which may be outdated but server as a good reference for setting up and using Goma for complex problems. Many of the templates are located below in the Tutorial files section

GT-001Goma beginners tutorialGT-002Slot coating templates and tutorial for GOMA and SEAMSGT-003Roll coating templates and tutorial for GOMA and SEAMSGT-004Goma DAKOTA tutorial for new usersGT-005TALE capability and applicability to coating with/on deformable mediaGT-006Slot and roll coating with remeshing templates and tutorialGT-007Droplet on incline problemGT-008Porous media capabilities for saturated porous penetration problemsGT-009Partially saturated flow in porous mediaGT-010Slot coating optimizationGT-011Slide coating templates and tutorialGT-0123D roll coating template and tutorialGT-013Computations for slot coater edge sectionGT-014Running viscoelastic flow problemsGT-015Parameter continuation and operability window estimationGT-018ROT card tutorialGT-019Elastoviscoplastic constitutive model theory, testing, and tutorialGT-020Level set interface trackingGT-023ARPACK eigensolver for linear stability analysisGT-024Three-dimensional free surface flow and 3D remeshingGT-025Element quality metricsGT-026Lagrange multipliers and level set boundary conditionsGT-027Shell structure capabilityGT-028Liquid drop impact on a porous substrateGT-029Wetting contact and dewetting with level set capabilityGT-031Microfilling problem using level set methodGT-0323D microfilling problem using level set methodGT-033Structural shell application exampleGT-034Time step parameter selection for level set problemsGT-035Surface rheology capabilitiesLevel SetLevel Set TutorialParticleParticle Tutorial

Tutorial Files

Template files for many legacy tutorials are available on GitHub and may require updates for modern Goma.

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