BlackBear
Structural Material Degradation Simulation Code
BlackBear is an application for modeling degradation phenomena in materials such as concrete and steel used in civil structures, as well as the response of those structures to the loading conditions that they are expected to safely withstand. It is based on the finite element method and models interactions between the coupled physical systems involved. BlackBear is based on the MOOSE framework, and builds on the MOOSE framework and modules for many of its core capabilities.
Getting Started
Quickly learn how to obtain the BlackBear source code, compile an executable, and run simulations with these instructions.
Code Reference
BlackBear provides capabilities that can be applied to a wide variety of problems. The Code Reference provides detailed documentation of specific code features.
Example
There are a number of example problems to demonstrate usage of BlackBear. Details of those models are provided here.
BlackBear is based on MOOSE. It is an extremely flexible environment that permits the solution of coupled physics problems of varying size and dimensionality. These can be solved using computer hardware appropriate for the model size, ranging from laptops and workstations to large high performance computers.
Code reliability is a central principle in code development, and this project employs a well defined development and testing strategy. Code changes are only merged into the repository after both a manual code review and the automated regression test system have been completed. The testing process and status of BlackBear is available at www.moosebuild.inl.gov.
BlackBear and MOOSE are developed by the Idaho National Laboratory by a team of computer scientists and engineers and is supported by various funding agencies including the United States Department of Energy. Development of these codes is ongoing at INL and by collaborators throughout the world.