Using the cardiac executable

This page provides examples of how to use the Chaste cardiac executable

Basic simulations

• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/Propagation1d -- simple simulation on a 1d fibre
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/S1S2Protocol -- 2d spiral wave simulation produced by two stimuli
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/Propagation3d-- propagation on a anatomically realistic down-sampled ventricular mesh using fibre directions

Examples of further functionality

• How to determine what the hardcoded cell model options are
  • See below for dynamic loading of CellML files
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/HeterogeneousExample
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/UsingFibreDefinitions -- also mentions postprocessing options
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/BidomainSimulationsWithPerfusingBath
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/CheckpointingAndRestarting -- how to do checkpoint and restart.

Further examples using dynamic loading of CellML files

These require a full developer install and the executable to be built from the source, since the CellML files need to be converted into code and compiled, see CodeGenerationFromCellML for more details.

• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/UsingCellmlFiles -- this shows how to use cell models defined directly from a cellml file (not one of the hardcoded options), and how to output cell model variables
• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/DrugAction Running a simulation with multiple-channel drug action

Utility

• UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/MeshConvert -- making the MeshConvert utility and using it the help produce scalable mesh loading

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Alphabetical listing

• BidomainSimulationsWithPerfusingBath Running a bidomain simulation of cardiac tissue contained in a perfusing bath
• CheckpointingAndRestarting Checkpointing
• DrugAction Running a simulation with multiple-channel drug action
• HardCodedCellModels Hardcoded cell model options
• HeterogeneousExample Simulations with heterogeneities
• MeshConvert Making the `MeshConvert` utility and using it the help produce scalable mesh loading
• Propagation1d Running a simple example: propagation in a tissue fibre
• Propagation3d 3D on a realistic cardiac geometry
• S1S2Protocol Running a simulation of a spiral wave in 2d mesh
• UsingCellmlFiles UserTutorials/CardiacExecutable/UsingCellmlFiles
• UsingFibreDefinitions Using fibre directions and postprocessing