ISTHMUS: Interfacing Surface Triangles and voxels for Heterogeneous MUltiphysics Simulations
ISTHMUS is a software package designed to couple voxel-based domains with surface mesh-based solvers. Voxelized geometries provide high-fidelity representations of materials but are difficult to integrate into multiphysics workflows because of jagged boundaries and the absence of robust interface mapping. ISTHMUS addresses this challenge through two key modules: motion mapping and flux mapping. The software is written in Python with performance-critical routines accelerated on GPUs via CUDA. ISTHMUS is solver-agnostic, enabling coupling of a wide range of fluid, thermal, and structural codes without requiring modifications to their discretizations.
Authors
- Vijay B. Mohan Ramu
- Ahmed H. Yassin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7459-4521)
- Tyler D. Stoffel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2244-5505)
- Savio J. Poovathingal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7350-5104)
- Bruno Tacchi
- Ethan H. Huff
- Carlos E. Americo
Institutions
- Murray State University (US)
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SoftwareX
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2026.102660
- Primary Topic
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Army Research Laboratory
- DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory