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*Basiliscus basiliscus* is the latin name of the extraordinary [Jesus
Christ lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_basilisk), famous
for its ability to run on the surface of water, a characteristic it
shares with another well-known water-walker [*Gerris
lacustris*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerris_lacustris).

Basilisk is also the name of a [Free
Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) program for the
solution of 
[partial differential equations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_differential_equation)
on adaptive Cartesian meshes. It is the successor of [Gerris](http://gfs.sf.net) and is
developed by the same [authors](src/AUTHORS).

If you want to find out more about Basilisk see:

* [Tutorial]()
* [Installation instructions](src/INSTALL)
* [Basilisk C]()
* [Solvers and functions](src/README)
* [Examples](src/examples/README)
* [Tests](src/test/README)
* [More documentation](sandbox/documentation)

## Picture of the month

![Comparison between experiment and simulation for the impact of a 1.6 mm
FC-770 droplet onto a silicon oil pool. From [Fudge et al, 2023](Bibliography#fudge2023).](/fudge23.jpg){width="100%"}

## News

* **[Basilisk (Gerris) Users' Meeting 2023](BGUM2023): 5--7th July. Registration is now closed**

* Next [Basilisk Monthly Meeting](BMM/README) Wednesday June 7, 2023 4pm CET

* Recent publications (see [Bibliography]() for more)

~~~bib
@article{hidman2023,
title={Assessing passive scalar dynamics in bubble-induced turbulence using direct numerical simulations},
volume={962},
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2023.307},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
publisher={Cambridge University Press},
author={Hidman, Niklas and Ström, Henrik and Sasic, Srdjan and Sardina, Gaetano},
year={2023},
pages={A32}}

@article{roggeveen2023,
doi = {10.1088/1361-648X/acc8ad},
url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/acc8ad},
year = {2023},
month = {apr},
publisher = {IOP Publishing},
volume = {35},
number = {27},
pages = {274003},
author = {J V Roggeveen and H A Stone and C Kurzthaler},
title = {Transport of a passive scalar in wide channels with surface topography: An asymptotic theory},
journal = {Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter}
}

@article{deo2023,
author = {Deo,Indu Kant  and Gao,Rui  and Jaiman,Rajeev K. },
title = {Combined space-time reduced-order model with three-dimensional deep convolution for extrapolating fluid dynamics},
journal = {Physics of Fluids},
volume = {0},
number = {ja},
pages = {null},
year = {0},
doi = {10.1063/5.0145071},
URL = { https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0145071 }
}

@article{fudge2023,
title = {Drop splashing after impact onto immiscible pools of different viscosities},
journal = {Journal of Colloid and Interface Science},
volume = {641},
pages = {585-594},
year = {2023},
issn = {0021-9797},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.040},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979723003995},
pdf = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979723003995/pdfft?md5=51abb6255a431d626da619b07cc96adb&pid=1-s2.0-S0021979723003995-main.pdf},
author = {Ben D. Fudge and Radu Cimpeanu and Arnaud Antkowiak and J. Rafael Castrejón-Pita and Alfonso A. Castrejón-Pita},
keywords = {Drops, Splashing, Wetting, Impact, Experiment, Direct numerical simulation},
}
~~~